Month: November 2020
Alexander Ursenbacher sent a below-par Ronnie O’Sullivan crashing out of the 2020 UK Championship in Round Two with a shock 6-5 victory on Sunday. The Swiss star, 24, had previously defeated O’Sullivan in the 2019 Welsh Open and made it two wins from two by holding his nerve in a last-frame decider in Milton Keynes. […]
The first Triple Crown event of the season sees the stars of the baize head to Milton Keynes for the UK Championship, and you follow all latest results and fixtures here. Second only to the World Championship in terms of prestige and prize money, the UK Championship comprises a field of 128 players battling it […]
Judd Trump completed a hat-trick of Northern Ireland Open titles after beating Ronnie O’Sullivan 9-7 in the final at Marshall Arena. It was the third year in succession that the Ace and the Rocket were competing for the Alex Higgins Trophy in the second Home Nations event of the campaign. And just like in the […]
Judd Trump aims to secure a hat-trick of Northern Ireland Open titles at the expense of rival Ronnie O’Sullivan when the pair meet in the final for the third consecutive year. Trump has defeated ‘The Rocket’ 9-7 in each of the last two finals in Belfast and will look to maintain his stranglehold on this […]
Ronnie O’Sullivan admits he has not apologised to either Ali Carter or Mark Allen over the incidents in their last respective meetings despite the pair suggesting otherwise. O’Sullivan and Carter became embroiled in the now infamous ‘barge gate’ incident during the 2018 World Championship at The Crucible and will meet for the first time since […]
Ronnie O’Sullivan and Ali Carter face off for the first time in more than two and a half years as they vie for a place in the 2020 Northern Ireland Open final. The two Essex rivals last came to blows at The Crucible in 2018 in an ill-tempered encounter in which they brushed shoulders and […]
Ronnie O’Sullivan is through to the Northern Ireland Open semi-finals after reeling off five consecutive frames to sweep aside Ding Junhui 5-2 in Milton Keynes. The six-time World champion appeared in danger at 2-0 down in his eagerly anticipated quarter-final showdown with the Chinese ace at Marshall Arena. However, the Rocket came back firing with […]
Judd Trump remained on course to lift a third consecutive Northern Ireland Open title after beating Martin Gould to reach the quarter-finals in Milton Keynes. The reigning champion needed a deciding frame to see off Luca Brecel earlier on Thursday. However, he enjoyed a more comfortable victory in the last 16, overcoming former German Masters […]
Home favourite Mark Allen soared through to the Northern Ireland Open second round after whitewashing Anthony Hamilton 4-0 in Milton Keynes on Tuesday. Fresh from lifting the Champion of Champions trophy nine days earlier, The Pistol fired in breaks of 94, 111 and 125 on his way to a comfortable win over the former German […]