With his fifth 100+ break of the match, Shaun Murphy has just climbed up one spot in the list of all times top scorers, overtaking Stephen Hendry. The Magician sits now in 6th place all-time with 778 tons, quite distanced from Mark Selby, who currently closes the top5 with 961 #147sf #stats

Congrats to Mark Allen on becoming the 9th player to score 700 centuries, as he does it today aged 40 years and two months. And the others? 1. Trump - 30y7m 2. O’Sullivan - 37y8m 3. Robertson - 38y0m 4. Hendry - 38y1m 5. Ding - 38y4m 6. Selby - 38y5m 7. Murphy - 42y6m 8. Higgins - 42y8m #147sf

After the fist frames, surely no one would have expected the possibility of a comeback from John Higgins. Instead, the Wizard of Wishaw has defeated Ronnie O’Sullivan 13-12, in spite of trailing 4-9. Higgins, who will face now Robertson or Wakelin, will play his career 20th QF at the Crucible #147sf

After fourteen wins in a row for the seeded players in this first round of the 2026 WC, here comes the first “upset”: Hossein Vafaei annihilates Si Jiahui 10-3 to become the first qualifier to progress into the second round, where he is scheduled to play Judd Trump during the weekend #147sf

Are we seeing a seeds clean sweep in R1? Zhao Xintong ✅ Judd Trump ✅ Kyren Wilson ✅ Neil Robertson ⏳ John Higgins ✅ Mark Williams ✅ Mark Selby ⏳ Shaun Murphy ✅ Xiao Guodong ✅ Wu Yize ✅ Barry Hawkins ✅ Ronnie O’Sullivan ⏳ Chris Wakelin ⏳ Mark Allen ✅ Si Jiahui ⏳ Ding Junhui ✅ #147sf #Crucible

With five R1 matches completed, all the seeded players (Xiao, Zhao, Hawkins, Allen and Williams) have so far fairly easily progressed against the qualified players. As Ding leads Gilbert 7-2, the first possibility of an upset is represented by Ali Carter, who is 5-4 up against John Higgins #147sf

In his first round match against Allen, Zhang Anda has just scored his career 200th century break, becoming the 49th player in the history of snooker to do so, as well as the sixth Chinese one. Interestingly, more than half of these tons have been scored by Zhang in the last three seasons #147sf

All quali matches for the 2026 WC have been completed, with the Chinese army bringing to the Crucible Lei, He, Zhang and Fan, while Xu had to surrender to a pugnacious Gary Wilson in a decider. A glorious day also for Liam Highfield, who qualified while sitting 92nd in the world rankings #147sf

What a first half of this Judgement Day! I am so pleased to see some talents of this new generation like Stan Moody, Liam Pullen and Antoni Kowalski all earning their place at the Crucible. On the other side, congrats to a veteran like Matthew Stevens on beating Bingham and qualifying again #147sf

Judgement Day(s)! Bingham vs Stevens Vafaei vs Gao Hill vs Gilbert Holt vs Zhou Jiang vs Moody Kowalski vs Jamie Jones Page vs Pang Saengkham vs Pullen Jak Jones vs Brecel Lei vs Day Xu vs G. Wilson Surety vs Zhang Carter vs McGill Highfield vs O. Lines Fan vs Mertens He vs Lisowski #147sf

Quite a sensational scoring performance by David Gilbert today as he walked past Leone Crowley in the third quali round of the World Championship. The Farmer managed to compile 12 consecutive 50+ breaks, including four centuries, in just 13 frames, defeating his opponent with a 10-3 scoreline #147sf

A remarkable first appearance in the WC qualifiers for 17yo wonderkid Lan Yuhao: the Chinese talent defeated Chatchapong Nasa 10-4 in the first round, scoring three century breaks and missing the last red on his route to a 147 in the final frame. A derby against Fan Zhengyi for him next! #147sf

Quite an unexpected comeback from Chris Wakelin tonight against in-form Wu Yize at the Tour Championship. The young Chinese talent rapidly built a 6-2 lead before losing eight (!!!) frames in a row and gifting a 10-6 win to Chris Wakelin at the end of a fairly unbelievable evening session… #147sf

