Fabio Valente
former snooker editor | stats and centuries lover | Dominic Dale and David Gilbert fan | classical musician for a living
- The two best and most consistent players of the week battle today in Berlin for the 2026 German Masters trophy: Judd Trump and Shaun Murphy will be looking to bring home respectively a 31st and 14th ranking title, with the native of Bristol looking for a first since the ‘24 UK Championship #147sf
- A sparkling final is scheduled in Sofia, as the 2026 WSF Junior champion will be crowned today. Two bright talents are opposed: Chinese Wang Xinbo (born in 2008) and Ukrainian Mykhailo Larkov (born in 2009), who both won their SF match 4-0. A two-year main tour card is the big prize on offer #147sf
- As a result, Oliver Lines gets a record which will probably never be beaten nor matched, as he found himself on the receiving side of two professional maximums scored by different players in the same day. A pretty incredible achievement, if you ask me… #147sf
- So far, maximums have been flying today in the opening day of the Championship League Group 6. First, Xiao Guodong scored his third career 147 in his 2-3 defeat against Oliver Lines. Then, just a few hours later, Wu Yize compiled another 147, his first professional ever, again against Lines #147sf
- So far, maximums have been flying today in the opening day of the Championship League Group 6. First, Xiao Guodong scored his third career 147 in his 2-3 defeat against Oliver Lines. Then, just a few hours later, Wu Yize compiled another 147, his first professional ever, again against Lines #147sf
- As expected, Kyren Wilson pulled out from the Championship League, where he was scheduled to play today in the morning; instead of the Masters title winner, Oliver Lines is competing, with Xiao Guodong, Wu Yize, Neil Robertson, Stuart Bingham, Zhao Xintong and Mark Selby completing the lineup #147sf
- It is a first career Masters title for Kyren Wilson, after two lost finals (2018, 2025). The Warrior beats John Higgins 10-6 at the end of a match he always firmly had in his hands, courtesy of too many unforced errors from his opponent. Did anyone say Championship League tomorrow, Kyren? #147sf
- End of the first session at the Ally Pally with the momentum all on Kyren Wilson’s side at the moment. After a few scrappy frames the Warrior raised the level to score two centuries in the last two frames and lead John Higgins 5-3 as the two go into a two-hour break before the evening session #147sf
- A lovely Sunday of snooker kicks off in an hour, as John Higgins and Kyren Wilson battle for the 2026 Masters title. The Wizard plays his 19th Triple Crown career final, hoping to bring home a 3rd Masters trophy. The Warrior looks for his first one after losing twice in the final (‘18, ‘25) #147sf
- What a match we had today at the Ally Pally, guys! John Higgins comes back from 0-3, 2-4, 3-5 down to beat Judd Trump 6-5 after five hours of fierce battle. An epic match which went the Wizard’s way, who ends his losing streak against the number one in the world in great style! #147sf #snooker
- An interesting stat about today’s first SF: Judd Trump has defeated John Higgins in the last eleven (!!) times the two have played a best of 11 (or longer) match. The last win for the Scottish legend dates back to the quarterfinals of the 2018 WC, when he managed to top Trump 13-12 #147sf
- An interesting stat about today’s first SF: Judd Trump has defeated John Higgins in the last eleven (!!) times the two have played a best of 11 (or longer) match. The last win for the Scottish legend dates back to the quarterfinals of the 2018 WC, when he managed to top Trump 13-12 #147sf
- It is SFs day at the Masters: we start with a classic, as John Higgins and Judd Trump face each other for the 55th (!!!) time in all snooker events, with their first meeting dating back to 2008. In the evening, wonderkid Wu Yize plays Kyren Wilson, with the 2024 WC winner leading the h2h 2-0 #147sf
- Best Chinese century scorers, with YoB: 722 - Ding Junhui (1987) 337 - Xiao Guodong (1989) 292 - Liang Wenbo (1989) 250 - Zhou Yuelong (1998) 191 - Zhao Xintong (1997) 169 - Zhang Anda (1991) 153 - Yan Bingtao (2000) 148 - Tian Pengfei (1987) 132 - Yuan Sijun (2000) 111 - Wu Yize (2003) ⤴️ #147sf
- John Higgins is the first semifinalist of the 2026 Masters: not only the Wizard broke the 6-2 curse, but he also managed to come back from 3-5 down against reigning world champion Zhao Xintong to beat him in an exciting decider. Higgins will face Trump or Allen for a career 6th Masters final #147sf
- Something extremely rare from a statistical point of view is happening at the Masters, as all the matches completed in R1 so far have ended with a 6-2 scoreline!!! Wu 6-2 Murphy Xiao 6-2 Selby K. Wilson 6-2 Si Trump 6-2 Ding Higgins 6-2 Hawkins Zhao 6-2 G. Wilson Allen 6-2 M. Williams #147sf
- If the Christmas break is having you desperately craving for some #snooker action, the British Seniors Open can keep you company from today. The draw: 🏴 Alfie Burden vs Dominic Dale 🏴 🏴 Jimmy White vs Ken Doherty 🇮🇪 🏴 Matthew Stevens vs Anthony Hamilton 🏴 🏴 Joe Perry vs Stuart Bingham 🏴 #147sf
