Tag: UK Championship
John Astley became the latest amateur to knock out a top seed at the 2021 UK Championship as he stunned defending champion Neil Robertson in Round One. Astley, one of nine amateur top-ups in this year’s UK Championship, pulled off one of the biggest results of his career as he knocked out the world number […]
Ronnie O’Sullivan has urged Shaun Murphy to “go and get a job” following his outburst over the inclusion of amateur players in the UK Championship. Murphy unleashed a furious rant against World Snooker on Tuesday over the decision to include amateur top-ups in the prestigious Triple Crown event at the York Barbican. 2008 UK Champion […]
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh fired in five century breaks en route to a 6-1 rout of Stephen Hendry in Round One of the 2021 UK Championship in York on Wednesday. Former Shoot-Out champion Un-Nooh produced a blistering display of break-building to end the five-time UK Champion’s return to the York Barbican in less than two hours of […]
Shaun Murphy has unleashed a furious rant against World Snooker over the decision to include amateur players in the UK Championship. 2008 UK Champion Murphy suffered a shock 6-5 defeat at the hands of 19-year-old Si Jiahui in the opening round of the season’s first Triple Crown event in York on Tuesday. Si led 5-1 […]
Stephen Hendry marks his return to the UK Championship with a show-down against Thepchaiya Un-Nooh in Round One on Wednesday. Only Steve Davis and Ronnie O’Sullivan have won more UK Championship titles than Hendry, and the five-time winner marks his return to the York Barbican for the first time in a decade with a clash […]
Ronnie O’Sullivan begins his quest for an eighth UK Championship title with a clash against Michael White in Round One in York on Wednesday. O’Sullivan is the record seven-time UK Champion and is bidding to claim his first ranking title since the 2020 World Championship. The Rocket, who most recently lifted this trophy in 2018, […]
Six former champions begin their campaigns on Day Two of the 2021 UK Championship in York on Wednesday. 2008 UK Champion Shaun Murphy was the highest profile casualty of the opening day at the York Barbican, joining the likes of Mark Davis and Scott Donaldson in departing the season’s first Triple Crown event early. A […]
Si Jiahui sent former champion Shaun Murphy crashing out of the UK Championship with a shock deciding frame victory on the opening day in York. The 19-year-old, who dropped off the tour at the end of last season, received a place in the season’s first Triple Crown event as an amateur top-up and seized his […]
UK Championship Snooker returns to the York Barbican in 2021, and a live stream is available for all matches. Second only to the World Championship in terms of prestige and prize money, the UK Championship comprises a field of 128 players battling it out at the York Barbican. First staged in 1977, the tournament is […]