Stephen Hendry has struggled for any sort of form over the past couple of years but he comfortably saw off Bjorn Haneveer today to book his place in the last 32. Joining him will be Mark Williams and Ding Junhui who also saw off lower ranked opposition to progress…
Category: World Open
World Open 2010: Last 32 Draw
As viewers of the BBC will be aware, the draw for the last 32 of the World Open is now out and the headline match is that of a potential clash between Ronnie O’Sullivan and Jimmy White…
So then, this best of fives business…
As day one of the World Open 2010 is into its final match, here are a few of my early observations of the tournament, regarding the format, as well as of the TV coverage and other aspects…
World Open 2010: Day One As It Unfolds
Rankings updated throughout the day…
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…
World Open 2010: Livescores…Included!
Well, well, well, after my moan prior to the start of the Shanghai Masters concerning the lack of a livescoring service provided by the WSA website, it would appear as though my (and many other fans’) prayers have been answered…
World Open Qualifiers 2010: Stevens and McManus through as Holt continues to struggle
Today saw Matthew Stevens and Alan McManus come through potentially tricky ties against countrymen Darren Morgan and Anthony McGill respectively. For all the scores please click here to visit Global Snooker.
I hope to be able to post more information about the matches later tonight but firstly am going to get to work updating my provisional rankings page which may take a while…
EDIT: Please continue reading for my observations on some of the day’s matches…
World Open Qualifiers 2010: And then there were 64
Photo courtesy of Janie Watkins
Day Three has now reached its end at the EISS and the last 64 players involved in the World Open are now known. As has been the case throughout these qualifiers so far, upsets were few and far between but there were a couple of notable exceptions…