Aliyah Boston emerges from shadow to build own legacy at South Carolina
COLUMBIA — Aliyah Boston didn't just have to contend with the shadow of a great player. She had an 11-foot tall likeness in front of her home arena.
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Ronnie O’Sullivan and Mark Selby head Snooker World Championship field as top 16 seeds confirmed
The top 16 for the Snooker World Championship has been confirmed following Ryan Day’s 10-7 defeat to Mark Selby at the Tour Championship. Day was competing against Ding Junhui and Gary Wilson coming into this week before the Crucible, for a seeded place at the World Championship. Ad However, Day needed to beat Selby to stay in the running for an automatic Crucible spot since Ding was victorious over Mark Allen earlier in the week.
Tour Championship snooker 2023 LIVE - Kyren Wilson leads Ding Junhui in battle to reach showpiece final
WILSON 3-0 DING Ding’s respite is short-lived as he gambles with a double on a red from right to left middle that never really looks like coming off. Ad Wilson duly punishes the error by knocking it into right middle and the man nicknamed ‘Enter the Dragon’ sees his scoreless run continue as his opponent polishes off the frame with a break of 34.
Tour Championship snooker 2023 LIVE - Mark Selby up against Ryan Day in final quarter-final
Selby 0-0 Day (45-0) How good would it be if Mark rediscovered his best form in time for the Cruce? What a factor that'd be! Meantime, he picks off the loose reds, then tries to get into the cluster off the green… and misses it completely. Still, that's a decent start, and we're back playing safety. Ad Selby 0-0 Day (8-0) Tour Championship'It’s difficult' – Murphy echoes Hendry criticism of ghostly Tour Championship atmosphere5 HOURS AGO All our experts think Mark will pull away here, and Ryan starts poorly, sending one long to left corner, missing, and leaving it for Mark to right.
Stephen Hendry: Mark Allen's form has 'deserted him at the worst part of the season' at 2023 Tour Championship
Stephen Hendry believes Mark Allen’s loss of form has “deserted him at the worst part of the season" after his quarter-final loss to Ding Junhui at the Tour Championship. Allen arrived at the Tour Championship as the No. 1 seed after being the most impressive player on the circuit for the current season.
No Ronnie O'Sullivan, Neil Robertson or Judd Trump: What shock Tour Championship line-up tells us ahead of Crucible
Anyone who predicted that not one of Ronnie O’Sullivan, Neil Robertson, Judd Trump, John Higgins or Mark Williams would be in Hull deserves either a pat on the back or equal billing at Derren Brown’s next stage show. These star names have between them reached only one ranking final all season: Trump lost to Mark Allen in the World Grand Prix’s title match in January. Ad Trump did win the Masters and O’Sullivan was successful at the Champion of Champions, but these are not ranking events and so didn’t count towards Tour Championship inclusion.
Mark Selby shines on home soil to win WST Classic
Former world champion Mark Selby won three matches in a day to claim the WST Classic title on home soil in Leicester.
Mark Selby whitewashes Ali Carter to reach WST Classic snooker final
Mark Selby buried Ali Carter under a barrage of breaks to reach the final of the WST Classic in Leicester with a 5-0 whitewash in a one-sided semi-final. The four-time world champion is chasing a first ranking title in his home city and produced a relentless display of scoring with knocks of 95, 138, 65 and 89 enough to book his spot in the inaugural Classic final at 7pm UK time on Wednesday night.