Tag: Players Championship
The 2024 Players Championship is next up on the hectic WST calendar, and you can follow all the latest results and schedule of play here. The second event of this season’s Players Series features the top 16 players on the one-year ranking list up to and including last week’s Welsh Open, with the winner pocketing […]
Shaun Murphy soared to the Players Championship title after a dominant 10-4 victory over Ali Carter in the final on Sunday. The Magician hit five centuries – taking his tally for the week to 11 – on the way to claiming the top prize of £125,000 at Aldersley Leisure Village in Wolverhampton. Murphy, who subsequently […]
Shaun Murphy and Ali Carter collide for the right to be crowned the 2023 Players Championship winner in Wolverhampton on Sunday. The form players of the week go head to head over the best of 19 frames at Aldersley Leisure Village for the top prize of £125,000, while becoming the fifth different winner of the […]
Kyren Wilson and Gary Wilson go head to head for a place in the Players Championship semi-finals in Wolverhampton on Friday. A battle of the Wilsons takes centre stage at the Aldersley Leisure Village, with a last-four showdown with the free-scoring Shaun Murphy at stake. Kyren Wilson has won three of his four professional meetings […]
Shaun Murphy looks to continue his impressive form when he faces Ryan Day in the Players Championship Quarter-Finals on Thursday. Returning to the elite 16-man event for the first time since 2020, the Magician arrived in Wolverhampton fresh from reaching the Welsh Open final in Llandudno the previous weekend. There, he suffered a narrow 9-7 […]
Ali Carter and Robert Milkins meet for the second time in three weeks when they collide in the Players Championship quarter-finals. The players ranked 15th and 16th in the world respectively go head to head in the first of the last-eight clashes at Aldersley Leisure Village in Wolverhampton on Wednesday. The pair also met in […]
Ding Junhui marks his Players Championship return when he locks horns with Gary Wilson in the first round on Wednesday. The players seeded sixth and 11th respectively go head to head for the right to face Kyren Wilson in the quarter-finals at Aldersley Leisure Village in Wolverhampton. Absent last year, Ding is back in the […]
Shaun Murphy admits he was “mortified” at the backlash to his comments in his studio interview following victory over Mark Selby at the Players Championship on Tuesday. Less than 48 hours after his defeat in the Welsh Open final, Murphy enjoyed a commanding 6-3 win over four-time World Champion Selby to reach the Quarter-Finals in […]
Judd Trump begins his quest to complete a hat-trick of Players Championship titles when he faces Ali Carter in the first round on Tuesday. The Ace is the joint-most successful player since the tournament was introduced to the calendar in 2017 – along with Ronnie O’Sullivan (also a two-time champion) – winning the inaugural edition […]