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My Luck Had to Change

January 20, 2012 / The_Teach / No comments

I thought I had this whole snooker thing sussed, I predicted all 8 first round winners and published how I felt the tournament was going to pan out for the remainder of the BGC Masters event.

BUT! That young cueist called Judd Trump had other ideas, he thought I know, I am going to stop Pete from getting a complete clean sweep in this event. In fairness he played some amazing snooker to beat Ronnie O’Sullivan 6-2 and step into the semi-finals.

I just felt that Ronnie was going to turn up for this event, I assume he didn’t expect to come up against snooker like that, especially as he knocked in a 141 en route to winning one of his own frames.

The evening session put my predictions back on track though as John Higgins dispatched fellow countryman Graeme Dott to also reach the semi-finals.

I still have Neil Robertson to win the whole event (and luckily he leads Mark Williams 5-3 as I type this!)

Category: General Snooker / Tags: bgc masters, graeme dott, john higgins, judd trump, mark williams, masters, neil robertson, ronnie o'sullivan, snooker, World Snooker

John Higgins Voted Player of the Season

June 3, 2009 / The_Teach / No comments

John Higgins - Photo from WorldSnooker.com

World Snooker recently carried out a pool on Worldsnooker.com and from 600 respondents John Higgins was named fans player of the year for the 2008/09 season.

The ‘Wizard of Wishaw’ no doubt achieved the accolade through winning his third world title but he was the only player to lift two world ranking events in the season.

World number 1, Ronnie O’Sullivan, came in second after wins in the Northern Ireland Trophy and the Masters, but probably receives a lot of votes not for his achievements but for his popularity.

In third place was World Championships semi-finalist and Bahrain Championship winner, Neil Robertson.

The full results:

John Higgins 178
Ronnie O’Sullivan 109
Neil Robertson 90
Mark Selby 65
Mark Allen 41
Ali Carter 32
Stephen Hendry 22
Shaun Murphy 21
Judd Trump 8
Ricky Walden 7
Steve Davis 6
Graeme Dott 2
Michael Holt 2
Stephen Maguire 2
Marco Fu 1
Dominic Dale 1
Martin Gould 1
Liang Wenbo 1
Jimmy White 1
Ryan Day 1
Joe Perry 1
Matthew Stevens 1
Joe Swail 1
Mark Williams 1
Vincent Muldoon

Source: World Snooker

Category: World Snooker / Tags: john higgins, neil robertson, player of the year, ronnie o'sullivan, snooker, World Snooker

Vote For Your Player of the Year

May 15, 2009 / The_Teach / 3 comments

World Snooker have launched a competition which will allow fans and enthusaists to vote for the 2008/09 Player of the Year. Voting has to be in by 29th May.

These would be my candidates:

Judd Trump (For winning spot in Masters & Premier League)
John Higgins (3rd World title)
Shaun Murphy (Winning the UK Championships)
Ricky Walden (For first ranking event victory, as a qualifier, in Shanghai)

You can vote for your Player of the Year by following this link:

http://www.worldsnooker.com/ws_championship_news-45905.htm?tid=124

Let me know your thoughts.

Category: World Snooker / Tags: john higgins, judd trump, player of the year, ricky walden, shaun murphy, World Snooker

Higgins Wins Third World Snooker Title.

May 5, 2009 / The_Teach / One comment

John Higgins moved into the realms of the greats with his third World Snooker title.

In a final that by his own admission (and that of his opponent Shaun Murphy) was won in the second session on Sunday, John Higgins lifted the trophy ad picked up a cheque for £250,000 with an 18-9 winning margin.

Shaun Murphy had looked good throughout the whole tournament but lost his way in the second session of the final where some uncharacteristic misses allowed John Higgins to capitalise. He won that particular session 7-1 and Shaun was always going to find it hard to comeback from that scoreline.

There was a bit of a resurgence in Monday afternoon’s session which meant the crowd were treated to at least part of a final session, in the end though it proved too much for Murphy, who over the next few years will no doubt be back in the winners circle.

His third title puts John Higgins amongst snooker’s greats and at 33 he still has a few years of top level snooker ahead of him. If he can continue to perform at this level then I can see him reaching 5 world titles.

The season is now finished and the players can take a break until the return in August.

Category: World Snooker / Tags: john higgins, professional snooker, shaun murphy, snooker, World Snooker, world snooker championship

Higgins Takes Lead into Second Session

May 1, 2009 / The_Teach / No comments

The semi finals of the 2009 Betfred.com World Snooker Championships started yesterday afternoon with twice former World Champion, John Higgins against rising Northern Irish talent, Mark Allen.

