World Championship Higgins & Selby win

Below are the results for the World Snooker Championship from the Crucible in Sheffield for Monday 27th April 2009.

John Higgins 13-12 Jamie Cope

Graeme Dott 10-13 Mark Selby

Allister Carter 8-13 Neil Robertson

Mark King 6-13 Stephen Maguire

World Championship Ronnie O'Sullivan out

Here are the latest results from the World Snooker Championship from the Crucible in Sheffield:

Friday 24 Apr 2009

Ding Junhui 10-13 Stephen Hendry



Saturday 25 Apr 2009

Ronnie O'Sullivan 11-13 Mark Allen

Nigel Bond 5-13 Ryan Day

Shaun Murphy 13-3 Marco Fu

World Championship Day 4, 5 & 6 results

Here are the World Snooker Championship results from the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield for the last few days.

Tuesday 21 Apr 2009

Peter Ebdon 5-10 Nigel Bond

Joe Perry 6-10 Jamie Cope

Ding Junhui 10-8 Liang Wenbo



Wednesday 22 Apr 2009

Ryan Day 10-4 Stephen Lee

Shaun Murphy 10-8 Andrew Higginson

Neil Robertson 10-2 Steve Davis



Thursday 23 Apr 2009

John Higgins 10-5 Michael Holt

Stephen Maguire 10-5 Jamie Burnett

World Championship Allen Selby & Fu win

Here are the results from day three of the World Snooker Championship from the Crucible in Sheffield.

Mark Allen 10-6 Martin Gould

Mark Selby 10-6 Ricky Walden

Marco Fu 10-4 Joe Swail

Marco Fu progressed to the last 16 tonight winning five frames on the bounce to beat Joe Swail by 10-4.

The result was one sided, but after the first session the match looked as though it may go the distance from 5-4.

Fu put his foot down tonight and now plays either Shaun Murphy or Andrew Higginson.

Fu has had a good season this year, by getting to the final of the UK Championship in December and only loosing out in the final frame.

Joe Swail will be disappointed, as he has had some good runs at the Crucible, but sadly not for this year.

World Championship Hendry Dott & Carter win

Graeme Dott 10-8 Barry Hawkins

Stephen Hendry 10-7 Mark Williams

Allister Carter 10-5 Gerard Greene

Mark King 9-5 Rory McLeod

In day two of the World Snooker Championship from the Crucible in Sheffield, there were wins for Graeme Dott, Stephen Hendry and Allister Carter.

In this evenings most anticipated match, Stephen Hendry overcame Mark Williams by the score of 10-7.

Hendry came from 7-5 down to win five frames in a row and book a place in the last 16. This is one of his more important wins in recent times and nearly guarantees his Top 16 place for next season.

The wheels came off for Williams at 7-5 when he had to replace his cue tip and he seemed to loose concentration.

Before the game, Hendry said the winner of his match would reach the final. But after today’s play, I think it’s doubtful, but he must take some confidence from the win.

Williams did have some luck during the middle of the match, but unfortunately for him, he couldn’t convert the match into a win.

The mid session interval came one frame early, as Williams, Hendry and the referee agreed that Williams could change his tip.

Most players agree that it takes time to work in a new tip and having to change it mid match did Williams no favours. In the last few frames, he lost position several times because of it.

Hendry will now play either Ding Junhui or Liang Wenbo in the Last 16.

Highest breaks:

Hendry 72, 46, 61, 51, 65, 51, 83, 53, 53
Williams 75, 57, 44, 66, 45, 42, 40

World Championship order of play

Here is the order of play for the first round of this years World Snooker Championship.

Saturday 18 April
1000
Ronnie O'Sullivan (Eng) v Stuart Bingham (Eng)
Mark King (Eng) v Rory McLeod (Eng)

1430
Graeme Dott (Sco) v Barry Hawkins (Eng)
Stephen Hendry (Sco) v Mark Williams (Wal)

1900
Ronnie O'Sullivan v Stuart Bingham (Eng)
Ali Carter (Eng) v Gerard Greene (NI)

Sunday 19 April
1000
Mark Allen (NI) v Martin Gould (Eng)
Mark King (Eng) v Rory McLeod (Eng)

