Tag: Northern Ireland Open
Mark Allen successfully defended his Northern Ireland Open crown in Belfast after beating Zhou Yuelong 9-4 at the Waterfront Hall on Sunday. The Pistol triumphed in front of his raucous home crowd for the second year running after reeling off eight successive frames from 4-1 down to deny his Chinese opponent a maiden ranking title. […]
Mark Allen and Zhou Yuelong go head to head for the Northern Ireland Open crown at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast on Sunday. The last two players standing will do battle over the best of 17 frames for the Alex Higgins trophy, as well as the £80,000 top prize and the final remaining spot in […]
Home favourite Mark Allen will play Zhou Yuelong in the Northern Ireland Open final following a 6-2 victory over Neil Robertson in Belfast on Saturday. Reigning champion Allen delighted the Waterfront Hall crowd with two century breaks on the way to booking his place in Sunday’s showpiece. The Pistol subsequently ended the hopes of the […]
Neil Robertson and Mark Allen collide in a mouth-watering Northern Ireland Open semi-final showdown in Belfast on Saturday. Zhou awaits the winner of this highly entertaining clash at the Waterfront Hall, where the home favourite takes on the player chasing the Home Nations grand slam. Robertson has won all four of his previous semi-final encounters […]
Anthony McGill and Zhou Yuelong go head to head in the first Northern Ireland Open semi-final in Belfast on Saturday The players ranked 20th and 23rd in the world respectively are just two matches away from becoming the 16th different winner in the Home Nations series, as well as snatching the last remaining place in […]
Mark Allen will play Neil Robertson in the Northern Ireland Open semi-finals after edging out Mark Williams on Friday. The reigning champion delighted the home crowd as he scraped past Williams in a deciding frame to remain on course for a successful title defence at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast. Allen set up a showdown […]
Former champions Mark Williams and Mark Allen collide for a place in the Northern Ireland Open semi-finals on Friday. It is a battle of the Marks as the only remaining past winners of this event go head to head in what should be another cracking clash at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast. Home favourite Allen […]
Neil Robertson looks to maintain his impressive record against Mark Selby when they collide in the Northern Ireland Open quarter-finals. The players ranked third and fourth in the world respectively lock horns in what promises to be a mouth-watering clash at the Waterfront Hall in Belfast on Friday. Both are just three wins away from […]
Mark Allen slammed the “disgustingly bad” table conditions following his Last 16 win over Xiao Guodong at the Northern Ireland Open. The home favourite, who lifted the Alex Higgins trophy in Belfast 12 months ago, remained on course for a successful title defence after putting Xiao to the sword 4-0 at the Waterfront Hall on […]