Tomorrow's semi-final Robertson v Lisowski should be a cracker.

It was Mark Allen who won the International Championship by beating Neil Robertson 10-5 in the final.

Shaun Murphy is the first man into the semi finals of the champion of champions after beating Ding Junhui 6-3.

Higgins into the lead for the first time in the match with an excellent break of 83! He leads Ronnie O’Sullivan 3-2 in the Champion of Champions.

Higgins into the lead for the first time in the match with an excellent break of 83! He leads Ronnie O’Sullivan 3-2 in the Champion of Champions.

And then Ronnie hit back with 2 centuries and won 6-3 to go through the semi-finals where he'll play Shaun Murphy.

Kyren Wilson cruises to a 4-1 victory over Mark Williams to book his spot in tonight's Champion of Champions group stage final.

 

 

Well done to Mark Selby on making his third career 147 break at the Champion of Champions against Neil Robertson. No prize money however for one made.

Mark Allen hit five century breaks as he beat both Barry Hawkins and Neil Robertson in Group 2 of the Champion of Champions and will play Kyren Wilson in the semi-finals.

Ronnie O’Sullivan leads Kyren Wilson 6-3 after the first session in the final of the Champion of Champions.

Home favourite Mark Allen falls in round one of the Northern Ireland Open, losing 4-1 to Niu Zhuang.

 

Higgins, Hawkins, Allen, Maguire, Bingham and Wilson all on their way home and out in the first round. Wilson had to play 24 hours after losing 10-9 to Ronnie in the Champion of Champions.

Eden Sharav continues his excellent week by beating Peter Ebdon 5-4 to reach the semi finals for the first time in the Northern Ireland Open.a He’ll play Judd Trump tomorrow night for a place in the final.

 

What a match! Ronnie wins 6-5 to get through to the final.

What a match! Ronnie wins 6-5 to get through to the final.

 

To play Judd Trump... :)

It should be a good entertaining final.

Information on The Coral Series coming up.next year

 

https://www.wpbsa.com/the-coral-series-ever...u-need-to-know/

China's Yu Delu has been banned from snooker for 10 years and nine months after a major match-fixing inquiry.

 

His compatriot Cao Yupeng also pleaded guilty to fixing and was banned for six years, although three and a half years of his sentence are suspended.

Draw for the Masters aa

 

Allen vBrecel

Ding v Lisowski

Higgins v Day

O'Sullivan v Bingham

Selby v Maguire

Trump v Wilson

Hawkins v Murphy

Williams vRobertson

 

Draw for the Masters aa

 

Allen vBrecel

Ding v Lisowski

Higgins v Day

O'Sullivan v Bingham

Selby v Maguire

Trump v Wilson

Hawkins v Murphy

Williams vRobertson

 

Good to see Jack Lisowski's name in there - just wish he wouldn't look so dour at the snooker table, though... ;)

Information on The Coral Series coming up.next year

 

https://www.wpbsa.com/the-coral-series-ever...u-need-to-know/

Good to see one of those tournaments comprises proper matches (19 frames plus) even if there will only be eight players.