Allen has been playing some of the best snooker of his career after already having dispatched Ronnie O’Sullivan and Ryan Day. This session started well, Allen winning the first frame, however Higgins came back and handn’t even looked as if he was playing at his best. He lead 3-1 at the mid-session interval.

In the interval the players spoke to the tournament director about the less-than-adequate table conditions, aparantly caused by increased humidity. This led to a very hot iron and a complete change of balls at the halfway point in the session.

The table played better in the latter half and Higgins extended his lead to 6-2, this match continues this morning from 10.00.

Honours Even With Robertson and Murphy.

The other World Champion still in the draw, Shaun Murphy, had a very tight session against Australian Neil Robertson. The match will continue at 14.00 today with the score at 4-4. There were six breaks over 50 with Murphy winning this stat 4-2.

Category: World Snooker / Tags: john higgins, live, mark allen, neil robertson, professional snooker, results, scoring, shaun murphy, snooker, World Snooker, world snooker championships

Surprise as Ebdon Reaches China Open Final

April 4, 2009 / The_Teach / No comments

Peter Ebdon, a man who won a World Snooker Championship in 2002, has had an awful season that has seen him slip to number 17 in the provisional rankings. Well this week in Beijing he has managed to find some form and tomorrow will see him compete in the China Open Final.

He had an impressive 5-1 win over Stephen Hendry in the quarter finals and backed that up with a 6-1 win over semi final debutant Stuart Pettman in his semi final.

The other semi final between John Higgins and Ryan Day is still going with Higgins leading 5-3 in the best of 11 frame match.

If John Higgins does not win this title then we will be guaranteed our 7th different winner in 7 world ranking events this season.

Category: World Snooker / Tags: china open, john higgins, peter ebdon, ryan day, stuart pettman, World Snooker

Higgins to Play Day in Semi-Finals

April 3, 2009 / The_Teach / No comments

John Higgins, who at one point led 4-1 against Ronnie O’Sullivan until the reigning World Snooker Champion had a bit of a resurgence, came through his quarter-final a 5-4 victor.

Higgins will now play Welshman Ryan Day who himself demolished Saun Murphy 5-0 in an earlier encounter.

Category: World Snooker / Tags: china open, john higgins, ronnie o'sulllivan, ryan day, shaun murphy, World Snooker

World Snooker Champions Do Travel Well!

April 3, 2009 / The_Teach / No comments

No less than six former World Snooker Champions have made it through the the last eight of the China Open. A couple are well known for their batting qualities, Peter Ebdon, who faces Stephen Hendry (he is also leading 4-1 as I type) and Graeme Dott.

Dott is currently trailing Stuart Pettman 4-1. One of the stories of this tournament has been Pettman who has reached his first ever ranking event 1/4 final in 17 years as a professional. This shows that there is still a lot of quality lower down the world rankings and further adds to the funny season we have had with 6 different winners in six events.

In the other 1/4 finals later today Ronnie O’Sullivan will once again play John Higgins and Shaun Murphy plays Ryan Day.

I have been saying all season that Ryan Day is due a tournament win, could China finally be it?

My title to this post relates really to those players who do not always perform at tournaments outside of the UK. Ronnie O’Sullivan pulled out of the Bahrain event earlier in the year and the other players on show did not perform either. Maybe the tide is changing, snooker has to change to really become a ‘world sport’ and are players starting to accept this?

Category: World Snooker / Tags: china open, john higgins, peter ebdon, ronnie o'sullivan, stephen hendry, World Snooker

Selby into 2nd Masters Final

January 17, 2009 / The_Teach / No comments

Mark Selby put on an assured display of snooker to beat John Higgins 6-2 and reach his second consecutive Masters final.

The performance was topped by a break of 102 in the fifth frame.

After going into the mid-session at two frames a piece Selby came out firing and in the end won the match comfortably winning all four of the next four frames to take the match.

O’Sullivan vs Maguire starts at 7pm UK time tonight.

Category: World Snooker / Tags: john higgins, live snooker, mark selby, masters snooker, World Snooker

Live Snooker Today.

January 17, 2009 / The_Teach / No comments

The quarter-finals are over and now is where the real action starts! The semi-finals of the World Snooker Masters start this afternoon, first up is defending champion Mark Selby against one of the most highly regarded match players in the history of snooker, John Higgins.

It should be a very tough game with Selby having played final frame deciders in his first two matches, this could cause a bit of fatigue. On the other hand Higgins looked comfortable in beating Ding Junhui 6-4 and the Scot was never behind.

Read on to find out where you can watch it live…

Category: World Snooker / Tags: john higgins, live masters snooker, live snooker, mark selby, ronnie o'sullivan, stephen maguire, watch live snooker

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