PTC11:

Judd Trump’s good form continued after winning his first three matches, against Sam Baird 4-0, David Morris 4-0 and Alan McManus 4-2. On Monday morning he defeated Jamie Cope 4-0 for a place in the quarter finals against Tom Ford, but was then defeated 1-4 by Tom Ford.

Yu Delu joined him after getting through tthe first three rounds with three 4-1 wins, against Andrew Norman, Dechawat Poomjaeng and Jamie Burnett. However he was then defeated in the fourth round 0-4, again by Tom Ford.

Zhang Anda and Chen Zhe both came through the pre-qualifying stage, both winning 4-1 against Mitchell Travis and Brandon Winstone respectively. Anda then lost his first match in the main draw to Craig Steadman, 2-4. Chen Zhe had a much better run, with two great wins against Kyren Wilson 4-0 and world number 41 Matthew Selt 4-1 before being edged 3-4 in round 3 by Simon Bedford.

Liang Wenbo won his first match 4-2 against Stuart Carrington but was the beaten 0-4 by Simon Bedford.

Jack Lisowski was defeated 2-4 in his first round match against David Grace and Liu Song lost his first match by the same scoreline to Alan McManus. Stuart Bingham had a tough first round draw, losing 2-4 to Mark Williams.

PTC12:

Zhang Anda enjoyed a great win against world no 43 Jamie Burnett 4-1 in round one but was then defeated in round two by world no 11 Stephen Maguire.

Jack Lisowski also had a 4-1 win in round one, against Andrew Norman and followed this up with a win by the same scoreline against Joe Jogia, but was not able to take his place in the last 16 after a 2-4 defeat to Kurt Maflin.

Liang Wenbo started with a 4-2 win against Aditya Mehta and followed this up with another 4-2 win against Duane Jones, but was then beaten 1-4 by Mike Dunn in round three.

Stuart Bingham beat Sam Harvey 4-0 in but was then defeated 3-4 by Matthew Stevens in round two.

Liu Song lost 3-4 to Rickey Walden and Chen Zhe last 2-4 to Mark Joyce.

Yu Delu started with a 4-1 win against Sam Harvey but then lost by the same scoreline to world no 2 Mark Williams in the second round.

Stuart Bingham made it into round 2 with a 4-2 win against Stuart Carrington but was then defeated 3-4 by Andrew Norman. Jack Lisowski beat Sam Craigie 4-1 but then lost 2-4 to world no 1 Mark Selby. Judd Trump lost a tight game against Tian Pengfei in round one, 3-4. Ronnie O’Sullivan was defeated in the first round 4-2 against Sam Baird.

Chen Zhe started well with a 4-0 win against Rogelio Esterio in qualifying round 2 but was then defeated 1-4 by Ali Carter in the first round proper. Zhang Anda also started with a win in qualifying round 2, 4-2 against Mitchell Travis, but then lost 2-4 to Stephen Maguire in the last 128.

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Judd won a high-quality final which saw seven frames played in just over an hour and ten minutes. Judd knocked in breaks of 68, 69 and 69 to go 3-1 up but Ronnie came back with two breaks of 118 and 132. Judd was fortunate to win the last frame after a fluked red but there can be no question that he deserved his victory overall.

Judd made it through to the final after six straight wins, against Martin O’Donnell 4-1, Craig Steadman 4-2, Jimmy White 4-3, Tom Ford 4-0, John Higgins 4-2 and Martin Gould 4-1. Ronnie also enjoyed six straight wins, against Anthony Hamilton 4-0, Adam Wicheard 4-1, Andrew Norman 4-0, Stephen Lee 4-2, Neil Robertson 4-1 and Graeme Dott 4-1.

The tournament also saw Ronnie and Judd rise to numbers 1 and 2 respectively in the PTC Order of Merit.

