Top seed Mark Allen crashes out of Players Championship in first round
Top seed Mark Allen crashed out of the Duelbits Players Championship in the first round after suffering a 6-3 defeat to Joe O'Connor.
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Players Championship 2023 LIVE - Mark Allen faces off against Joe O'Connor, Ryan Day goes up against Chris Wakelin
Mark Allen – the year’s most in-form player – begins his quest for a second Players Championship title with a clash against 16th seed Joe O'Connor. Allen sits top of the one-year list after successes at the Northern Ireland Open, the UK Championship and the World Grand Prix. He won the 2016 title when the event was called the Players Tour Championship Finals and goes for a second title from 19:00.
Who has qualified for Players Championship snooker? Will Ronnie O'Sullivan and Mark Williams play?
The race to qualify for the elite Players Championship took another dramatic twist on Tuesday at the Welsh Open. Only the top 16 on the sport's one-year ranking list qualify for the Players Championship which breaks off at Aldersley Leisure Village in Wolverhampton (February 20-26) after the conclusion of the Welsh Open on Sunday evening. Ad Neil Robertson is the defending Players champion, but has not done enough to secure his spot in this year's tournament as a result of losing 4-0 to the evergreen Dominic Dale in the second round in Llandudno on Tuesday afternoon.
Who has qualified for Players Championship snooker? Will Ronnie O'Sullivan and Mark Williams play in Wolverhampton?
The race to qualify for the elite Players Championship took another dramatic twist on Tuesday at the Welsh Open. Only the top 16 on the sport's one-year ranking list qualify for the Players Championship which breaks off at Aldersley Leisure Village in Wolverhampton (20-26 February) after the conclusion of the Welsh on Sunday evening. Ad Neil Robertson is the defending Players champion, but has not done enough to secure his spot in this year's tournament as a result of losing 4-0 to the evergreen Dominic Dale in the second round in Llandudno on Tuesday afternoon.
Maximum Milkins reels off 147 at German Masters
Robert Milkins fired his third professional maximum break in the second frame of his German Masters quarter-final against Chris Wakelin in Berlin.
Jack Lisowski battles back to beat Jimmy White in Berlin
Jimmy White's mini-renaissance came to an end at the hands of Jack Lisowski following a 5-2 defeat in the last 16 of the German Masters.
Wakelin denies Belgian teen Leclercq to claim Snooker Shoot Out
Chris Wakelin dashed the dream of Belgian teenager Julien Leclercq to clinch victory in the one-frame BetVictor Snooker Shoot Out in Leicester.
Stephen Maguire secures Scottish Open snooker spot before Belfast trip, Mark King seals progress
Stephen Maguire booked his spot in the last 64 of the Scottish Open ahead of his trip to Belfast to compete in the Northern Ireland Open next week. The former UK champion made breaks of 53 and 54 in a 4-0 victory against Ireland's Michael Judge during qualifying in Cannock.