Month: October 2021
John Higgins and Mark Allen go head to head in an eagerly anticipated Northern Ireland Open final at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast on Sunday. The four-time World champion and the home favourite are looking to land the first Home Nations title of this season. Victory for either will see them become only the fifth […]
John Higgins will play home favourite Mark Allen in the Northern Ireland Open final after a commanding 6-2 victory over Yan Bingtao in Belfast. The four-time World champion avenged his 10-8 defeat by the Chinese ace in this year’s Masters final after reeling off six successive frames at the Waterfront Hall on Saturday. Higgins had […]
John Higgins will be aiming to avenge his Masters final defeat by Yan Bingtao when they clash in the last four of the Northern Ireland Open on Saturday. The Chinese ace claimed his first major title at snooker’s most prestigious invitational event in January after prevailing a 10-8 winner over the four-time World champion in […]
Home favourite Mark Allen locks horns with Ricky Walden for a place in this year’s Northern Ireland Open final on Saturday. The two players have met on 17 previous occasions – with Walden prevailing on 10 of those – and this will be their latest showdown on the big stage at the Waterfront Hall in […]
Home favourite Mark Allen ended reigning champion Judd Trump’s 25-match winning streak at the Northern Ireland Open with a stunning fightback from 3-0 down to advance to the semi-finals on Friday. It was a day of great comebacks at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast, with John Higgins and Ricky Walden also overturning early deficits to […]
Reigning champion Judd Trump faces home favourite Mark Allen in what promises to be a highly entertaining quarter-final clash at the Northern Ireland Open on Friday. Undoubtedly the pick of the last-eight ties at the opening Home Nations event of this season, the crowd should be in for a treat at the Waterfront Hall in […]
John Higgins looks to maintain his impressive record against an in-form David Gilbert as the Northern Ireland Open quarter-finals take centre stage on Friday. Just eight players remain heading into day seven of the opening Home Nations event of this season at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast. Four-time World champion Higgins has now won 67 […]
John Higgins produced a magnificent turnaround from 3-0 down to stun Mark Williams 4-3 and advance to the Northern Ireland Open quarter-finals in Belfast. Higgins had lost each of his four previous encounters with fellow Class of 92 member Williams, including an 18-16 the 2018 World Championship final. Another reverse was looming large for the […]
John Higgins and Mark Williams renew their rivalry as the Northern Ireland Open fourth round takes centre stage on Thursday. Just eight players will remain by the close of play on day six of the opening Home Nations event of this season. The pick of the last-16 ties sees two members of snooker’s ‘Class of […]