Posts tagged Stephen Maguire
Mr. Consistent lifts the Welsh Open trophy
Feb 1st
With Stephen Maguire, reigning champion Ali Carter and the world’s best player Ronnie O’Sullivan all in the semi-finals of the 2010 Welsh Open – John Higgins didn’t particularly stand out as the favourite to win the Welsh Open despite being snooker’s ‘Mr. Consistent’.
The Scot’s convincing 5-2 win against Mark Selby should have been a clear [...]
For Maguire winning is a frame of mind
Jan 21st
When Stephen Maguire won the 2004 UK Championship commentators and snooker experts proclaimed him the new Stephen Hendry.
Not because they’re both Scottish and have the same first name, but because their techniques have certain similarities. They’re both minimalistic, offensive, accurate and extraordinarily gifted. They’re both excellent break builders and natural talents that often leave the [...]
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 [...]
The Masters: a guide
Jan 6th
The Masters. A tight clash between the top players and an opportunity for the audience to see the best snooker there is. High quality playing, excitement and prestige – that’s The Masters in a nutshell. It really is a great way to start the new year.
Although not a ranking tournament, this is still one of [...]
Maguire into Championship League winners group
Jan 6th
Stephen Maguire continued his Masters preparation with an impressive 3-0 victory over Mark Selby in the Group One final of the Championship League.
The Livewire was on top throughout, and won the opening frame after breaks of 33 and 59. The second was slightly less comprehensive for the Glasgow-born player, but Maguire still produced a break [...]
Ding and Maguire in semi-final thriller
Dec 11th
We have reached the seventh day of the Pukka-Pies UK Championship in Telford and the afternoon session of the first semi-final between Ding ”The Dragon” Junhui and Stephen ”On Fire” Maguire has just ended with Ding leading 5-3.
Maguire was the first player to come in and play and reached 29 points. Ding made a few [...]
Ding to meet Maguire in semis
Dec 10th
Yesterday’s UK Championship quarter-finals turned out to be quite exciting. The match between Ali Carter and Ding Junhui in particular was a true thriller.
Ding tried to repeat last year’s feat of a maximum break and almost made it, but failed after having potted 12 red balls. Carter on the other hand entered the “century of [...]
Ding fails to dominate as Carter plays it safe
Dec 9th
Ali Carter met Ding Junhui in one of this afternoon’s first quarter finals.
Carter opened the first frame with a 124 break and Ding had to remain seated.
In the next frame, Ding managed to take 21 points but then had to hand over the table to Carter who quickly got stuck on a red ball and [...]
One-man show for O’Sullivan
Dec 9th
Yesterday’s last 16 match between Ronnie O’Sullivan and Peter Ebdon could have been a nail biter but instead turned into sort of a one man show. O’Sullivan took the lead early on and kept it up until the very end. He played very well and everything seemed to work for him, even the long pots [...]
Stevens fails to take his chances
Dec 8th
Yesterday was an exciting day three of the UK Championship in Telford with many high-quality snooker matches. All the last 32 matches were completed and four of the last 16 matches kicked off.
Matthew Stevens didn’t manage to put up any real fight against Ronnie O’Sullivan in yesterday’s match. At 7-3 he could very well have [...]