Of the other Grove players, Jack Liswoski had a great event too, making the quarter finals after starting with a good 4-2 win against world no 25 Marcus Campbell, and then beating Liu Song 4-1, Andrew Pagett 4-2 and David Morris 4-0 before losing to world no 10 Graeme Dott 2-4. Fellow Grove player Liu Song was unfortunate to meet Jack in the second round after enjoying an excellent first round victory against world no 26 Joe Perry, 4-3.

Both Chen Zhe and Zhang Anda successfully negotiated their way through amateur qualifying on Thursday, and what’s more they did so with a perfect 4-0 record in each match. Zhe beating Kristof de Bruyn and Patrick Geysels, Anda beating Pierre Dethier and Reanne Evans. Zhe was then defeated 1-4 by James Wattana in the first round proper on Friday morning and Anda lost 2-4 to Andrew Norman at the same stage. Yu Delu also lost in the first round, 1-4 to Ireland’s David Hogan.

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Judd started his campaign with a 4-3 win against Adam Wicheard and followed this up with wins against Andrew Norman (4-2), Marco Fu and Stephen Lee (both 4-0) and Alan McManus (4-1). He managed to defeat current world no 1 Mark Selby 4-1 in the semi-final but was unable to maintain his momentum and lost to Neil Robertson by the same scoreline in the final. Another great week’s work for Judd though who has now risen to no 6 in the provisional world rankings.Final Neil Robertson [11] 4 - 1 Judd Trump [3] h2h

Yu Delu also made it through to the final day, starting with a 4-0 victory over fellow Grove player Jack Lisowski and following this up with two 4-2 wins against Andy Hicks and Andy Duffy. Delu met in-form Stuart Bingham in the last 16 and was defeated 1-4.

Ronnie O’Sullivan started with a 4-0 win against India’s Aditya Mehta but wasn’t able to make it to nine consecutive PTC match wins as he lost 1-4 to Xiao Guodong in round two.

Liu Song also won his first round match 4-3 against Simon Bedford but then lost 1-4 to world no 28 Ryan Day, who included a break of 142 in his victory.

Zhang Anda made it through to the final stages after beating Martin Ball 4-1 in the first qualifying round and then receiving a bye through the second after the withdrawal of Jak Jones. Anda was then unfortunate to lose 3-4 against world no 13 Mark Allen in round one.

Chen Zhe lost in the first qualifying round 3-4 to Jordan Brown.

Ronnie won seven straight games to take the title, adding to PTC1 which he took in June this year. This weekend Ronnie beat Jordan Winbourne 4-0, Aditya Mehat 4-0, Martin Gould 4-1, Stephen Maguire 4-2, Liu Chuang 4-1 and Michael White 4-2 before defeating Matthew Stevens in the final 4-2, including breaks of 95, 76, 53 and 88.

Of the other Grove players, Judd Trump made it through to round 3 after wins against Ian Glover and David Gilbert, both by 4 frames to 2, but then lost 3-4 to Ali Carter.

Yu Delu and Jack Lisowski both reached round two after wins against Nick Jennings and Matthew Selt, both by 4 frames to 1. Delu then lost 2-4 to Ben Harrison and Jack was defeated by the same scoreline by Michael Holt.

Zhang Anda successfully negotiated his way through the two amateur qualifying rounds by beating Thomas Emes 4-1 and Tom Maxfield 4-2, but then lost 3-4 to world no 13 Mark Allen.

Liu Song was defeated in his first round match David Morris, 2-4. Chen Zhe lost in the first qualifying round 2-4 to Kyren Wilson.

All players taking part are wearing pink shirts in support of Breast Cancer awareness month.

Judd made it through to the last 16 after three wins on Friday. Judd started his campaign with a 4-0 win against Rafal Gorecki and followed this up with a tight 4-3 victory over Tian Pengfei and a 4-1 win over Alfie Burden. Judd started on Sunday morning with a 4-3 win over Matthew Selt but then lost in the quarter-final stage by the same scoreline to Ricky Walden.

Jack continued his recent run of good form with a 4-2 against Kyren Wilson in the first round, followed by an excellent 4-3 win against world no 11 Stuart Bingham, and a 4-0 victory against David Singh of India. He then beat Liang Wenbo 4-3 to reach the last eight but lost 2-4 to a resurgent Steve Davis.