1430
Mark Selby (Eng) v Ricky Walden (Eng)
Ali Carter (Eng) v Gerard Greene (NI)

1900
Graeme Dott (Sco) v Barry Hawkins (Eng)
Stephen Hendry (Sco) v Mark Williams (Wal)

Monday 20 April
1000
Mark Allen (NI) v Martin Gould (Eng)
Marco Fu (HK) v Joe Swail (NI)

1430
Mark Selby (Eng) v Ricky Walden (Eng)
Ding Junhui (Chn) v Liang Wenbo (Chn)

1900
Joe Perry (Eng) v Jamie Cope (Eng)
Marco Fu (HK) v Joe Swail (NI)

Tuesday 21 April
1000
Peter Ebdon (Eng) v Nigel Bond (Eng)
Ding Junhui (Chn) v Liang Wenbo (Chn)

1430
Joe Perry (Eng) v Jamie Cope (Eng)
Shaun Murphy (Eng) v Andrew Higginson (Eng)

1900
Peter Ebdon (Eng) v Nigel Bond (Eng)
Neil Robertson (Aus) v Steve Davis (Eng)

Wednesday 22 April
1000
Ryan Day (Wal) v Stephen Lee (Eng)
Shaun Murphy (Eng) v Andrew Higginson (Eng)

1430
John Higgins (Sco) v Michael Holt (Eng)
Neil Robertson (Aus) v Steve Davis (Eng)

1900
Ryan Day (Wal) v Stephen Lee (Eng)
Stephen Maguire (Sco) v Jamie Burnett (Sco)

Thursday 23 April
1400
John Higgins (Sco) v Michael Holt (Eng)
Junhui/Wenbo v Hendry/Williams *

1900
O'Sullivan/Bingham v Allen/Gould *
Stephen Maguire (Sco) v Jamie Burnett (Sco)

* second round match.

Sponsors for World Championship

The official sponsor for this years World Snooker Championship will be online bookies Betfred.

Betfred have also signed a four-year deal that will see them sponsor the event until 2012.

A new sponsor was needed following 888 withdrawing last year, two years ahead of schedule.

The Snooker World Championship starts this Saturday 18th April.

Michaela Tabb referees 2009 Crucible final

The referee for the 2009 Snooker World Championship final will be Michaela Tabb.

She is the first woman to referee the World Championship final.

Tabb, a former Pool champion has been on the snooker refereeing circuit since 2001.

She has refereed other finals, including the Welsh Open, The Masters and this seasons China Open.

The final will be held on the 3rd and 4th May 2009.

World snooker rankings after 2009 China Open

Here are the provisional world snooker rankings following the 2009 China Open.

Peter Ebdon moves up to number 12 after winning the event.

1 Ronnie O´Sullivan (ENG) 49775
2 Stephen Maguire (SCO) 43050
3 Shaun Murphy (ENG) 39175
4 Allister Carter (ENG) 38725
5 John Higgins (SCO) 35825
6 Ryan Day (WAL) 35675
7 Marco Fu (HKG) 33550
8 Mark Selby (ENG) 32975
9 Joe Perry (ENG) 31475
10 Neil Robertson (AUS) 28825
11 Stephen Hendry (SCO) 28125
12 Peter Ebdon (ENG) 28000
13 Mark Williams (WAL) 26519
14 Mark Allen (NIR) 26475
15 Junhui Ding (CHN) 25844
16 Dave Harold (ENG) 25457
17 Mark King (ENG) 24500
18 Barry Hawkins (ENG) 24375
19 Ricky Walden (ENG) 23250
20 Jamie Cope (ENG) 22832
21 Stuart Bingham (ENG) 22619
22 Joe Swail (NIR) 22094
23 Matthew Stevens (WAL) 21982
24 Steve Davis (ENG) 21744
25 Michael Holt (ENG) 20425
26 Stephen Lee (ENG) 20388
27 Wenbo Liang (CHN) 20025
28 Fergal O'Brien (IRL) 19645
29 Judd Trump (ENG) 19601
30 Anthony Hamilton (ENG) 19538
31 Dominic Dale (WAL) 19470
32 Graeme Dott (SCO) 18694
33 Nigel Bond (ENG) 18557
34 Ian McCulloch (ENG) 18113
35 Gerard Greene (NIR) 17951
36 Michael Judge (IRL) 17857
37 Stuart Pettman (ENG) 16970
38 Adrian Gunnell (ENG) 16600
39 Mike Dunn (ENG) 16439
40 Ken Doherty (IRL) 16312
41 Marcus Campbell (SCO) 16963
42 Alan McManus (SCO) 15501
43 Rory McLeod (ENG) 15363
44 Jimmy Michie (ENG) 15100
45 Jamie Burnett (SCO) 15088
46 Barry Pinches (ENG) 14920
47 Mark Davis (ENG) 14788
48 David Gilbert (ENG) 14725
49 Andrew Higginson (ENG) 14638
50 John Parrott (ENG) 14325

