Tag: World Snooker Championship
Defending champion Ronnie O’Sullivan steps up his quest for a record eighth world title with a Quarter-Final battle against Luca Brecel at The Crucible. O’Sullivan is back at the sport’s spiritual home on a quest to make history by eclipsing the joint record of seven world titles he currently shares with Stephen Hendry. The Rocket […]
Mark Allen is targeting only his second World Championship semi-final appearance when he locks horns with debutant Jak Jones. It promises to be an intriguing last-eight showdown at the Crucible, with the season’s star player taking one of Sheffield’s surprise packages this fortnight. The runaway leader on this season’s one-year list, Allen arrived in Sheffield […]
Mark Selby set up a mouth-watering World Snooker Championship quarter-final showdown with John Higgins after seeing off Gary Wilson 13-7. The Jester booked his place in the last eight at the Crucible for a ninth time after completing a commanding win over the former semi-finalist on Monday. Holding a healthy 10-6 advantage, Selby began the […]
John Higgins believes the pockets at this year’s World Snooker Championship are playing more generously than usual after landing a clutch of dubious pots along the cushion. The four-time World Champion romped to victory over Kyren Wilson with a session to spare on Sunday to reach his 17th Crucible Quarter-Final. Higgins produced four century breaks […]
John Higgins stormed through to the World Championship quarter-finals after a 13-2 rout of Kyren Wilson, but took a swipe at the “pathetic” Crucible schedule. The four-time champion secured his 17th appearance in the last eight of snooker’s blue-riband event after comprehensively sweeping Wilson aside with a session to spare on Sunday. Higgins raced into […]
Kyren Wilson will hope to make it third time lucky when he faces John Higgins in the Second Round of the World Snooker Championship. Two genuine title contenders go head to head in one of the most eye-catching ties of the second round at The Crucible. It will be their third meeting in Sheffield with […]
Ronnie O’Sullivan insists he bears “no hard feelings” towards Hossein Vafaei following his comprehensive rout of the Iranian at the Crucible. The seven-time World champion roared through to a 21st quarter-final after completing a thumping 13-2 victory with a session to spare on Saturday. O’Sullivan and Vafaei were embroiled in a war of words ahead […]
Hossein Vafaei believes he can be “the next Ronnie O’Sullivan” as he looks to learn from his brutal Second Round defeat at the World Snooker Championship. Vafaei was thrashed 13-2 by a merciless O’Sullivan in their highly-anticipated show-down in Sheffield, with the defending champion wrapping up victory with a session to spare. O’Sullivan had established […]
Gary Wilson will be targeting another World Championship victory over Mark Selby when they lock horns in the second round at the Crucible. Indeed, the Tyneside Terror stunned the then three-time World Champion 13-10 at this stage on the way to reaching the 2019 semi-finals, and is hoping for more of the same four years […]