Congratulations to John Higgins who is now the 2009 Betfred.com World Champion following a hugely impressive 18-9 victory over world number three Shaun Murphy tonight. In winning the title he joins joins Stephen Hendry, Steve Davis, Ronnie O’Sullivan, Ray Reardon and John Spencer as having won the trophy on three or more occasions…
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Follow the Final…
I’m just about to set off to Sheffield so will not be able to update the site today, so to follow the final live the best place to visit is Global Snooker here. Hopefully we will see an exciting finale to an exciting tournament. Enjoy.
Betfred.com World Championship 2009: Final Updates (Day One)
So here we are, the final. Here I will be posting updates as the match progresses this Sunday. Nothing tomorrow though as I will be there watching!
Higgins v Murphy: Final Thoughts
So here we are, from the 32 players we had in the tournament just 15 days ago, now we have just two – world number three Shaun Murphy and world number five John Higgins. Here are a few of my thoughts ahead of the final…
Betfred.com World Championship 2009: Day 15 – Live Updates
By the end of today we will know who our two finalists are and as the semi-finals come to a conclusion, I will be providing live updates right here…
Betfred.com World Championship 2009: Day 14 Round-up
Apologies for the lack of updates today, unfortunately I have been away from my computer until now but already it looks like John Higgins is well on the way to sealing his final place…
Higgins in command
What a strange opening session we have had between John Higgins and Mark Allen in the first semi-final and already it is looking like Mark has a mountain to climb against his vastly more experienced opponent…
And then there were four…
It is semi-final time and boy do we have an interesting line-up as two former champions meet two attacking young potters…