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John Higgins completed a 3-1 win over Judd Trump in the Championship League final on Thursday to defend the invitational title and end a 13-month wait for a tournament victory in Leicester. The Scotsman emulated his 3-2 win over Stuart Bingham in the same event last February by firing seven centuries over two days in a deserved victory at the city's Morningside Arena.
John Higgins completed a 3-1 win over Judd Trump in the Championship League final on Thursday to defend the invitational title and end a 13-month wait for a tournament victory in Leicester. The Scotsman emulated his 3-2 win over Stuart Bingham in the same event last February by firing seven centuries over two days in a deserved victory at the city's Morningside Arena.
Xiao Guodong recovered from trailing 2-0 to claim the final three frames against Lyu Haotian and book his place in the Championship League final group in Leicester. It means Xiao will take his place alongside Jack Lisowski, Stuart Bingham, Kyren Wilson, Judd Trump, John Higgins and Neil Robertson on Wednesday and Thursday with the overall winner securing a place in the Champion of Champions event later this year.
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.
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.
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.
Wins for O'Sullivan, Williams, Trump and Selby on day one Ad The big names came through mostly unscathed in the held over qualifying matches on day one of the Welsh Open. Welsh Open‘I feel like I'm back to my best’ – Trump sounds ominous warning to rivals after Grace winAN HOUR AGO Joe Perry made a winning start to his title defence with a 4-0 whitewash of Mark King, while Shaun Murphy produced a similarly emphatic performance to drub Brazil's Victor Sarkis 4-0.
Joe Perry made an impressive start to his Welsh Open snooker title defence with a 4-0 whitewash of former Northern Ireland Open winner Mark King in his tournament opener in Llandudno. 'The Gentleman' – top seed at the 11th ranking event of the season after lifting his first major title with a 9-5 victory against Judd Trump last year – finished with knocks of 62 and 52 to secure a last-64 clash with Mark Joyce at Venue Cymru.