Well what about that for an opening day at the 2012 World Championship? John Higgins has survived a real scare from Chinese number two Liang Wenbo, but unquestionably the highlight had to be Stephen Hendry’s 11th career maximum break which came during his match against Stuart Bingham this afternoon. Click below to read the first instalment of my daily blog from the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield…
Prior to the tournament it has been argued that the tournament would benefit from two last 32 matches being played on day one as well as the obligatory wildcard rounds and today showed exactly why as Neil Robertson and Stephen Hendry booked their places in the second round with deciding frame victories. Click below for a round-up of the day and a brief look ahead to Tuesday’s action…
Somewhat under the radar, world number one Mark Selby this week added the 2012 HK General Spring Trophy to his CV with a 6-1 final victory against Andrew Higginson…
Day two from the Welsh Open in Newport and among those through to the last 16 are Mark Williams and Stephen Hendry, while world number one Mark Selby begins his bid to join them this evening…
A day of two very different semi-finals in Germany has seen Joe Perry and Stephen Maguire emerge victorious and book their places in tonight’s PTC12 final which starts at 7pm GMT, live on Eurosport…
Day two completed in Munich and the line-up for the last four is complete as Stephen Hendry rounded off an entertaining day’s play by edging out Michael Holt to join Martin Gould, Joe Perry and Stephen Maguire in the semi-finals…
While the first snooker of 2012 will come in Munich as the PTC12 event draws to a conclusion, hot on its heels comes the return of the Matchroom Championship League, back for its fifth outing as the players bid for a place in next season’s Premier League. Read on for the dates and format details…
The final part of my trio of ‘best of’ articles sees me take a look at the most improved players of 2011, an award won by Martin Gould in 2010 who is again one of the leading candidates this time around…