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[15 Jul 2026 | No Comment | ]
Wu Yize is the 2026 World Champion!

Wu Yize won the 2026 World Championship at the Crucible theatre in Sheffield, beating Shaun Murphy 18-17 in the Final. The final was refereed by Rob Spencer and here are the detailed scores of the Final:
Session 1:
72-50 (51), 60-50 (SM 50), 86-53 (61), 0-95 (85)
0-98 (98), 24-90 (77), 1-118 (109), 74-32 (65)
Session 2:
82-1 (82), 106-16 (103), 32-80 (72), 72-8
89-8 (89), 0-83 (70), 97-29 (66), 1-66, 91-39 (91)
Session 3:
37-103, 9-76 (76), 13-55, 2-120 (59)
37-67 (60), 93-0 (64), 73-1, 121-5 (61)
Session 4:
88-1 (88), 0-82 (82), 26-75, 60-56
70-73 (WY 70, SM 65), 65-0 …

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[15 Jul 2026 | No Comment | ]
The 2026 Tour Championship

The 2026 Tour Championship was played in Manchester, UK, from the 30th of March to the 5th of April 2026. Only the top 12 in the one year list qualify for this event. The Grove was represented by three players: Mark Selby, Wu Yize and Neil Robertson. Not bad eh?
The event was won by Zhao Xintong, who deafeated Judd Trump in the final. The score was severe: 10-3.
Neil Robertson had reached the semi-finals, losing to Judd Trump by 10-4.
Mark Selby had lost to John Higgins in the QFs (10-8). Wu …

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[15 Jul 2026 | No Comment | ]
The 2026 World Open

The 2026 World Open was played in Yushan China, from 16 to 22 March 2026. John Higgins was the defending Champion.
All detailed results are available on snooker.org..
The event was won by Thepchaiya Un-Nooh, who defeated Ronnie O’Sullivan by 10-7 in the final.
It was Ronnie who had narrowly defeated Wu Yize in the semi-finals (6-5).
Ding Junhui had entered the event but lost in the qualifiers to Marco Fu (5-2). Mark Selby also had entered the event and had qualified to play at the venue but withdrew in order to better prepare …

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[15 Jul 2026 | No Comment | ]
The 2026 Welsh Open

The 2026 Welsh Open took place in Llandudno, Wales, from 23 February till 1st of March 2026. The event was won by Barry Hawkins who beat Jack Lisowski by 9-5 in the final. Except for Ding Junjui, all Grove players were involved in the main event.
Luca Brecel though failed to make any sort of impact as he was whitewashed by Jackson Page in the first round proper. Mark Selby also exited the tournament in that round, beaten 4-3 by Jiang Jun.
Neil Robertson lost to the eventual champion, Barry Hawkins, …

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[15 Jul 2026 | No Comment | ]
The 2026 Players Championship

This event, featuring only the top 16 players in the one year list at the time it was held, was played in Telford, England from 17 to 22 of February 2026. Kyren Wilson was the defending Champion. It was won by John Higgins, who beat Zhao Xintong by 10-7 in the final. Three Grove players had qualified: Mark Selby, Wu Yize and Neil Robertson. Neil and Wu lost in the opening round: Neil lost by 6-1 to John Higgins and Wu by 6-3 to Mark Allen. And it was …

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[15 Jul 2026 | No Comment | ]
The 2026 World Grand Prix

The 2026 World Grand Prix was played at the Kai Tak Arena in Hong Kong, from 3 to 8 of February 2026. Neil Robertson was the defending champion.
The event was won by Zhao Xintong who beat Zhang Anda by 10-6 in the final.
Other than Luca Brecel, all Grove players qualified for it. Remember, this event is for the top 32 in the one year list only.
Neil Robertson, the defending Champion, was beaten by 5-1 by Jak Jones in the first round. Ding also lost in that round, beaten 5-3 by …

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[26 Jun 2026 | No Comment | ]
The 2026 German Masters

The 2026 German Masters was played at the Tempodrom, in Berlin, Germany, From January 26 to February 1, 2026. Kyren Wilson was the defending Champion. The event was won by Judd Trump who beat Shaun Murphy in the Final (10-4).
From the Grove, only three players had managed to get to the main venue. Judd Trump, Mark Selby and Neil Robertson. Mark Selby, surprisingly, lost to Xu Si in the round of 32. The match was close though, the final score was 5-4 to Xu.
Here is the report shared by WST:

Trump …

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[26 Jun 2026 | No Comment | ]
The 2026 Masters

The 2026 Masters was played at Alexandra Palace, London from 11th to 18th of January 2026. Shaun Murphy was the defending champion. The events was won by Kyren Wilson who beat John Higgins by 10-6 in the final. Other than Luca Brecel, all Grove players were involved. From the Grove Wu Yize and Judd Trump had the best tournament. Both reached the semi-finals. Wu lost to Kyren Wilson and Judd to John Higgins. Both matches went to a deciding frame.
Wu also made the highest break of the tournament, a 137. …

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[12 Feb 2026 | No Comment | ]
Mark Selby is the 2026 Invitational CLS Champion

Mark Selby has won the 2026 Championship League Snooker invitational yesterday evening. He beat Wu Yize in the Final. It’s the third consecutive year that Mark wins this event which is truly remarkable.
Congratulations Mark Selby!
Here is the report shared by WST:
Selby Retains League Title
Mark Selby won the BetVictor Championship League invitation event for the third consecutive year, beating Wu Yize 3-1 in the final in his home city of Leicester.  
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Selby has dominated this event in recent years, beating Joe O’Connor in the 2024 final and Kyren Wilson in the …

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[18 Jan 2026 | No Comment | ]
The 2025 Scottish Open

The 2025 Scottish Open was played from 15 to 21 December 2025 In Edinburgh. This is the last event of the year and quite often players miss it or aren’t fully motivated. From the Grove, only Mark Selby and Wu Yize participated. Wu Yize lost to Matt Selt in the round of 16. Mark Sebly went out to Chang Bingyu in the QFs. Chang went on to reach the final where he was beaten by Chris Wakelin (9-2)