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Tour Championship snooker 2022 LIVE - Top seed Zhao Xintong faces John Higgins in opening clash

Match schedule Quarter-finals Ad/> Monday, March 28 Tour ChampionshipTour Championship 2022 — Latest scores, results, schedule, order of play3 HOURS AGO Zhao Xintong [1] v John Higgins [8] Tuesday, March 29 Neil Robertson [2] v Mark Allen [7] Wednesday, March 30 Ronnie O'Sullivan [3] v Mark Williams [6] Thursday, March 31 Judd Trump [4] v Luca Brecel [5] Why unique pressures of snooker's longer formats make it ultimate challenge Let’s go back 30 years to May 4th, 1992. It’s a sunny bank holiday Monday afternoon in Sheffield and Jimmy White is leading Stephen Hendry 12-6 in the World Championship final. White is outplaying Hendry.

Is Stephen Hendry set to quit comeback after opting out of 2022 World Snooker Championship? Will Scotsman retire again?

Stephen Hendry has opted out of entering the World Snooker Championship qualifiers at the English Institute of Sport in Sheffield (4-13 April LIVE on Eurosport) only 12 months after returning to the sport following a nine-year absence. The seven-time world champion accepted a two-year wildcard from former World Snooker Tour chairman Barry Hearn at the outset of the 2020/21 season and played his first match since the 2012 World Championship when he lost 4-1 to Matthew Selt in the Gibraltar Open first round in Milton Keynes last March, making his 776th career century in winning his only frame of the contest.

Rocket's 30 years at Crucible – Ronnie O'Sullivan set to pass another Stephen Hendry record at 46th World Championship

Ronnie O'Sullivan is set to pass another Stephen Hendry landmark when the snooker GOAT competes at the World Championship for a record 30th straight year next month (April 16 — May 2, LIVE on Eurosport). O'Sullivan needs to reach the quarter-finals at the Crucible Theatre to overtake Hendry as the Sheffield venue's most prolific match winner of all time since the inception of the modern televised era in 1977.

Turkish Masters 2022 - Matthew Selt halts Ding Junhui charge to book place in final in Antalya

Matthew Selt held his nerve to advance to the second ranking final of his career when beating Ding Junhui 6-5 in the semi-finals of the Turkish Masters. Selt, who won the Indian Open in 2019, had spoken about looking to translate his form on the practice table to the main stage.

Marco Fu has announced he is to return for the World Championship at the Crucible this year

Marco Fu has announced he is to make his return to the World Snooker Tour (WST) at the World Championship this year. The three-time ranking event winner, who has reached at least the semi-final stage of each of snooker’s triple crown events, has been a mainstay on the professional circuit since 1998.

Will Ronnie O'Sullivan miss the World Championship? Rocket 'open to offers' to skip snooker's biggest event

Ronnie O'Sullivan has suggested he may opt out of the 46th World Championship at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield next month if he gets «a better offer» but is the record 38-time ranking event winner serious about missing snooker's biggest event? O'Sullivan turned professional in 1992 and is widely regarded as the snooker GOAT. He holds all of the key records in the sport apart from Stephen Hendry's seven world titles claimed in 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996 and 1999. Ad/> That remains an obvious target for the World No 2 after he triumphed for a sixth time with an 18-8 win over Kyren Wilson in 2020.

Ronnie O’Sullivan eyes three more World Championship appearances before stepping away from elite snooker

Ronnie O’Sullivan has said he would like to play at three more World Championships before stepping away from the top level of the sport. O’Sullivan has won snooker’s biggest prize on six occasions, and will be among the favourites when the players descend on The Crucible in Sheffield next month. Ad/> After going over a year without a title, O’Sullivan got his hands on the World Grand Prix in December and was a beaten finalist in the European Masters at the end of February.

Ronnie O'Sullivan reaches 60 not out – The snooker GOAT's unrivalled longevity in major sport

Ronnie O'Sullivan has won 38 ranking finals and lost 22 in a remarkable run of cue ball consistency stretching back to 1993, a year after the snooker GOAT turned professional. O'Sullivan's ranking event success spans an astonishing four decades since becoming the youngest winner of the UK Championship with a 10-6 victory over Stephen Hendry at the age of 17 years and 358 days in November 1993.

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Tour Championship snooker 2022 LIVE - Top seed Zhao Xintong faces John Higgins in opening clash

Is Stephen Hendry set to quit comeback after opting out of 2022 World Snooker Championship? Will Scotsman retire again?

Rocket's 30 years at Crucible – Ronnie O'Sullivan set to pass another Stephen Hendry record at 46th World Championship

Turkish Masters 2022 - Matthew Selt halts Ding Junhui charge to book place in final in Antalya

Marco Fu has announced he is to return for the World Championship at the Crucible this year

Will Ronnie O'Sullivan miss the World Championship? Rocket 'open to offers' to skip snooker's biggest event

Ronnie O’Sullivan eyes three more World Championship appearances before stepping away from elite snooker

Ronnie O'Sullivan reaches 60 not out – The snooker GOAT's unrivalled longevity in major sport