China Open: Aryna Sabalenka beats Katie Boulter in second round
Katie Boulter (left) won her first WTA Tour title at the Nottingham Open in June British number one Katie Boulter suffered a straight-set defeat by world number one Aryna Sabalenka in the second round of the China Open. Despite serving for both sets at 5-4, world number 56 Boulter lost 7-5 7-6 (7-2) to the […]
Mark Williams: ‘Maybe I’m a better player than I think’, says British Open winner
Mark Williams first won the British Open in 1997, 26 years before his latest success in Cheltenham Mark Williams says maybe he should give himself more credit after winning a 25th ranking title. However, the 48-year-old Welshman does not know how much longer he can continue to compete at the highest level. “I’m going to […]
British Open: Mark Williams beats Mark Selby 10-7 to win title for a third time
Williams victory was his third British Open title. Mark Williams saw off a spirited fightback to beat Mark Selby 10-7 and win the British Open in Cheltenham. Welshman Williams, 48, led throughout the match, but Selby cut the deficit to one frame at 8-7. But Williams ground out the final two frames, despite trailing in […]
British Open: Mark Williams and Mark Selby through to semi-finals
Mark Selby is through to the semi-finals of the British Open for the first time in his career Mark Selby is through to the British Open semi-finals after overcoming Jack Lisowski 5-4 in a thrilling contest in Cheltenham. The four-time world champion lost the first two frames but won next three to take the lead, […]
British Open: John Higgins and Mark Allen latest big names to be knocked out
Robbie Williams also beat John Higgins at the 2020 German Masters John Higgins and Mark Allen are the latest big names to be knocked out of the British Open in Cheltenham. Four-time winner Higgins lost 4-1 to Robbie Williams, while third seed Allen was well beaten 4-0 by Kyren Wilson in the second round. The […]
British Open: Hammad Miah shocks former world champion Judd Trump to reach third round in Cheltenham
Hammad Miah beat Judd Trump at the 2015 Ruhr Open World number 113 Hammad Miah shocked former world champion Judd Trump on the final black to reach the third round of the British Open in Cheltenham. Trump led 2-1 and 3-2 in a thrilling match that saw both players hit two centuries, but was taken […]
World champion Brecel’s number one hopes halted by Ding defeat at British Open
Ronnie O’Sullivan beat Luca Brecel in the recent Shanghai Masters final Luca Brecel’s hopes of taking over from Ronnie O’Sullivan as snooker world number one were halted with a defeat by Ding Junhui at the British Open. World champion Brecel needed to reach the third round of the tournament to move top of the men’s […]
French Open: Ryo Hisatsune triumphs at Le Golf National as Jordan Smith lets lead slip
Jordan Smith has won two European Tour titles but fell short of a third -14 R Hisatsune (Jpn); -12 J Smith (Eng), J Winther (Den); -11 R Hojgaard (Den) Selected: -9 E Ferguson (Sco); -8 C Hill (Sco); -7 N Kimsey (Eng), D Law (Sco) Final leaderboard Jordan Smith squandered a six-shot lead in Sunday’s […]