Month: December 2021
A new name will be etched onto the UK Championship trophy as young guns Luca Brecel and Zhao Xintong collide in the final at the York Barbican on Sunday. An enthralling tournament of upsets, quality and drama has resulted in a final between two of the sport’s most exciting rising stars as they compete for […]
Zhao Xintong will play Luca Brecel in the UK Championship final after a comprehensive 6-1 rout of Barry Hawkins on Saturday. Zhao and Brecel produced remarkable performances at the York Barbican Centre – the latter overcoming Kyren Wilson 6-4 – to set up what will be the first showpiece in this event contested by two […]
Barry Hawkins is targeting his third Triple Crown final when he plays Zhao Xintong in the UK Championship last four on Saturday. The two left-handers collide at the York Barbican for the right to take on Luca Brecel in Sunday’s showpiece. Now the highest-ranked player remaining in the tournament, world number 14 Hawkins has only […]
Kyren Wilson and Luca Brecel do battle for a place in the UK Championship final at the York Barbican Centre on Saturday. Both players are making their first appearance in the last four of snooker’s second-most prestigious ranking event, and there is set to be a new name on the trophy this year. World number […]
Kyren Wilson is through to the UK Championship semi-finals for the first time after a thrilling 6-5 victory over Ronnie O’Sullivan on Friday. There will be a new name on the trophy at the York Barbican Centre, with all four semi-finalists marking their maiden appearances at that stage of the event. Targeting just a fourth […]
Ronnie O’Sullivan and Kyren Wilson collide in the pick of the UK Championship Quarter-Finals at the York Barbican on Friday. Just eight players remain in the first Triple Crown event of the 2021-22 season, with O’Sullivan and Wilson the only two currently ranked in the world’s top five. The most successful player in UK Championship […]
Ronnie O’Sullivan and Kyren Wilson face off in a box office Quarter-Final clash at the 2021 UK Championship in York on Friday. A repeat of the 2020 World Championship final sees the fourth and fifth seeds collide as O’Sullivan aims to continue his dominant record over Wilson. A tournament of shocks has seen a host […]
Andy Hicks is through to the UK Championship last eight for the first time in over a quarter of a century after beating David Gilbert 6-5 on Thursday. Currently ranked 102nd in the world, the 48-year-old arrived at the York Barbican Centre having not reached the quarter-finals of a ranking event as a professional since […]
Ronnie O’Sullivan and Kyren Wilson will collide in the Quarter-Finals of the 2021 UK Championship after defeating Noppon Saengkham and Ben Woollaston respectively in York on Wednesday. A repeat of the 2020 World Championship final will see O’Sullivan and Wilson go head-to-head after the pair enjoyed comfortable Fourth Round wins at the York Barbican. Seven-time […]