The list of players for the Worlds was finalised today. There are 4 females taking part ( On Yee, Reanne, Mink and Rebecca Kenna ) plus there at number 120.....Marco Fu. Fantastic to see him back. Lets hope he can play

More player changes for the Gilbraltar Open:

 

Dylan Mitchell replaces Liam Highfield

Lee Stephens replaces Shaun Murphy

Phil O'Kane replaces Billy Castle

Joshua Cooper replaces Dean Young

Hamim Hussain replaces Michael Judge

Jamie Curtis-Barrett replaces Kurt Maflin

Stuart Watson replaces Zhang Jiankang

 

 

After 27 years as a professional, Robert Milkins wins his maiden ranking title at the Gibraltar Open.

Notable Movements after the Gibraltar Open:

 

1. Ronnie O'Sullivan (England)

2. Mark Selby (England)

11. Luca Brecel (Belgium)

15. Mark Allen (Northern Ireland)

16. Yan Bingtao (China)

17. Ricky Walden (England)

18. Hossein Vafaei (Iran)

19. Dave Gilbert (England)

20. Martin Gould (England)

21. Matthew Selt (England)

22. Ryan Day (Wales)

23. Ali Carter (England)

24. Jordan Brown (Northern Ireland)

25. Zhou Yuelong (China)

26. Joe Perry (England)

27. Robert Milkins (England)

28. Tom Ford (England)

29. Ding Junhui (China)

30. Jimmy Robertson (England)

31. Gary Wilson (England)

32. Liang Wenbo (China)

Liang Wenbo has been suspended from attending or competing on the World Snooker Tour (WST) after being convicted of domestic-related assault.

 

The incident took place in Sheffield last July and the Chinese player, 35, pleaded guilty in February.

 

The current world number 33 was given a 12-month community order on Friday and will be suspended from the tour with immediate effect.

 

"We strongly condemn all forms of violence," read a WST statement.

 

It added that the matter has been passed to the World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA), which said that Liang "has a case to answer for misconduct under the WPBSA disciplinary rules".

 

"The charges are that Liang Wenbo's behaviour was unbecoming of a sportsperson and has brought the sport into disrepute," continued a WPBSA statement.

Neil Robertson beat John Higgins 10-9 in the Tour Championship Final.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/60979045

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Notable Movements after the Tour Championship:

 

3. Neil Robertson (Australia)

Nigel Bond has retired being relegated from the main tour following his defeat by Lukas Kleckers.

 

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/snooker/61035421

Top 32 after the World Championship:

 

1. Ronnie O'Sullivan (England)

2. Judd Trump (England)

3. Mark Selby (England)

4. Neil Robertson (Australia)

5. John Higgins (Scotland)

6. Zhao Xintong (China)

7. Mark Williams (Wales)

8. Kyren Wilson (England)

9. Shaun Murphy (England)

10. Jack Lisowski (England)

11. Barry Hawkins (England)

12. Luca Brecel (Belgium)

13. Stuart Bingham (England)

14. Mark Allen (Northern Ireland)

15. Yan Bingtao (China)

16. Anthony McGill (Scotland)

 

17. Hossein Vafaei (Iran)

18. Ricky Walden (England)

19. Dave Gilbert (England)

20. Ali Carter (England)

21. Matthew Selt (England)

22. Jordan Brown (Northern Ireland)

23. Zhou Yuelong (China)

24. Stephen Maguire (Scotland)

25. Jimmy Robertson (England)

26. Joe Perry (England)

27. Robert Milkins (England)

28. Ryan Day (Wales)

29. Martin Gould (England)

30. Tom Ford (England)

31. Jamie Jones (Wales)

32. Ding Junhui (China)

 

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Wales' Lee Walker won the World Seniors Championship after beating Jimmy White 5-4 in Sunday's Crucible Theatre final.

 

The 46-year-old from Newport - who reached the quarter-finals of the World Championship on his first appearance at the Crucible in 1997 - had never won a trophy on snooker's professional tour.

 

The coach and close friend of three-time world champion Mark Williams, Walker described his victory as "a career highlight".

 

"It's a dream come true," he said.

Maflin and Akani not being on tour is quite gobsmacking.

