Two days down in Chengdu and the tournament is down to the last 32 stage, with eight of the world’s top ten players amongst the winners.
Click below for a round up of some of the most eye-catching results from the second round stage…
Tag: Anthony McGill
Selby Comeback Secures Riga Title
Mark Selby is the 2014 Riga Open champion, the new world champion coming back from 3-0 down to defeat Mark Allen in a deciding frame this evening and get his season off to a flying start in Latvia.
Click below for more, including a round-up of the key stories from this season’s first European Tour event…
German Masters 2014: Day One Wrap
Today saw the start of the venue stages of the 2014 German Masters and it was not a day without shocks, as both of last season’s finalists suffered early exits at the Tempodrome.
Click below for a round-up of the stand out results, as well as links to the scores in full and updated ranking lists…
UK Championship 2013: Day Two Blog
Day two at York and following yesterday’s opening eight matches, today we have another twelve last 128 matches, with the likes of Jack Lisowski, Marcus Campbell and Andrew Higginson involved…
Wildcards Set For India Open
As is often the case with fledgling tournaments in new territories, October’s India Open will see six local wildcard players involved, drawn at random to play six players from the lowest 32 seeded players, who have not already played a wildcard this season.
Courtesy of snookerorg, the professional players involved have been confirmed, with Scotland’s Anthony McGill being the highest ranked, as well as the likes of Rod Lawler, Liam Highfield and amateur qualifier Jeff Cundy being selected…
McManus Hoping To Create More Crucible Memories
After a seven-year absence from the Crucible following his relegation from the top 16 in 2006, Scotland’s Alan McManus made it back to snooker’s biggest stage last weekend with a 10-5 victory over Tom Ford at the final qualifying round.
Shortly after his victory, Alan spoke to a few of us backstage as he spoke of his delight to make it back to the Crucible and the ongoing challenge of life on snooker’s professional tour, as well as his hopes for fellow Scot Anthony McGill…
Closing In On The Cut: Crucible 2013 (Updated)
So this is it, just one more event to go before the seedings for the 2013 World Championship are finalised and following the PTC Grand Finals in Galway last week, the position is now somewhat clearer, though much can still change.
Click below for a summary of who has to do what in Beijing, as well as a preview of how the seeds would be placed in the Crucible draw, if it were to be made today…
Under the Radar
It is no secret that in recent weeks, UK and Masters champion Mark Selby has emerged as the man to beat at the top of the game, while the likes of Mark Davis and Stuart Bingham are also players widely recognised to be men very much in form at the moment.
As I updated my player profiles here at PSB over the Christmas period however, there were a few other players, across the rankings, who struck me as having quietly played their way into a good run of form, without quite gaining the same attention.
Click below then for a round-up of those players who going ‘under the radar’, have particularly caught my eye recently…