The China Open 2013 ran from Monday 25.03.2013 to Sunday 31.03.2013. Judd, Jack and Wenbo were in acxtion in Beijing. In wildcard round Jack won his first match 5-1 and defeated Judd 5-3 in last 32, in high quality entertaining contest. Wenbo beat wildcard Lu Ning 5-1 but lost to Stuart Bingham in last 32. Jack beat Mark Davis, 5-4 in the last 16 but was beaten by Shaun Murphy by the same score in the quarters.

Jack and Judd will compete in the PTC Grand Final 2013, running from March 12 till March 17 2013 in Galway, Ireland. Jack managed to tame Mark Selby, winning 4-3, in the last match on day 1, whilst Judd got beat by Alfie Burden in the evening on day 2. In last 16, Jack lost 3-4 to Tom Ford.

Listen to Jack assessment of his win over Mark Selby here

Ronnie, speaking at a press conference in London on February 26, 2013, confirmed that he will defend his World title at the Crucible theatre come April. He is aware that this will be a massive challenge but is looking forward to be back playing competitive snooker again. He admitted that he was getting “bored” and missing the game.