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Final qualifying round time at the Academy for the 2010 Shanghai Masters qualifiers and it has so far been a good day for the seeds as all bar two have managed to come through, although not without a fight as 1997 world champion Ken Doherty will testify… When Irish duo Ken Doherty and Fergal O’Brien [...]
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Alfie Burden (photo courtesy of On Q Promotions) Day Three from the Academy in Sheffield and it has so far been a strong day for the seeds, all but three of them emerging victorious today from the first eleven matches played. Click below to read quotes from Alfie Burden following his win today together with [...]
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Click to view the draw… After yesterday’s run of relatively predictable results, the qualifiers at the Academy caught fire today as with 11 of the day’s 16 matches completed, six unseeded players are through to the third round, four following deciding frames… Update: In the pick of the evening matches, talented youngster Liam Highfield recorded [...]
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On Q Promotions Malta’s Tony Drago flew into the second round of the 2010 Shanghai Masters after beating China’s Xiao Guodong 5-2 at the EIS in Sheffield. Drago whistled into a 1-0 lead with a break of 73 and then followed it up with a sublime century, compiled in just five minutes 26 seconds. The [...]
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It will not have escaped the attention of the many Alex Higgins fans across the world that today marked the day when he was finally laid to rest over in Belfast. Click above to watch a video from the day.
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Global Snooker The season starts here. Well, sort of anyway, and unsurprisingly it has so far been experience that has won out over youth with five matches still to complete at the time of writing… One newcomer to buck the trend however was Scottish youngster Anthony McGill who has followed up his impressive run during [...]
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Peter Ebdon defies his own low expectations to beat Michael White 5-1 and qualify for the Shanghai Masters.
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Stars from the world of snooker join hundreds of people at the funeral of the two-time world champion Alex Higgins in Belfast.
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Click to view the draw… We may already have had two events this season that have carried ranking points but the upcoming Shanghai Masters qualifiers will for many mark the real start to the season. Click below for my preview of the week’s action… Round One With many of the players in action either new [...]
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