So here we are, day one of the World Open as the first five matches of the televised stages are played at the shiny new set in Glasgow. Click below for the order of play and updates from today, although more regular observations will be posted on my Twitter page…
Today saw the start of the World Open qualifiers as the 65-96 ranked players took on the 32 amateur qualifiers for the event at the Academy in Sheffield…
With the dust now settling on the 2010 Betfred.com World Championship qualifiers, it is time to take a look back at what for me were the most notable talking points to come out of the event…
Day two of the Welsh Open qualifiers and in the main almost all of the results have gone with form as the likes of Thepchaiya un-Nooh, Matt Selt, Robert Milkins, Craig Steadman, Tony Drago and Tom Ford have won again in 2009/10. The most interesting stat for me is the fact that heading into day three there are still eight players from the first round still in the tournament…
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It has felt like a long wait since Neil Robertson won the last ranking event back in October but tomorrow (Monday), sees the start of the UK Championship qualifiers as 79 of the 96 main tour players will be in action over the next eight days.
Continue reading this article for my preview and the Order of Play for the qualifiers…
As well as the English Open, another tournament currently underway is the World Games over in China and the last two days have seen the last 16 matches played to a conclusion with some interesting results…
While snooker is often (with some justification), criticised for its lack of events, it is hard to make that accusation at the moment as although the top 16 will not see ranking event action until early September, there are more than enough tournaments scheduled for the upcoming weeks. Click below to read what is going on and where…