The Asia Pacific Open final has ended in the European morning, with 59yo Englishman Paul Norris defeating former pro Vinnie Calabrese at the end of a tight match, 6-5 the final score. Norris, who survived also a thrilling semifinal yesterday, earns a two-year card for the World Snooker Tour #147sf

In one of the highest quality finals of recent times, Thepchaiya Un-Nooh crowns a dreamy week with an outstanding performance, beating Ronnie O’Sullivan 10-7 to win the 2026 World Open. Four centuries for the Rocket were matched by three consecutive tons by Theppy, including a 7th career 147! #147sf

Best Asian century scorers: 1. Ding 🇨🇳 - 723 2. Fu 🇭🇰 - 555 3. Xiao 🇨🇳 - 358 4. Liang 🇨🇳 - 292 5. Zhou 🇨🇳 - 257 6. Zhao 🇨🇳 - 226 7. Un-Nooh 🇹🇭 - 216 8. Zhang 🇨🇳 - 191 9. Saengkham 🇹🇭 - 175 10. Wattana 🇹🇭 - 166 11. Vafaei 🇮🇷 - 162 12. Yan 🇨🇳 - 153 13. Tian 🇨🇳 - 148 14. Wu 🇨🇳 - 137 ⤴️ 15. Yuan 🇨🇳 - 135 ⤵️ #147sf

The highest competitive break of all times has been scored today and who else than Ronnie O’Sullivan could have been the man compiling it? Taking advantage of a free ball left by Day, Ronnie produced a 16-ball clearance in the first frame, resulting in a first ever 153 break! #147sf

You rarely see something like this but today Zhao Hanyang scored breaks of 100, 92, 68, 59, 51 only to lose the match in a decider to Robbie Williams who, on the other side, DID NOT SCORE A SINGLE 50+ BREAK. Mention also for Shaun Murphy, who came back from 1-4 down to defeat David Lilley 5-4 #147sf

What snooker can be sometimes, in numbers. From today’s match: Breaks of 50+ Robertson: 5 Hawkins: 1 Breaks of 100+ Robertson: 2 Hawkins: 0 Final score: Barry Hawkins 5-3 Neil Robertson #147sf

If you look for the definition of “rollercoaster match” applied to snooker, don’t go past Robertson-Jones today. Not only the deciding frame could have gone either way at least a dozen times but also what happened in the fourth frame, where Neil scored about 60 foul points, was unbelievable… #147sf

Lots of players with a huge chance to get a very good result in Llandudno. Here is the lineup of R3, to be played today: Jiang - R. Williams Wu - Grace M. Williams - Hawkins Jak Jones - N. Robertson Zhou - Craigie Zhang - Higgins Page - Lisowski Bingham - Zhao #147sf

An update to the h2h: 12-0. No further comments will be released tonight. #147sf

Today, Stuart Bingham and David Gilbert will play each other in the second round of the Welsh Open. Both experienced players, the two have met eleven times before today in bo7 or longer matches and…Bingham won all eleven meetings! I was not expecting such a one-sided h2h but here it is… #147sf

A stellar performance by Chang Bingyu today in the first round of the 2026 Welsh Open: the young Chinese has defeated Shaun Murphy 4-0, compiling four consecutive centuries and allowing the Magician to score only one point. Breaks of 136, 130, 130, 119 resulted in an aggregate score of 515-1! #147sf

In one hour, John Higgins and Zhao Xintong will battle for the 2026 Players Championship title: the Wizard, who defeated Judd Trump 6-5 in the SFs, plays his 3rd final of the season, looking for a career 34th ranking trophy. Zhao, winner of the World Grand Prix two weeks ago, aims for his 5th #147sf

The Chinese New Year is claiming victims among the Chinese players at the Players Championship. After Wu Yize (3-6 to Allen) and Xiao Guodong (2-6 to Wakelin) yesterday, today also Zhou Yuelong (0-6 to Trump) and Zhang Anda (1-6 to Murphy) say goodbye to the event. Only Zhao Xintong left now… #147sf