Chen Zhe reached the third round proper after three straight wins. Zhe started in the second qualifying round this time and defeated local player Michal Zelinski 4-1. Zhe then enjoyed possibly his best win to date against world no 33 Rory McLeod; Rory took a 3-0 lead but Zhe won the next four frames to book a place in the last 64. He then beat David Grace 4-1 to reach the third round but was unlucky to lose 3-4 against world no 25 Mark King. Zhe can be very happy with his week’s work and his best ever tournament performance since joining the Grove two years ago.

Liu Song joined in round two after his first round opponent, Mike Dunn, withdrew, but then lost 0-4 to Peter Edbon. Zhang Anda lost 3-4 to Adam Duffy in round one and Yu Delu lost his first round match 2-4 against David Singh.

Ronnie O’Sullivan continued his excellent early season form to reach the semi-final. He started with three wins on Friday – a 4-0 win over Turkey’s Ali Kirim followed by a 4-1 victory over Anthony McGill and a 4-0 defeat of Adam Duffy which included his 11th pro 147 break:

Yu Delu had another great run to continue his own good early season form. He started with a 4-2 win against world no 33 Tom Ford, and after beating amatuer James Welsh 4-1 in the second round, went on to claim another great scalp in Steve Davis, who he defeated 4-2. Another 4-2 win against Jimmy Robertson put Delu into the last eight for the second time in three PTC events.

Ronnie and Delu were drawn together in the quarter-finals and Ronnie edged a close tie 4-3 but it was a fantastic run from the Chinese youngster.

Ronnie then met world no 3 Mark Selby in the semi-final but this time was edged out 3-4 in another close tie. Selby had been on great form during the tournament and went on to beat Mark Davis 4-0 in the final to take the trophy.

Judd Trump started his defence well with victories against Ashley Wright 4-1 and James Wattana 4-0 before losing a close match against world no 24 Andrew Higginson 3-4. Jack Lisowski also came through his first round match against Steve Judd 4-1 but was defeated in the second round 3-4 against Jamie Jones.

Chen Zhe and Zhang Anda are taking part in the amateur pre-qualifying rounds again. Zhe had a great start beating Norbert Eckstein 4-0 in the first qualifying round and then defeating Zafir Dilji and Norbert Hofheinz by the same scoreline to reach the professional stages. Anda had a bye into the second qualifying round and defeated Michael Peyr, again by 4 frames to nil. Anda then made it through to the main event with another 4-0 win against Michael Wild but then lost 4-3 to world no 52 Joe Swail in the first round proper.

Zhe then came up against another Grove player, Liu Song, in the first round proper with Song winning 4-1, but he was then defeated in the second round by world no 28 Ken Doherty 2-4.

It’s the perfect start to the season for 35-year-old O’Sullivan, who slipped to 11th place in the world rankings last term, with question marks hanging over his form and desire to keep playing at the top level.

His last full ranking title was the 2009 Roewe Shanghai Masters and this is the first time he has won a Players Tour Championship tournament. He collects £10,000 and 2,000 ranking points and goes straight to the top of the PTC Order of Merit.

“My game wasn’t too bad,” said the three-times World Champion. “Everone was rusty. I’m just having a go and doing my best. This is a big season for me, I’m giving myself one more year, or possibly two, to see if I can improve. It’s a work in progress but I do feel some optimism.

In the final the Grove cueman fired in breaks of 60, 105 and 117 to win in just 51 minutes.

O’Sullivan won seven matches over the past three days at the World Snooker Academy in Sheffield, conceding just nine frames in the process. He almost made a maximum 147 in his semi-final against Joe Jogia, but missed the final yellow on 120. Ronnie beat Joe 4-2, Stuart Bingham 4-2, Martin Gould 4-2, Bjorn Haneveer 4-0, Andy Hicks 4-1 and Mike Hallett 4-2 on his way to the final.

