Mark Williams finishes his Xi’an week in style, bringing home a career 27th ranking title, one less than Steve Davis, by annihilating Shaun Murphy 10-3 in the final. Willo became today also the oldest ever winner of a ranking title at the age of 50 years and 206 days #147sf #snooker

The Xi’an Grand Prix title will be tomorrow an affair between two legends of the snooker circuit, Shaun Murphy and Mark Williams. It will be their 33rd meeting in all competitions: interestingly, the h2h between the two players could not be more balanced, as it says 16-16! #147sf #snooker

There is not a single time I watch Mark Williams playing that I do not find myself hoping he will never retire. Brilliant talent, pure genius and a unique character, truly one of the all time legends of this sport #147sf #snooker

Probably one of the most dominant performances ever against a player who has recently been a World Champion. Shaun Murphy keeps being in his finest form and advances to the quarterfinals in Xi’an! #147sf #snooker

A tough yet deserved win for Si Jiahui in Xi’an today against Fan Zhengyi, 5-4 the final scoreline. Thanks to breaks of 141 and 128, Si has now 100 career centuries: he is just the third player (after Yan and Yuan) born after 1/1/2000 to reach this milestone and the first born in 2002 #147sf

Another (maybe) unexpected early defeat this season for Luca Brecel, who lost yesterday 4-6 to Liu Wenwei, ranked 123rd in the world, at the International Championship quali. Brecel is now barely surviving inside the top40, after being crowned World Champion just two years ago #147sf #snooker

A huge milestone has been reached today by Neil Robertson: the Thunder form Down Under has scored his 1000th career century against Umut Dikme to become only the fourth player to reach this number after Ronnie O’Sullivan, John Higgins and Hudd Trump #147sf #snooker

Anthony McGill defeated his more experienced fellow countryman John Higgins 6-3 to reach the final of the 2025 Unibet British Open. This will be McGill’s fourth career ranking final, the first in eight years as his last one dates back to 2017 (at the Indian Open, where he lost to Higgins) #147sf

The British Open enters its final stage: today in the afternoon we will have the Scottish derby between John Higgins and Anthony McGill, later in the evening the English derby featuring Shaun Murphy and Mark Selby. The winners will battle throughout the whole day tomorrow for the title #147sf

With the defeats yesterday of Chang Bingyu, Xiao Guodong and Lei Peifan, there will not be any Chinese player in the quarterfinals of the 2025 British Open, which is quite a surprise nowadays at this stage of a ranking event. Instead, England (x5), Scotland (x2) and Wales will be represented #147sf

Yesterday’s win vs Burns was Stan Moody’s 50th career pro win, the highest for a player born in 2006. Here are the top players for every year of birth: ‘00, Yan - 228 ‘01, Page - 122 ‘02, Si - 138 ‘03, Wu - 95 ‘04, Mertens - 62 ‘05, Boiko - 52 ‘06, Moody - 50 ‘07, Révész - 19 ‘08, Lan - 14 #147sf

Thanks to the two centuries scored in the first two frames of his match tonight, Xiao Guodong jumps ahead of both Jimmy White and Anthony Hamilton in the all-time century scorers list. The Chinese sits now in 26th place with 327 tons, nine less than Steve Davis (25th with 338) #147sf #stats

An impressive couple of days in Brentwood for Mark Allen to reach the #EnglishOpen SFs: the Pistol came back from 0-3 down to defeat Ding Junhui 4-3 in R5, then managed an even harder feat by recovering from 0-4 down to beat Elliot Slessor 5-4. He will face Jak Jones for a place in the final #147sf

Three back to back centuries, 469 points against 8, win by whitewash: a simply flawless performance tonight by Shaun “the Magician” Murphy to annihilate Zak Surety and progress to the #EnglishOpen round four #147sf

Congrats to Aaron Hill on scoring a maximum in the first frame of his match against Yao Pengcheng tonight! The Irishman has just become the fourth player born after 1/1/2000 to score a 147 in a pro event, along with Si Jiahui, Jackson Page and Fan Zhengyi. What an achievement for the 23yo! #147sf

A stunning scoring performance by Chang Bingyu today led to a 4-0 win over Leone Crowley with breaks of 134, 133, 133 and 60. It is interesting to point out that Chang has already compiled 46 centuries in his pro career having won just 47 matches (107 played) #147sf #EnglishOpen

In about one hour, the first matches of the #EnglishOpen will be underway. Ten days of snooker action from Brentwood lie ahead of us, as Neil Robertson will try to defend the title won in 2024. The top32 players will all start their campaign from R3, scheduled between Monday and Tuesday #147sf

Another positive display of resilience and mental strength from Stan Moody, who came back from 2-4 down to defeat Amir Sarkhosh in a decider. This is already the eighth win of the season for Moody in just ten matches, proof of his fast and manifest improvement on the professional tour #147sf

