Ricky Walden surprised everyone by capturing the 2008 Roewe Shanghai Masters.
He finished in style with a 105 in the final frame to beat fellow Englishman Ronnie O’Sullivan 10-8.
Mark Selby (England) and Scotland’s Stephen Maguire lost out in the semi-finals.
Defending champion Dominic Dale (Wales) was edged out 5-4 by Steve Davis (England) in the first round.
Walden […]

Dennis Orcollo from the Philippines won the Guangzhou leg of the Guinness Asian 9-ball Tour.
In the final he edged Hung-Hsiang Wang from Taiwan 11-9 to take the $15,000 first-place cheque. Wang got $6,000 for second place.
That’s two finals in a row for the Filipino. He finished second in the previous event. His conqueror in that […]

Scotland’s Stephen Maguire won the Honghe Industrial China Open.
In the final he was leading Shaun Murphy (England) 9-7 before the Englishman won two straight to force a decider. Maguire then went on to win a very tight final frame on the blue.
For the fifth straight ranking tournament 2006 world champion Murphy reached the semi-finals. The […]

Scotland’s Stephen Maguire won the Honghe Industrial China Open.
In the final he was leading Shaun Murphy (England) 9-7 before the Englishman won two straight to force a decider. Maguire then went on to win a very tight final frame on the blue.
For the fifth straight ranking tournament 2006 world champion Murphy reached the semi-finals. The […]

Dominic Dale won the Roewe Shanghai Masters for his first major title in 10 years.
In the final the popular Welshman came back from 6-2 down to defeat practice partner Ryan Day (Wales) 10-6. It was an unexpected match-up. Dale is No.32 in the official rankings whilst Day sits in 16th place.
Former world champion Graeme Dott […]

Taiwan’s Ching-Shun Yang won the China leg of the Guinness Asian 9-ball Tour.
In the final he beat Ronato Alcano (Philippines) 12-10 to claim the $15,000 first prize. Fu Jian Bo (China) and Ryu Seung Woo (South Korea) shared third place.
This was Yang’s third win of the season. He also won the events in Kaohsiung and […]

Scotland’s reigning world champion Graeme Dott won the Honghe Industrial China Open.
Dott was in devastating form all week. In the final he defeated Jamie Cope (England) 9-5.
This was Dott’s second major title. He also won the 2006 World Championship.
The win took the Scot to the top of the provisional rankings. he is followed by Ken […]

Scotland’s reigning world champion Graeme Dott won the Honghe Industrial China Open.
Dott was in devastating form all week. In the final he defeated Jamie Cope (England) 9-5.
This was Dott’s second major title. He also won the 2006 World Championship.
The win took the Scot to the top of the provisional rankings. he is followed by Ken […]