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[18 Mar 2024 | No Comment | ]
The 2024 Riyadh Season World Masters

The 2024 Riyadh Season World Masters was the first-ever professional tournament played in Saudi Arabia. It was an invitational event for the top ten players in the World plus two local wild cards and took place at the Global Theater, Boulevard City, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia from 4 to 6 March 2024. Grove was represented by Mark Selby, Ding Junhui, and Luca Brecel.
Ding lost narrowly to Ali Carter in the first round proper (4-3). Mark was seeded in the quarter-finals, where he lost to Mark Allen in the deciding frame …

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[18 Mar 2024 | No Comment | ]

The 2024 Welsh Open was played from 12 to 18 February 2024 in Venue Cymru, in Llandudno, Wales. Robert Milkins was the defending champion. The event was won by Gary Wilson who beat Martin O’Donnell by 9-4 in the final.
All Grove players qualified for the main venue but Ding Junhui and Mark Selby lost in the last 64, the first round in Berlin. Neil Robertson went one better. Luca Brecel reached the quarter-finals where he lost by 5-3 to the eventual runner-up, Martin O’Donnell. This was actually the first …

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[18 Mar 2024 | No Comment | ]
The 2024 German Masters

The 2024 German Masters was played in Berlin from 29 January and 4 February 2024, at the legendary Tempodrom. Ali Carter was the defending champion. The event was won by Judd Trump who beat Si Jiahui by 1-5 in the Final.
The event wasn’t a a great one for the Grove players as only Neil Robertson managed to qualify for the main event. He lost in the last 16 to Kyren Wilson. All results are available on snooker.org.

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[15 Jan 2024 | No Comment | ]
The 2024 Masters

The 2024 Masters was played at Alexandra Palace in London from 7 to 14 January 2024. Mark Allen was the defending champion. Ronnie O’Sullivan won the event for the eighth time, beating Ali Carter by 10-7 in the final.
All the Grove players were involved.
Only Mark Selby progressed past the first round. In the quarter-finals, he was narrowly beaten (6-5) by Mark Allen, the defending champion.
Ding Junhui was beaten By Ronnie in the first round but made history! Indeed he scored a 147 in the 7th frame of his …

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[22 Dec 2023 | No Comment | ]
The 2023 Scottish Open

The 2023 Scottish Open was the last ranking event of the year. It was played in Edinburgh from 11 to 17 December 2023.
Gary Wilson was the defending champion and defended the title. That’s a remarkable feat considering that the 2022 Scottish Open was his first (and only) ranking title.
All Grove players except Neil Robertson were involved and all lost in round 3. You will find all the detailed results on snooker.org.
Neil Robertson, who hasn’t got the best of season, has decided to take a break from snooker and visit …

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[4 Dec 2023 | No Comment | ]
Ding reaches the Final at the 2023 UK Championship

The 2023 UK Championship was played at the Barbican in York, England, from 25 November to 3 December 2023. Mark Allen was the defending champion.
This tournament is played under a tiered system and of the four Grove players, only Ding had to qualify, which he did by beating Daniel Wells (6-4) and Robbie Williams (6-3).
Neil Robertson fell at the first hurdle, losing to Zhou Yuelong by 6-2.
Luca Brecel went one round further, but lost to Zhang Anda, by 6-4, in the round of 16.
Mark Selby reached the quarter-finals where …

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[4 Dec 2023 | No Comment | ]
The 2023 Champion of Champions

The 2023 Champion of Champions, featuring the event winners from the previous year, was played at the University Stadium in Bolton, England from 13 to 19 November 2023. The defending Champion was Ronnie O’Sullivan who withdrew from the tournament for medical reasons.
Three of the Grove players were in the draw: Luca Brecel, Mark Selby, and Ding Junhui. Luca and Mark lost in the first round, but Ding progressed thanks to a win over Zhang Anda, the man who had beaten him at the International Championship. That match went …

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[4 Dec 2023 | No Comment | ]
The 2023 International Championship

The 2023 International Championship took place in the Tianjin People’s Gymnasium, Tianjin, China from 5 to 12 November 2023.
The tournament hadn’t been held since 2019 because of Covid. Judd Trump was the defending Champion.
The event was won by Zhang Anda who beat Tom Ford by 10-6 in a Final not many would have predicted.
All Grove players qualified for the main event and made the trip to China. Luca Brecel and Neil Robertson exited the tournament in round 2. Mark Selby lost to the eventual runner-up, Tom Ford in the …

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[17 Oct 2023 | No Comment | ]

The 2023 English Open was played from 2 to 8 October 2023 in Brentwood, Essex. The event was won by Judd Trump who beat Zhang Anda by 9-7 in the Final.
It wasn’t a great event for the Grove players,
Neil Robertson didn’t qualify for the television stages: he was beaten by Sanderson Lam in the first round. Mark Selby was the defending champion, but exited the tournament in round 2, beaten 4-2 by Martin O’Donnell. Ding Junhui and Luca Brevel met in the last 16 round. Ding won the match by …

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[19 Sep 2023 | No Comment | ]
Luca Brecel reaches the Final at the 2023 Shanghai Masters

The 2023 Shanghai Masters was played at the Grand Stage in Shanghai, from 11 to 17 September 2023. The prestigious invitational tournament featured only 24 players and all four Grove players featured in that elite group. Ronnie O’Sullivan was the defending champion.
The first round saw twelve professionals and four Chinese wildcards compete to reach the “last 16″ round. Ding was involved in that round and he beat Si Jishui by 6-2. This was Ding’s first match of the season.
In the last 16, Ding and Neil Robertson faced each other, …