Runner-up in APTC1 to Stuart Bingham, world number six Stephen Lee today went one better in Yixing, defeating Ding Junhui 4-0 to win the season’s second APTC event and with it, the £10,000 top prize…
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China Open 2012: Ding Survives, Seeds Progress
Day two in Beijing proved to be one for the favourites as all six last 32 matches played were won by the seeded player, but it could have been different as recent Championship League winner Ding Junhui slipped 4-0 behind against Ben Woollaston at the mid-session interval of their match…
World Open 2012: Jin Shocks Ding To Move To Last 16
Following his victory against Sam Baird in yesterday’s wildcard round, China’s Jin Long caused a real shock today at the Haikou World Open by sending home favourite Ding Junhui crashing out of the tournament with a 5-1 win. Elsewhere, there were wins for 2011 world finalists John Higgins and Judd Trump, as well as Michael Holt who maintained his recent strong form…
World Open 2012: Wildcard Round Wrap
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This morning saw the start of the Haikou World Open from Hainan Island with the always contentious wildcard round and it was not to be plain sailing for all of the main tour players as two were sent crashing out of the tournament on day one…
China Open 2011: Robertson and Hendry through, Doherty Out
Day one from Beijing has now been completed and amongst the winners was Scotland’s Stephen Hendry who secured what could be a vital win in terms of his top 16 ranking at the end of the season against the in-form Matthew Stevens…
Shanghai Wildcards Announced
With the 2010 Shanghai Masters rapidly approaching, seven of the eight wildcards who will be involved in the competition have now been announced and it is a strong line-up with three players who were on the professional circuit during 2009/10…
Race to stay on tour 2010: All you need to know
Following the completion of the China Open qualifiers this week there is just one more tournament to play this season for the vast majority of those players battling for their main tour places. With those World Championship qualifiers just weeks away I have attempted to summarise as best I can who looks safe, who looks doomed and who are the players right in there with a chance of survival. Click below for all the information…
UK Championship Qualifiers 2009: Order of Play and Preview
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…