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[13 Apr 2025 | No Comment | ]
The 2025 Tour Championship

The 2025 Tour Championship was played in Manchester from 31 March to 6 April 2025. Mark Williams was the defending champion.
Only the top 12 players on the season “one year list” were invited and, remarkably, all Grove players except Luca Brecel qualified for the event.
Wu Yize was beaten in the first round (last 12). He lost to Xiao Guodong by 8-10.
Mark Selby and Ding both negotiated the first hurdle: Mark Selby beat Si Jiahui by 10-6 and Ding beat Mark Williams by 10-3 in the opening match of the tournament.
Both …

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[13 Apr 2025 | No Comment | ]
The 2025 Players Championship

The 2025 Players Championship was held in Telford from 17 to 23 March 2025. Mark Allen was the defending champion but he was beaten in the first round (last 16) by Kyren Wilson who went on to win the title, beating Judd Trump by 10-9 in the final
All Grove players, except Luca Brecel, were involved.
All the detailed results are available on snooker.org
Ding Junhui and Wu Yize lost in the first round (last 16) to Mark Williams and Xiao Guodong respectively.
Mark Selby and Neil Robertson faced each other in the next …

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[13 Apr 2025 | No Comment | ]
Neil Robertson is the 2025 World Grand Prix Champion

The 2025 World Grand Prix was played in Hong Kong for the first time, from 4 to 9 March 2025, Ronnie O’Sullivan was the defending champion but didn’t compete despite actually qualifying.
All Grove players, except Luca Brecel, had qualified.
Ding was the first to exit the tournament, beaten 4-3 by Xu Si in the round of 32.
Wu Yize won his opening match, but went of by 4-2 to Stuart Bingham, the eventual runner-up, and it was Bingham again who beat Mark Selby by 5-4 in the quarter-finals.
Neil Robertson beat Mark Allen …

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[13 Apr 2025 | No Comment | ]
The 2025 World Open

The 2025 World Open was played in Yushan, China from 23rd of February to 1st of March, 2025. Judd Trump was the defending champion. The event was won by John Higgins who defeated Joe O’Connor by 10-6 in the final.
It wasn’t a great tournament for the Grove players.
Neil Robertson had entered the event but withdrew before his first match.
Mark Selby went out in the round of 64, beaten 5-2 by Liu Hongyu.
Wu Yize was beaten by David Lilley (5-4) in the round of 32.
Ding reached the last 16, where he …

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[22 Feb 2025 | No Comment | ]
The 2025 Masters

The 2025 Masters was played in Alexandra Palace, London, from 12 to 19 January 2025. Ronnie O’Sullivan was the defending Champion but he didn’t play in the tournament. The event was won by Shaun Murphy who beat Kyren Wilson in the Final.
Four of the Grove players were involved in the tournament: Mark Selby, Neil Robertson, Luca Brecel and Ding Juhui. All four won their opening match, but lost in the quarter-finals.
All the detailed results are available on snoker.org.

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[23 Dec 2024 | No Comment | ]
Luca Brecel makes it to the Final in Riyadh

Luca Brecel hasn’t shown much of his best since winning the World Championship in May 2023, but reminded everyone how brilliant a player he is at the 2024 Riyadh Season Championship in Saudi Arabia, where he reached the final. The event was won by Mark Allen.
The event was played from December,18 to December, 20. Only the top ten ranked players were invited.This means that, from Grove, only Mark Selby, Ding Junhui and Luca Brecel took part.
All the detailed results are available on snooker.org.
Ding had to play a local qualifier …

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[8 Dec 2024 | No Comment | ]
The 2024 UK Championship

The 2024 UK Championship was played from 23 Nov to 1 Dec 2024 at the Barbican Centre in York, England. The defending champion was Ronnie O’Sullivan. The event was won by Judd Trump who beat Barry Hawkins by 10-8 in the final.
All the detailed results are available on snooker.org
It wasn’t a great event for the Grove players.
Ding and Wu Yize reached the round of 16, beaten by Shaun Murphy and Mark Allen respectively. It’s worth noting though that Wu had to win three matches to get that far: He …

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[26 Nov 2024 | No Comment | ]
Ding is the 2024 International Championship Winner

Ding Junhui has won the 2024 International Championship, beating Chris Wakelin by 10-7 in the Final. The event was played in Nanjing, China, from 3 to 10 November 2024. Zhang Anda was the defending Champion.
Here is the report by WST:

DING CLAIMS NANJING GLORY
Ding Junhui secured the 15th ranking title of his illustrious career with a 10-7 defeat of Chris Wakelin in the final of the International Championship in Nanjing.
Chinese sporting icon Ding has now triumphed in seven ranking events in his native country, but this week’s victory is a first …

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[18 Oct 2024 | No Comment | ]
The 2024 Wuhan Open

The 2024 Wuhan Open was played from October 6 to October 12, 2024 at the China Optics Valley Convention & Exhibition Centre, Wuhan, China.
Judd Trump was the defending champion. The event was won by Xiao Guodong, who beat Si Jiahui in the final.
All the Grove players were involved but none of them faired particularly well.
Mark Selby and Luca Brecel failed to qualify for the main venue stage. Neil Robertson was beaten by Jackson Page (5-1) in the firstb round proper.
Wu Yize and Ding Junhui both exited the tournament in …

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[16 Sep 2024 | No Comment | ]
The 2024 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters

The inaugural Saudi Arabia Masters was played in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 30th of August to 7th of September, in the Green Hall, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The price money of offer was the highest ever in snooker, bar the World Championship. The event was played from start to finish at the main venue which is how it should always be. The event was won by Judd Trump who narrowly beat Mark Williams by 10-9 in the final. The decider went to the last black!
All Grove players had entered the …