- Chris Wakelin is your 2025 Scottish Open champion. What a performance in the final for the 33yo from Rugby, who won seven frames in a row to defeat Chang Bingyu 9-2. This is Wakelin’s second career ranking title after the ‘23 Shootout, a win which moves him up to 14th in the rankings #147sf #snooker
- The first semifinal of the #ScottishOpen between Chris Wakelin and Matthew Selt has started. The two surprises of the week have faced each other seven times before, with Selt winning their first four meetings and Wakelin the last three. Today, both have a huge chance to reach a ranking final #147sf
- A strong lineup for the #ScottishOpen last 16, as just two players are ranked outside the top64: Chang Bingyu (70th) and Jiang Jun (96th). Interestingly, the two highest ranked players, Kyren Wilson and Mark Selby, would play each other in the next round, should they beat Chang and Saengkham #147sf
- Alfie Burden is your 2025 Shootout champion! What a surprise in Blackpool, as Burden defeats Stuart Bingham in the final to win the event as an amateur! This is a first career ranking title for Alfie, who never progressed further than the quarterfinals in a ranking event before today #147sf #snooker
- After two packed days (96 matches archived), the 2025 Shootout will crown its winner in the evening. Among the 32 names in contention, Gary Wilson is the highest ranked player (16th) while five (!) amateurs will try to surprise us even more (Burden, Patel, Llewellyn, Hussain, Richardson) #147sf
- Mark Selby defeats Judd Trump 10-8 to win the 2025 UK Championship, his 25th career ranking event and his 10th of the Triple Crown. Selby is now one of the only four players in history who won each TC event at least three times, along with Ronnie O’Sullivan, Stephen Hendry and Steve Davis #147sf
- Yesterday, for the fifth time in snooker history, a player (Chang Bingyu) scored a 147 and 2+ centuries but lost the match (5-6, to Maguire). The others: 2012 Wuxi F: BINGHAM 4-10 Walden 2022 WC R16: ROBERTSON 12-13 Lisowski 2023 WC F: SELBY 15-18 Brecel 2025 WC R16: ALLEN 6-13 Wakelin #147sf
- What a first session from John Higgins, who is trashing Stephen Maguire in the second semifinal of the International Championship: score is 6-2 for the Wizard, who scored breaks of 137, 101, 97, 71, 67. The winner will face in form Wu Yize tomorrow, who disposed yesterday of Zhao Xintong 9-6 #147sf
- The 100th career century for Wu Yize came today, making him the sixth youngest player to reach 100 career pro tons: 1. Ding Junhui (20y7m) 2. Ronnie O’Sullivan (20y9m) 3. Yan Bingtao (21y1m) 4. Judd Trump (21y8m) 5. Stephen Hendry (22y0m) 6. WU YIZE (22y1m) #stats #147sf
- Wu Yize has won today his career 100th pro match, becoming the first player born in 2003 to achieve this milestone and just the sixth born after 1/1/2000 (with Yan, Yuan, Si, Pang and Page). In addition, he now has 99 career centuries: one away from being the first 2003-born to reach 100 tons #146sf
- Wu Yize has won today his career 100th pro match, becoming the first player born in 2003 to achieve this milestone and just the sixth born after 1/1/2000 (with Yan, Yuan, Si, Pang and Page). In addition, he now has 99 career centuries: one away from being the first 2003-born to reach 100 tons #146sf
- Jack Lisowski did it! A first career title for the Jackpot, who defeated Judd Trump 9-8 after a tense final in Belfast. A trophy which this very talented player chased for years has finally arrived: will many more follow now? #147sf #snooker
- The Northern Ireland Open will crown its winner today and it will be either Judd Trump or Jack Lisowski: the two friends have already met in a final three times, with Judd winning all of them. Jack still looks for his maiden title, a difficult quest as he lost his last 10 matches versus Trump #147sf
- The Northern Ireland Open will crown its winner today and it will be either Judd Trump or Jack Lisowski: the two friends have already met in a final three times, with Judd winning all of them. Jack still looks for his maiden title, a difficult quest as he lost his last 10 matches versus Trump #147sf
- Probably one of the most dominant performances ever against a player who has recently been a World Champion. Shaun Murphy keeps being in his finest form and advances to the quarterfinals in Xi’an! #147sf #snooker
- A tough yet deserved win for Si Jiahui in Xi’an today against Fan Zhengyi, 5-4 the final scoreline. Thanks to breaks of 141 and 128, Si has now 100 career centuries: he is just the third player (after Yan and Yuan) born after 1/1/2000 to reach this milestone and the first born in 2002 #147sf
- Anthony McGill defeated his more experienced fellow countryman John Higgins 6-3 to reach the final of the 2025 Unibet British Open. This will be McGill’s fourth career ranking final, the first in eight years as his last one dates back to 2017 (at the Indian Open, where he lost to Higgins) #147sf