Ten minutes later, Thepchaiya Un-Nooh fires home a 114-break to lead Patrick Whelan 4-1. This is Theppy’s 200th career century, a surprisingly low amount considering he has compiled also six maximums (ratio: one 147 every 33.3 tons) #147sf #stats

As I write, two players who are currently in action stand a chance to reach a little milestone in the all-time scorers standings: in fact, both Elliot Slessor and Thepchaiya Un-Nooh are just one ton short from hitting respectively 100 and 200 career centuries. Will it be today? #147sf #snooker

Congrats to Zhou Yuelong on his third career maximum break: the 27yo from Chengdu has just scored a 147 in the fourth frame of his match against Julien Leclercq, managing to repeat the feat five years after his last time (Scottish Open 2020) #147sf #snoomer

One full day of quali matches for the Xi’an Grand Prix is in the archive: among the most interesting results, a mention goes to 14yo Michal Szubarczyk, who defeated Martin O’Donnell 5-4 after a long battle. Main draw reached also by Carter, Allen, Gilbert, Selby, Jak Jones, Wu, O’Connor, Yuan #147sf

At the end of an exciting final, Xiao Guodong successfully defends his #WuhanOpen title, as he tops Gary Wilson 10-9. A superb week for both finalists, with the Tyneside Terror coming a little short on the final day after impressing against Trump and Allen. This is Xiao’s second ranking title #147sf

Last #WuhanOpen champion Xiao Guodong will have a shout at defending his 2024 title tomorrow, as he defeats Mark Williams, courtesy of four consecutive frames won from 2-3 down. For the recent winner of the World Games, this will be a 4th ranking final, aiming for a possible 2nd career trophy #147sf

Two dominant wins in the morning for Mark Williams and Xiao Guodong, respectively against Zhang Anda (5-1) and Stan Moody (5-2) set the first semifinal of the #WuhanOpen. The last two SFs spots will be contended now, as John Higgins faces Gary Wilson while Si Jiahui is opposed to Mark Allen #147sf

Without any doubt the most promising English player of the new generation, Stan Moody has just added another result to the list of his illustrious wins: after defeating Ding Junhui yesterday, the 18yo from Halifax has annihilated Barry Hawkins, 5-0 the scoreline, with breaks of 108, 87, 54! #147sf

Judd Trump defeats his close friend Jack Lisowski 5-3 to progress into the #WuhanOpen R4: this is the eight consecutive time (not including Ch. League matches) that Trump defeats Lisowski in a WST event, as the all-time H2H between the two is now 17-8 #147sf

With Stan Moody winning against Zhou Yuelong, 5-1 the scoreline, the “Ding curse” has finally ended after an impressive three-years long streak, which dates back to the 23/24 season. Since then, every player who has defeated Ding has then lost in the following round, FOR 44 CONSECUTIVE TIMES! #147sf

Most career 147s. In square brackets, the player’s ranking place in the all-time century scorers list: Un-Nooh’s number says a lot… 17 - O’Sullivan [1] 13 - Higgins [3] 11 - Hendry [6] 10 - Murphy [7] 9 - Bingham [11] 8 - Trump [2] 7 - Ding [8] 6 - Selby [5] 6 - Un-Nooh [47] ❗️ #147sf #stats

Take a(nother) bow, Thepchaiya Un-Nooh! After the one he scored in Saudi Arabia, here comes another 147 for the Thai, who seals a 5-1 win over Pang Junxu with a maximum break in the last frame. This is the sixth career 147 for Thepchaiya, undoubtedly one of the masters of the perfect break #147sf

Regarding Xiao Guodong’s maximum earlier today, I would highly recommend all of you who missed it to look for it and enjoy the show. One of the hardest 147s I have ever seen, which included at least two or three miraculous shots: a sensational achievement by an often underrated player! #147sf

Last night the #WuhanOpen week has started and there has already been a couple of things which are worth a mention: Xiao Guodong has scored a 147, his career second one, in his 5-0 win against Mink Nutcharut, while Matthew Selt has won his 500th career pro match beating Louis Heathcote 5-2 #147sf

At the end of an intense final, Neil Robertson brings home the 2025 #SaudiMasters title as well as a 500k prize money. The Thunder from Down Under survives a crazy comeback from 2-7 to 7-7 by Ronnie O’Sullivan, who even had a 9-8 lead before eventually losing in a decider. What a match! #147sf

As he trails Neil Robertson 3-7 in the #SaudiMasters final, Ronnie O’Sullivan reaches 1300 career centuries thanks to a 139 total clearance in the 10th frame. The Rocket leads the all-time top scorers list, with Judd Trump sitting in second place more than 200 tons (1094) behind #147sf #stats

Ronnie O’Sullivan and Neil Robertson will play each other today for the 33rd time: excluding bo5 or shorter matches, their h2h is 17-12 for the Rocket, 4-3 in finals. Their most recent meetings dates back to 2022, when Ronnie defeated Robertson 6-4 at the semifinals of the Hong Kong Masters #147sf

