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๐ฃ A quick run-through about next week's World Open in China where a world ranking title and ยฃ175,000 winner's purse are on offer...
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๐จ๐ณ The main venue, televised stages of the 2026 World Open from Yushan, China take place between Monday 16th to Sunday 22nd March.
๐ Here is the last 64 draw, with the latest withdrawals included.
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Mark Selby, Barry Hawkins, Stephen Maguire, David Gilbert, Chris Wakelin and Chris Totten had previously withdrawn from the event earlier this week.
๐ฃ India's Ishpreet Singh Chadha is the latest player to withdraw from next week's World Open in Yushan.
This means the winner of the held-over first round match between Ronnie O'Sullivan and Ross Muir will go straight through to the last 32 in China.
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...where he was denied a spot in a ranking final by Rod Lawler, who came back from 5-3 down to oust him, 6-5.
Later in the same year, Pearce defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan 5-1 on BBC television to reach the last 16 of the Grand Prix.
๐ฆ LOOKING back at the career of former snooker professional Nick Pearce, who competed on the top flight for several seasons and climbed to a highest world ranking of 57.
Pearce, who was also a fashion model, made the semis of the 1996 International Open...
๐ท: BBC screenshots
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๐ ๐๐จ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฃ๐๐๐ก ๐จ๐ก๐๐๐ฅ-๐ฎ๐ญ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ฃ๐๐ข๐ก: ๐๐ก๐ง๐ข๐ก ๐๐๐ญ๐๐๐ข๐ฉ
Congratulations to Anton Kazakov on winning the 2026 European Under-21 Snooker Championship and securing a return to the professional circuit in the process.
Ukraine's Kazakov defeated Riley Powell (Wales) 5-3 in the final held in Gandia, Spain.
๐ท: WST
๐ This was some break, and what a way to win a title.
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๐ 2012 Australian Open
๐ 2014 PTC Grand Finals
๐ 2017 World Grand Prix
๐ 2023 European Masters
๐๐ 2026 Welsh Open
Barry Hawkins is now a five-time ranking event winner.
๐ท: World Snooker Tour
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Barry Hawkins claims the fifth ranking title of his career after defeating Jack Lisowski, 9-5, in the final to win the 2026 Welsh Open!
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๐ฐ NEWS: Congratulations to Jamie Clarke on winning this season's Q Tour rankings race and reclaiming a place on the professional tour.
Full story here:
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๐๐ผ๐ป๐ฒ ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฑ ๐ฑ๐๐๐๐ฒ๐ฑ?
Barry Hawkins takes a commanding 7-1 lead into tonight's concluding session of the 2026 Welsh Open final.
'The Hawk' requires two more frames for his fifth ranking title.
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A lovely minute's applause for the late, great John Virgo before the 2026 Welsh Open final.
Good night, JV.
A new twist to the ongoing Crucible saga?
UK Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer paid a surprise visit to the Crucible earlier this week with advisers. No10 said he is 'passionate' for the World Snooker Championship to stay there.
๐ฐ Full story:
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ยฃ100,000 and The Ray Reardon Trophy to the champion.
Who do you think will win the 2026 Welsh Open?
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๐ฐ ๐๐๐๐ ๐ช๐๐ก๐ฆ ๐ง๐๐ ๐๐๐๐๐ฃ๐ข๐ง ๐๐ก๐ ๐ ๐๐๐๐ฆ ๐๐๐ก๐๐
Jack Lisowski is through to the Welsh Open final after a thrilling 6-5 win over John Higgins, which included an ๐ถ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฑ๐ถ๐ฏ๐น๐ฒ break of 78 in the decider.
In winning this match, Lisowski collects the ยฃ150,000 Home Nations Series bonus prize!
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๐ฒ Alex Higgins was no stranger to the odd run-in with snooker officials!
Ex-professional Graham Horne has revisited the time he was due to play 'The Hurricane' in a qualifying match, only for Higgins to walk out without hitting a ball.
Link to the full story in the comments below.
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A match of big moments and momentum swings, but it's Barry Hawkins who defeats Wu Yize, 6-4, to reach the 2026 Welsh Open final!
He'll face either Higgins or Lisowski on Sunday for the title.
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Earlier this week, Mark Williams turned down an invite to a private concert with American rap artist Snoop Dogg held in Swansea, to stay at the Welsh Open in Llandudno where he committed to punditry duties.
Williams would rather 'pot it like it's hot' ๐
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Wu Yize will face Barry Hawkins in the Welsh Open semi-finals on Saturday after ousting Chinese compatriot Jiang Jun, 5-4.
International Championship winner Wu battled back from 4-1 down, winning a tense decider to progress.
๐ท: World Snooker Tour
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JACK'S JACKPOT?
Jack Lisowski is through to the semi-finals of the Welsh Open after a 5-2 win over Stuart Bingham.
The reigning Northern Ireland Open champion is two more wins away from a second ranking crown, and only one away from collecting the seasonal ยฃ150,000 Home Nations Series bonus prize!
Neil Robertson made breaks of 53, 102, 54, 61 and 132, but he ended on the losing side as Barry Hawkins won 5-3 to reach the Welsh Open semi-finals!
Hawkins' only half-century came in the final frame with a match-winning effort of 93.
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๐๏ธ ON THIS DAY in 2022, world number 80 Fan Zhengyi stunned the snooker world when he defeated Ronnie O'Sullivan 10-9 in the final to win his maiden ranking title at the European Masters in Milton Keynes.
๐ท: George Wood/Getty Images
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๐ฃ๏ธ Recently speaking on the Contracts and Championships Podcast, Stuart Bingham explained how he wasn't pleased with his first round match at the World Grand Prix being brought forward a day, something he found out about upon landing.
๐ฐ Link to the full story below.
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One of these three players will be collecting a hefty bonus prize within the next few days.
Who will it be? ๐ค
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