The Grove had two players, Chen Zhe and Zhang Anda, taking part in the preliminary qualifiers. Both got through unscathed, Zhe beating James Silverwood 4-1 and Jamie O’Neill 4-1, Anda beating Ryan Causton 4-2 and Michael Wild 4-0. Both then lost at the next stage, Zhe to Liam Highfield 2-4 and Anda to Mark Selby 1-4.

Of the other Grove players, world finalist Judd Trump surprisingly lost his first match to David Gilbert 1-4. Jack Lisowski beat Ian Glover 4-1 but then lost to Stephen Maguire 2-4. Matt Selt beat Stephen Craigie 4-2 and then lost to Martin Gould 3-4. Liu Song was beaten in his first match by Adam Duffy 0-4 and Yu Delu had a tough first match against Ali Carter and lost 1-4.

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No Grove players in action in the first qualifying section, which involves World Snooker members outside the Main Tour. However, three players were in action in the first round of the second section.

Liu Song staged a remarkable comeback in beating Michael Judge 10-8 after trailing 1-6 towards the end of the first morning. However a great run of wins

Liu Chuang had a more comfortable day’s snooker, leading 7-2 at the close of play against 2003 Scottish Open winner David Grey, who now no longer plays on the Main Tour.

Sunday 6 March

Liu Chuang finished his match against David Grey, winning 10-3 and achieving breaks of 80, 67, 74 and 68 during the match.

Zhang Anda, who reached the Crucible last year before losing to Stephen Hendry, didn’t make it any further this year losing his first round match against Andrew Pagett 6-10.

Monday 7 March

Liu Song back in action against world no 53 Adrian Gunnell, ranked 15 places above him. This was a match where both players had periods of domination. After trailing 4-5 at the end of the morning session, Song won 5 frames in a row to lead 9-5. However Adrian then took the next 4 to come back to 9-9 before Song managed to win a tense deciding frame.

Jack Lisowski made his WSC qualifiers debut in the second round today against Kuldesh Johal and trails 4-5 after the first session.

Tuesday 8 March

Liu Chuang beat six-time World finalist Jimmy White 10-9 in an epic encounter which ended at 11.10pm tonight. No one player took advantage through the match and Chuang comfortably took the crucial deciding frame to set up an early morning Thursday meeting with world no 33 Tom Ford.

Jack Lisowski took 6 of the 8 frames played today to wrap up his match against Kuldesh Johal 10-8. Snooker legend Steve Davis awaits in the next round.

Wednesday 9 March

Liu Chuang enjoyed a fantastic win against Tom Ford in the third qualifying round. Tom is ranked no 33, 36 places higher than Chuang, but Chuang showed no signs of tiredness from the previous night’s marathon as he raced into a 6-3 lead at the end of the morning session, thanks to breaks of 127, 66, 56, 71 and 91.

When the players resumed at 7pm Tom stepped up a gear to level on 8-8. Chuang then came from 55-16 down to steal the next on the colours and completed his victory by winning 60-11 in frame 18.

Liu Song had an excellent start in his third round match against world no 47 Mark Joyce, racing to a 7-2 lead after the afternoon session.

Thursday 10 March

Liu Song wrapped up his third round match against Mark Joyce 10-6 and now meets Joe Perry in the final qualifying round on Saturday.

Jack Lisowski lost an epic encounter with six-time world champion Steve Davis 9-10. Jack led 6-3 after the first session but Steve benefitted from his additional 30 years of playing experience to close the match out on the deciding frame.

Matthew Selt was involved in another very close tie, finally coming thought 10-9 against Patrick Wallace.

The weekend

Judd Trump made it through to the Crucible with a 10-4 victory over David Gilbert.

It was agonisingly close for our other three players still in the mix. Liu Chuang lost to Ryan Day 7-10 and Matthew Selt and Liu Song were both defeated by Marcus Campbell and Joe Perry respectively. Bad news for these three players but a good week’s work which saw Matt retain his top 48 status for the start of next season, and both Chuang and Song stay on the Tour with a top 64 place guaranteed.