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Stephen Maguire won three of his four matches to lead the way in Championship League Group Seven at Leicester's Morningside Arena on Monday. The 2004 UK champion lost his first match of the day 3-2 to fellow Scot Graeme Dott, but recovered strongly with wins over Matthew Selt (3-1), Lyu Haotian (3-1) and Xiao Guodong (3-1) enough to see him finish on three points.
Ronnie O'Sullivan, Neil Robertson and Mark Williams need a minor miracle to qualify for the Tour Championship after missing out on this week's Players Championship. The knock-on effect of failing to make the cut-off point for the Players in Wolverhampton – contested by the top 16 on the one-year list – means the world champion trio, with 11 Crucible crowns between them, only have one more counting ranking event before the eight-man Tour Championship is held in Hull (27 March-2 April).
Stephen Hendry believes the prize for a 147 should be bigger because it’s “the most perfect thing you can do in snooker”. At its peak, a 147 maximum break was worth £147,000 at the World Championship in the 1990s, which Ronnie O’Sullivan and Hendry both earned. Ad The first official 147 was made by Steve Davis at the 1982 Lada Classic and he won a Lada car.
Afternoon all! And welcome to day two of Players' Championship snooks! For your delectation this afternoon, we have: Ad Mark Selby v Shaun Murphy and Kyren Wilson v Zhou Yuelong. Welsh OpenRobert Milkins, his mental health battle and a 'life-changing' lesson in power of positive thinkingA DAY AGO Two belting matches but we'll be focused on the first, then this evening it's Ali Carter v Judd Trump and Robert Milkins v Tom Ford. Let's go! Tuesday at the Players Championship sees Mark Selby, Shaun Murphy, Judd Trump and Ali Carter all in action.
Joe O’Connor knocked out top seed Mark Allen in a huge upset on the opening day of the Players Championship in Wolverhampton. The 27-year-old showed impressive composure to keep Allen at distance after opening up a 3-0 lead, eventually coming home 6-3.
The 2023 Players championship kicks off in Wolverhampton on Monday, February 20 with an exciting field and a huge prize pool on offer. With Ronnie O'Sullivan and Neil Robertson having failed to qualify, Mark Allen is deemed the player to beat and is named the top seed. Ad Reigning champion Robertson made a late charge to qualify during the Welsh Open but failed to gather sufficient points to earn a place in the event.
The standing of the Players Championship suffered a huge pre-tournament blow on Friday when it was confirmed the sport's biggest draw Ronnie O'Sullivan, world champion and world No. 1, would not be participating. 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 on Monday (February 20-26) after the conclusion of the Welsh Open on Sunday evening.
The snooker world will soon turn its attentions to the start of the 2023 Players Championship in February as the world’s top 16 players battle for supremacy. The Players Championship is the 12th ranking event of the 2022-23 season and is sandwiched between the World Grand Prix and the Tour Championship as the second event of the Players Series. Ad The Players Championship field is made up of the top 16 players on the one-year money list.