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UK Championship Snooker Firmly Underway

December 15, 2008 / The_Teach / One comment

Through all the hullabaloo over the Mosconi Cup at the weekend I failed to mention that the UK Championship Snooker was on as well!

The second most prestigious tournament in the World Snooker calendar is being shown live on the BBC in the UK and on BBC interactive with table choice. In addition you can watch a snooker live stream also courtesy of the BBC, I believe that due to contractual issues this stream is only available to UK viewers.

Currently the live streams are:

Steve Davis v Ding Junhui

Ronnie O’Sullivan v Joe Perry

If you are outside of the UK then I am sorry that you can’t see it. However, I have posted some unofficial (I must stress unofficial) videos posted on YouTube of this years Championships. They are unofficial snooker videos but are of a reasonable quality:

Steve Davis v Ding Junhui (Part 1)

Stephen Maguire v Jamie Burnett (Part 1)

Controversy

Although no statement has been made from World Snooker yet, betting was suspended on the Stephen Maguire v Jamie Burnett match after irregular betting patterns on a 9-3 victory to Stephen. Ironically the match did finish 9-3 so more information will certainly be requested.

All of the YouTube videos above came from:

http://uk.youtube.com/user/snoookerfan92

You can find the full draw here:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/snooker/7774168.stm


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Davis Battles to Second Consecutive World Ranking 1/4 Final

October 16, 2008 / The_Teach / No comments

Steve Davis put on a spirited display late yesterday evening to defeat Adrian Gunnell 5-4 and book a place in his second consecutive World Ranking 1/4 final – something he has not achieved since 1996.

Davis took a 3-0 lead only to be pegged back by a resurgent Gunnell at 3-3. Gunnell has looked very ordinary in the first three frames but showed some element of his class in making the scoreline level.

The conservative play displayed by Davis is what took him across the line and he seems to have found a new way of wearing opponents down allowing him to become victorious.

In the other matches in the last 16 yesterday, Judd Trump (given a bye into round two through Graeme Dott’s withdrawal through injury) put on a great performance against World Championship semi-finalist Joe Perry and won the match 5-2. In the battle of Scotland Higgins beat Hendry 5-2 and Ding Junhui won by the same scoreline against Michael Holt.

With the ‘Open Draw’ system being used it could be a very interesting tournament and every player will fancy their chances.

Today’s last 16 matches are:

  • Jamie Cope v Peter Ebdon
  • Marco Fu v Ronnie O’Sullivan
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