Veteran amateur Barry Pinches shocks Shaun Murphy at Welsh Open
Shaun Murphy suffered another shock loss at the hands of an amateur on the opening day of the BetVictor Welsh Open in Llandudno.
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Mark Williams sizzles to coast through to Championship League snooker last 32, Barry Pinches also advances
Mark Williams got the new season up and running in fine style by winning Group 6 at the Championship League in Leicester on Friday. The three-time world champion opened his account for the new campaign, the 32nd of his professional career, with a 3-0 win over Daniel Holoyda, a late call-up to replace Thor Chuan Leong, before completing a 3-1 win over Ken Doherty and a closing 3-0 victory over fellow Welshman Dylan Emery.
Alexander Ursenbacher edges out Barry Pinches to regain snooker tour card at Q School – 'It means everything to me'
Alexander Ursenbacher put a nightmare season behind him to regain his World Snooker Tour at Q School in Leicester on Wednesday with a 4-3 win over veteran cueman Barry Pinches. The Swiss player – dubbed the 'Federer of Baize' – began his day with a 4-2 success against recent world seniors finalist Alfie Burden in the last 16 before denying Norwich professional Pinches in a tense final-frame decider. Ad Pinches opened with a 125 break before Ursenbacher claimed the next three frames boosted by two 60-plus breaks to lead 3-1, but his 52-year-old opponent was not finished as a timely 73 in the sixth frame forced the match all the way.
Michael Judge falls at first hurdle in quest for Crucible spot
Michael Judge has been beaten in his opening qualifier for the World Championships, going down 10-2 to Florian Nuessle.
Watch: John Higgins, king of the snooker doubles, produces magical match-winning treble
John Higgins is arguably the greatest doubler in world snooker, but even he must have been impressed with the shot that clinched his place at next month's inaugural Turkish Masters. The four-time world champion trailed 3-1 to an inspired world number 105 Barry Pinches, who had made three excellent 70-plus breaks, at the mid-session interval of their qualifier in Leicester before timely knocks of 130, 85 and 62 helped Higgins win four straight frames to progress.
Turkish Masters 2022: John Higgins defeats Barry Pinches, Jimmy White loses to Shaun Murphy
John Higgins continued his excellent early season form with a 5-3 win over Barry Pinches in the Turkish Masters qualifying. On Friday night the former number one lifted the Championship League trophy but he was straight back to action when he beat his English opponent.
German Masters 2022 - Mark Selby and Mark Allen both safely through to last-16
Mark Selby stormed through to the last sixteen of the German Masters with a whitewash of Barry Pinches. He was a 5-0 winner against the veteran in Berlin, taking two frames without Pinches scoring.
Ronnie O'Sullivan to miss Turkish Masters, but who do Judd Trump and Mark Selby face at inaugural ranking event?
Ronnie O'Sullivan's decision to miss the inaugural Turkish Masters in March has given world number five Kyren Wilson a trip to Turkey to play his opening qualifying match at the Nirvana Cosmopolitan Hotel in Antalya (LIVE on Eurosport). The final stages of the new ranking event, the 13th of the 2021/22 season, will be staged between 7-13 March with 58 of the opening 64 qualifying matches in the round of 128 being staged by the Morningside Arena in Leicester (2-6 February).
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