China Open 2009 Peter Ebdon wins title

Snooker The China Open Final result

Peter Ebdon 10-8 John Higgins

Peter Ebdon is the 2009 China Open champion. This is Ebdon’s eighth world ranking event win. In the process, he collects a cheque for £52,000.

This is his first win since lifting the 2006 UK Championship.

Ebdon is an unexpected winner of this event as he was provisionally number 17 on the world-ranking list. He now gets back in the top 16 ahead of this years World Championship in Sheffield which starts in a few weeks.

Ebdon secured a slight lead after the afternoon session at 5-4. Higgins may feel a bit disappointed as a few frames could of been his as some went down to the last few colours.

However, both players played well and must take some confidence from the match into the crucible in Sheffield.

That quickly changed to 6-5 when Ebdon took frame one tonight with two breaks over 50.

Higgins then levelled at 6-6.

Ebdon took a 7-6 lead after a scrappy frame. The next few frames were shared and Ebdon won the last frame 17 with a calm break of 71.

Highest breaks:

Ebdon 84, 108, 54, 52, 57, 32, 40, 52, 71
Higgins 60, 56, 140, 62, 43, 51

China Open 2009 Ebdon & Higgins into final

Here are the semi final results for the China Open 2009.

Peter Ebdon 6-1 Stuart Pettman

Ryan Day 4-6 John Higgins

John Higgins made a remarkable comeback again today as he overcame a 3-1 deficit to win by 6-4. He did the same in his first match of the week against Anthony Hamilton. Then he was 4-0 down and came through 5-4.

He now plays today’s other winner Peter Ebdon in tomorrows final. The final will be over 19 frames with the first player to 10 lifting the 2009 China Open trophy.

China Open 2009 Higgins Ebdon & Day win

Here are the quarter final results for snookers China Open 2009.

Peter Ebdon 5-1 Stephen Hendry

Stuart Pettman 5-2 Graeme Dott

Shaun Murphy 0-5 Ryan Day

John Higgins 5-4 Ronnie O'Sullivan

China Open 2009 Ebdon Dott & Day win

Here are the results from the China Open 2nd April.

Dave Harold 4-5 Peter Ebdon

Ricky Walden 4-5 Stephen Hendry

Allister Carter 2-5 Stuart Pettman

Graeme Dott 5-1 Mark Selby

Shaun Murphy 5-1 Neil Robertson

Mark King 2-5 Ryan Day

John Higgins 5-2 Tian Pengfei

Xiao Guodong 3-5 Ronnie O'Sullivan

China Open 2009 Hendry Dott & Selby win

Stephen Hendry 5-3 Robert Milkins

Mark Allen 3-5 Stuart Pettman

Graeme Dott 5-3 Yu Delu

Mark Selby 5-1 Stephen Lee

Shaun Murphy 5-1 Cao Xinlong

Mark King 5-2 Mark Williams

Marco Fu 2-5 Tian Pengfei

Ronnie O'Sullivan 5-3 Fergal O'Brien

Ronnie O’Sullivan came through a tough match against Fergal O’Brien at The China Open 2009 today.

The match drew level at 3-3 with a break of 51 from O’Brien. But as O’Sullivan pulled away as he has done before and took the next two frames with breaks of 55 and 54.

O’Sullivan now goes through to the last 16.

Stephen Hendry booked himself into the last 16 with a 5-3 win over Robert Milkins. Hendry picked up some important ranking points that should help him in the top 16 for the near future.

Hendry won the last four frames of the match with a high break of 108.

Mark King defeated Welshman Mark Williams by 5-2. In a match that could have been closer with great scoring by both players, King nicked several frames by the odd few points.