Posts tagged Mark Williams
Ronnie O’Sullivan favourite for Premier League crown
Sep 2nd
He’s always the favourite in every snooker tournament he enters.
Ronnie O’Sullivan is looking to win the Premier League for the seventh time in his career, and who would bet against him?
The Rocket takes off when he’s on the table, and because the Premier League format incorporates a shot-clock, it suits O’Sullivan right down to the [...]
Premier League snooker returns
Sep 1st
Tomorrow night sees the return of the PartyCasino.com Premier League snooker, with reigning champion Shaun Murphy and six-time winner Ronnie O’Sullivan both in action.
Now in its 25th year, the Premier League has been won by snooker’s greats, Stephen Hendry (six), O’Sullivan, (six), Steve Davis (four), Jimmy White (one) and John Higgins (one).
This year’s field is [...]
Williams battles past Ding to win 2010 China Open
Apr 5th
The home favourite, Ding Junhui, had the crowd behind him and looked the clear favourite to take the 2010 China Open in the final against Mark Williams.
The Welshman, though, valiantly battled back from 5-3 down to beat Ding 10-6 to secure his first title for four years.
The 35-year-old former world champion had been stuck in [...]
Marking time – Williams chases past glory
Jan 19th
Mark Williams is one of those extraordinary players that have made an immortal impression on the snooker world. He is one of the rare talents and used to be right up there with John Higgins and Ronnie O’Sullivan.
But when you see Williams’ name on the draw nowadays you find yourself wondering what form he’s going [...]
Williams edges past Murphy into Masters semis
Jan 15th
Mark Williams produced his second impressive Masters performance last night with a 6-4 win over Shaun Murphy to advance to the semi-finals.
The left-handed Welshman looked confident and assured throughout – despite the minor car crash which left him with whiplash on Monday night – and will now play Ronnie O’Sullivan on Saturday afternoon for a [...]
The Force not strong enough for rampant Rocket
Jan 14th
Ronnie O’Sullivan survived a mid-session blip against Peter Ebdon to seal his place in the Masters semi-finals.
The Rocket stormed to a 4-0 lead, producing some of his best snooker along the way, but became sloppy in the fifth and sixth frames – letting Ebdon back into the match.
A superb snooker in the sixth allowed the [...]
Below-par Higgins crashes out of Masters
Jan 14th
Along with the likes of Stephen Hendry, Ronnie O’Sullivan and Mark Williams, world champion John Higgins was among the favourites to win the 2010 Masters. However, last night he became the first big-name casualty of this year’s tournament after losing to Northern Ireland’s Mark Allen 6-3.
The three-time world champion was sloppy throughout, while his opponent [...]
Whiplashed Williams waltzes into quarters
Jan 13th
Mark Williams had suffered the effects of whiplash after a minor car crash on Monday evening and felt sore throughout his second round Masters match against Ali Carter; but this had little effect on the Welshman’s performance as he fought bravely through the pain barrier and defeated his opponent 6-3 in the process.
Williams and seven-time [...]
Impressive Maguire knocks out hot-stepper King
Jan 12th
Stephen Maguire advanced into the quarter-finals of the Masters last night with a 6-3 win against the tournament’s pre-match entertainer.
Maguire saw off the challenge of the man now dubbed in some quarters as “the hot-stepper”, Mark King, after his antics in Sunday’s wildcard round match against Jimmy White.
King once again entertained the crowd on his [...]
Delighted Murphy advances to quarters at Hendry’s expense
Jan 12th
Stephen Hendry was knocked out of the Masters yesterday evening in the second round of the tournament, losing a pulsating 6-4 match against Shaun Murphy at Wembley Arena.
The Scot already had six Masters titles to his name before taking to the table last night, but was bidding to make it seven with another victory this [...]