 

Considering Maflin was ranked in the 20s and reached the World Championship quarter-finals just a couple of years ago, it's even more of a surprise how quickly things have turned around.

But it’s disappointment for Michael Holt sadly who has failed to regain his card through Q School ending his spell since 1998 as a professional snooker player. Let’s hope this isn’t the end for Michael and hopefully he will give it another who next year.

That's a shame to hear. I've seen on his Twitter he's offering to support other snooker players whilst he's away which is very kind of him.

Andres Petrov becomes Estonia's first professional snooker player after beating Ben Mertens to win the EBSA Championship.

 

 

Very bizarre

 

https://wpbsa.com/wpbsa-statement-thanawat-tirapongpaiboon/

 

Why allow the player to play at Q School if he wasn't going to have a tour card given even if he had won..?

Snooker mixed doubles is set to return to television for the first time since 1991 with the world's top four men and women teaming up in September.

 

Ronnie O'Sullivan, Judd Trump, Mark Selby and Neil Robertson will join Reanne Evans, Ng On Yee, Nutcharut Wongharuthai and Rebecca Kenna.

 

The event will take place in Milton Keynes on 24 and 25 September.

 

A series of four-frame round-robin matches will be followed by a best-of-seven frames final.

 

The players will make alternate visits to the table rather than playing alternate shots and score one point for each frame won.

 

The event will televised on ITV4.

 

 

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Amazing turnaround by Jimmy - he’s lost so many from 2 up with 3 to play in the twilight of his career but today was the complete opposite! A 133 break by a 60 year old is no mean feat.

British Open Draw

 

Mark Allen v Stuart Carrington

Alexander Ursenbacher v Ronnie O’Sullivan

Anthony Hamilton v Jimmy White

Xiao Guodong v David Lilley

Jak Jones v Andrew Pagett

Ricky Walden v Mark Selby

Elliot Slessor v Sean O’Sullivan

Zak Surety v Ross Muir

Peter Lines v Robert Milkins

Michael Judge v Craig Steadman

Andy Lee v Barry Pinches

Fraser Patrick v Alfie Burden

Michael White v Noppon Saengkham

Fergal O’Brien v Chang Bingyu

Matthew Stevens v Stephen Maguire

Fan Zhengyi v Jamie Clarke

John Astley v Rod Lawler

Peng Yisong v Dylan Emery

Duane Jones v Barry Hawkins

Mark Joyce v Asjad Iqbal

Cao Yupeng v Marco Fu

Ben Woollaston v James Cahill

Joe O’Connor v Chris Wakelin

Jamie O’Neill v David Grace

Shaun Murphy v Gary Wilson

Jenson Kendrick v Zhou Yuelong

Mark King v Lyu Haotian

Tom Ford v Mitchell Mann

Mark Davis v Kyren Wilson

Gerard Greene v Sanderson Lam

David Gilbert v Aaron Hill

Hammad Miah v Ali Carter

Zhang Jiankang v Reanne Evans

Joe Perry v Hossein Vafaei

Liang Wenbo v Dean Young

Adam Duffy v Ian Burns

Rebecca Kenna v Ryan Day

Jamie Jones v Scott Donaldson

Anthony McGill v Wu Yize

Yuan Sijun v Anton Kazakov

Ng On Yee v Ken Doherty

Dominic Dale v Jack Lisowski

Tian Pengfei v Sam Craigie

Julien LeClercq v Muhammad Asif

Matthew Selt v Lu Ning

Judd Trump v Si Jiahui

Pang Junxu v Jordan Brown

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh v Martin Gould

Allan Taylor v Lukas Kleckers

Jimmy Robertson v Louis Heathcote

Ryan Thomerson v Ben Mertens

Ding Junhui v Oliver Lines

Yan Bingtao v Oliver Brown

Bai Langning v Zhao Xintong

Himanshu Jain v Xu Si

Mink Nutcharut v Chen Zifan

Stephen Hendry v Zhang Anda

Andy Hicks v John Higgins

Lei Peifan v Stuart Bingham

Ashley Hugill v Robbie Williams

Mark Williams v Andres Petrov

Zhao Jianbo v Jackson Page

Graeme Dott v Luca Brecel

Liam Highfield v Li Hang