Who said snooker is unpredictable? Tomorrow will see the two top ranked players in the world square off in the final of the 2011 Shanghai Masters with not only the title, but also the world number one spot at the next cut-off potentially on the line…
A short post to show you all a rather amusing video that I have just stumbled across featuring Graeme Dott, Shaun Murphy, Mark King, Peter Ebdon, Stephen Hendry and Jamie Cope. I won’t say any more than…enjoy!
Ronnie O’Sullivan was much fancied to make it out of the top quarter here in Shanghai but he was upset today by a great performance from Anthony Hamilton who made it through to the last eight. Otherwise though it was a day for the top seeds as five of the provisional top six joined him in the quarters…
After yesterday’s clean sweep for the seeded players in the wildcard round, today proved to be a more fruitful day for the lower ranked players as three were able to progress. Click below for a round-up of the day’s action and of course, the updated projected seedings…
Following today we have now seen each of this year’s lucky 32 players in action at the Crucible and day five proved to be the best yet as Martin Gould, Graeme Dott, Rory McLeod and dramatically Mark Allen all sealed their places in the last 16. Click below to read my take on the day’s events…
So then it’s Crucible Eve Eve, always a great time of year and as you would expect, a few of the players involved have been talking up their prospects for 2011. Click below for all of the quotes that you need to see…
Ahead of the World Championship in both 2009 and 2010 (see archive), I managed to predict 11 of the 16 round one matches correctly so will there be any improvement this time around? We shall soon see. As an extra bonus this time around, Jackpot Jack Lisowski has also added his thoughts on the matches for good measure. Click below for the first of my four preview articles…
Snooker may not be the most internet friendly sport, indeed I cannot think of another sport where neither the world number one or two has their own website, but with the advent of social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter, that is just beginning to change. Click below for my lowdown on who to follow on Twitter…