And of course, after almost seven years since having one, Ronnie O’Sullivan scores TWO MAXIMUMS in the same match. What an historic evening, as the Rocket defeats Chris Wakelin 6-3 with four centuries (and two 147s). Simply unbelievable… #147sf #snooker

THE ROCKET! Ronnie O’Sullivan has just scored a delightful 147 in the opening frame of his 2025 #SaudiMasters semifinal against Chris Wakelin. This is Ronnie’s 16th career maximum but what surprises the most is that it is his first competitive one since October 2018. What an evening! #147sf #snooker

After losing his four last meetings with Kyren Wilson, Ronnie O’Sullivan switched today to “God-mode” to come back from 3-5 down and defeat the Warrior 6-5. A stellar performance for the Rocket, which included also three centuries, to reach the semifinals of the #SaudiMasters 2025! #147sf

In spite of a praiseworthy comeback from Mark Williams, who came from 2-5 down to force a decider, it is Elliot Slessor who writes his name in the semifinals lineup of the #SaudiMasters thanks to a deserved 6-5 underdog win, a result which also moves him up to 23rd in the provisional rankings #147sf

For anyone who is as into these kind of stats as me, these are a few century milestones which will be reached soon: O’Sullivan 1290 -> 1300 Trump 1094 -> 1100 Robertson 989 -> 1000 Walden 390 -> 400 Milkins 199 -> 200 Un-Nooh 196 -> 200 O’Connor 98 -> 100 Slessor 98 -> 100 #147sf #snooker

Congrats to Mark Selby on becoming the fifth player in the history of #snooker to reach 900 career century breaks. Ronnie O’Sullivan currently leads the top scorers’ list with 1290 tons, ahead of Judd Trump (1094), John Higgins (1039), Neil Robertson (989) and the Jester #147sf

Menu of the #SaudiMasters day 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Oliver Lines - Ali Carter 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Mark Selby - Neil Robertson 🇦🇺 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Elliot Slessor - Stuart Bingham 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Shaun Murphy - Mark Williams 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Kyren Wilson - Si Jiahui 🇨🇳 🇨🇳 Chang Bingyu - Ronnie O’Sullivan 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇨🇳 Ding Junhui - Barry Hawkins 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🇨🇳 Zhao Xintong - Chris Wakelin 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #147sf

The shocking result of the day at the #SaudiMasters has already been delivered, courtesy of a majestic Oliver Lines: the Englishman has defeated Judd Trump in style, beating the world number one 5-3 with two centuries after also enjoying a 4-1 lead. Lines will play Carter or G. Wilson next #147sf

A dominant win for Shaun Murphy, 5-1 vs Thepchaiya Un-Nooh: unfortunately the talented Thai looked the shadow of the player admired yesterday, as he seemed today almost more interested in trying to score another maximum than to win (he almost succeeded, as he missed a 13th red in frame five) #147sf

#SaudiMasters last32 Trump - Lines Carter - G. Wilson N. Robertson - Woollaston Selby - Long Higgins - Slessor Zhang - Bingham Murphy - Un-Nooh M. Williams - Yuan K. Wilson - Boiko Si - Wu Allen - Chang O’Sullivan - O’Connor Ding - Maguire Hawkins - O’Donnell Wakelin - Ajaib Zhao - Hallworth

From a scoring point of view, what Stephen Maguire and Wu Yize have been doing this week is definitely terrific: seven 50+ breaks (including three centuries) for the flashy Chinese against Hugill and Stevens, six 50+ breaks (and two tons) for the recent Ch. League winner vs Taylor and McGill #147sf

I do not dislike the #SaudiArabiaMasters draw, as it gives low-ranked players a bigger chance to win a couple of matches by playing against each other. On the other side, top names get a “bye” until the last 32 round, which takes away the possibility of unexpected results in the first rounds #147sf

As the #ShanghaiMasters final between Ali Carter and Kyren Wilson is underway, here are a few milestones reached during the week • 700th career century for Ding Junhui (8th all-time) • 500th career century for Barry Hawkins (15th all-time) • 4th career maximum for Zhang Anda (15th all-time) #147sf

It would have been hard to imagine last season but Reanne Evans has started the 2025/2026 season with two wins in two matches, courtesy of as many superb performances against David Lilley (5-4) and Lan Yuhao (4-1). The 12x women WC will be in the main draw both in Wuhan and in Leicester! #147sf

Most pro wins per YoB: 2000 - Yan Bingtao (228 wins) 2001 - Jackson Page (99 wins) 2002 - Si Jiahui (112 wins) 2003 - Wu Yize (83 wins) 2004 - Ben Mertens (42 wins) 2005 - Iulian Boiko (25 wins) 2006 - Stan Moody (35 wins) 2007 - Bulcsú Révész (13 wins) 2008 - Vladislav Gradinari (4 wins) #147sf