Mark Allen posts 'sick' tweet after losing out on bumper £150k bonus to John Higgins
Gutted Mark Allen was left feeling 'sick' as a dog after he was pipped at the post for snooker’s £150,000 Euro Series bonus.
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John Higgins to take on Zhao Xintong after Tour Championship spot confirmed by Robert Milkins' win in Gibraltar Open
John Higgins will face Zhao Xintong in the first round of the Tour Championship after his place in the field was confirmed following Robert Milkins’ win at the Gibraltar Open. Higgins had only fingernails on the eighth and final spot, and a win for Kyren Wilson in the final in Gibraltar would have seen him overtaken by the Warrior.
Gibraltar Open 2022 - Robert Milkins shrugs off Turkish Masters nightmare to beat Kyren Wilson for first career title
In a season of surprises, Robert Milkins added his name to the rollcall of winners when beating Kyren Wilson 4-2 to win the final of the Gibraltar Open. Milkins’ previous claim to fame in an awful season was turning up drunk at the Turkish Masters, having a row with guests and being taken to hospital to have his stomach pumped.
Gibraltar Open 2022 - Kyren Wilson beats Ricky Walden to reach final and confirms John Higgins as European Series winner
Kyren Wilson’s red-hot form at the Gibraltar Open continued, as he moved into the final courtesy of a 4-3 win over Ricky Walden. The victory keeps Wilson's hopes of a first title of the season alive, but it also makes John Higgins £150,000 richer as Walden’s defeat confirmed the Scot as the winner of the European Series bonus. Ad/> There will only be partial celebrations in the Higgins household, as he will miss out on a spot at next week’s Tour Championship if Wilson beats Robert Milkins in the final later on Saturday.
Gibraltar Open 2022 - Laboured Judd Trump keeps hat-trick hopes alive with win over Sanderson Lam
Judd Trump was well short of his best, but kept his hopes of a third consecutive Gibraltar Open title alive with a 4-1 win over Sanderson Lam, but John Higgins crashed out to Jimmy Robertson. The scoreline suggested a comfortable evening for Trump, but that was not the case as he looked laboured and was fortunate to see his opponent make simple errors when well placed. Ad/> Trump came into the game having not lost a frame in his first two matches of the tournament, but he was well short of his best.
'Had to fly back to UK' – Bad weather and travel chaos rocks 2022 Gibraltar Open snooker on Rock with players forced out
The seventh Gibraltar Open has been rocked by a spate of late withdrawals, bad weather and travel chaos before snooker returned to the Rock at the Europa Point Sports Complex on Thursday. Shoot Out winner Hossein Vafaei and fellow non-British professionals Li Hang, Pang Junxu, Wu Yize, Xu Si and Si Jiahui were all forced out due to visa problems in Spain after bad weather saw flights from the UK diverted from Gibraltar to Malaga.
Gibraltar Open 2022: Latest results, scores, schedule and order of play as Ronnie O'Sullivan and Judd Trump target title
Judd Trump heads a star-studded cast including Ronnie O’Sullivan, Neil Robertson and John Higgins bidding for the Gibraltar Open. Trump has won the event for the past two years, and will have high hopes of making it a hat-trick of victories after returning to form at the Welsh Open earlier in March.
Tour Championship 2022 - How to watch as Ronnie O'Sullivan eyes second title, Judd Trump also in action
The fourth edition of the Tour Championship takes place this spring with the top eight ranked players in the world battling it out for supremacy. Zhao Xingtong begins the tournament as the top-ranked player, but he will face stiff competition from the likes of Ronnie O'Sullivan, Judd Trump and reigning champion Neil Robertson, who are all also in action.