An interesting fact: before today, Neil Robertson and John Higgins faced each other 13 times in best of 9 or longer matches and none of their meetings ever ended with a difference of more than three frames between the two players. Today, Higgins has ended the streak as he beat the Aussie 6-1 #147sf

As the winner of the Championship League will be crowned today, Mark Selby keeps taking advantage of the many matches to be played in this event to add centuries to his tally. The Jester, who is by far the top scorer of the season with 56 tons, has just scored today his career 950th century! #147sf

Breaks of 145, 134, 131, 130, 111, 85, 75, 75, 65 for Zhao Xintong to dominate the 2026 World Grand Prix final against Zhang Anda, which ended with a 10-6 scoreline. Zhao has simply been the strongest contender in Hong Kong this week, topping the field by far. A deserved title for him! #147sf

The two best and most consistent players of the week battle today in Berlin for the 2026 German Masters trophy: Judd Trump and Shaun Murphy will be looking to bring home respectively a 31st and 14th ranking title, with the native of Bristol looking for a first since the ‘24 UK Championship #147sf

One more century today in a 5-1 win vs McGill and Kyren Wilson reaches 39 season centuries, which means he now sits ahead of Marco Fu in the all-time list with 554 tons. The Warrior is now the 12th best all-time scorer, chasing 11th-placed Stuart Bingham, with 622 centuries #147sf #stats

A sparkling final is scheduled in Sofia, as the 2026 WSF Junior champion will be crowned today. Two bright talents are opposed: Chinese Wang Xinbo (born in 2008) and Ukrainian Mykhailo Larkov (born in 2009), who both won their SF match 4-0. A two-year main tour card is the big prize on offer #147sf

As a result, Oliver Lines gets a record which will probably never be beaten nor matched, as he found himself on the receiving side of two professional maximums scored by different players in the same day. A pretty incredible achievement, if you ask me… #147sf

So far, maximums have been flying today in the opening day of the Championship League Group 6. First, Xiao Guodong scored his third career 147 in his 2-3 defeat against Oliver Lines. Then, just a few hours later, Wu Yize compiled another 147, his first professional ever, again against Lines #147sf

As expected, Kyren Wilson pulled out from the Championship League, where he was scheduled to play today in the morning; instead of the Masters title winner, Oliver Lines is competing, with Xiao Guodong, Wu Yize, Neil Robertson, Stuart Bingham, Zhao Xintong and Mark Selby completing the lineup #147sf

It is a first career Masters title for Kyren Wilson, after two lost finals (2018, 2025). The Warrior beats John Higgins 10-6 at the end of a match he always firmly had in his hands, courtesy of too many unforced errors from his opponent. Did anyone say Championship League tomorrow, Kyren? #147sf

End of the first session at the Ally Pally with the momentum all on Kyren Wilson’s side at the moment. After a few scrappy frames the Warrior raised the level to score two centuries in the last two frames and lead John Higgins 5-3 as the two go into a two-hour break before the evening session #147sf

A lovely Sunday of snooker kicks off in an hour, as John Higgins and Kyren Wilson battle for the 2026 Masters title. The Wizard plays his 19th Triple Crown career final, hoping to bring home a 3rd Masters trophy. The Warrior looks for his first one after losing twice in the final (‘18, ‘25) #147sf

What a match we had today at the Ally Pally, guys! John Higgins comes back from 0-3, 2-4, 3-5 down to beat Judd Trump 6-5 after five hours of fierce battle. An epic match which went the Wizard’s way, who ends his losing streak against the number one in the world in great style! #147sf #snooker

An interesting stat about today’s first SF: Judd Trump has defeated John Higgins in the last eleven (!!) times the two have played a best of 11 (or longer) match. The last win for the Scottish legend dates back to the quarterfinals of the 2018 WC, when he managed to top Trump 13-12 #147sf

It is SFs day at the Masters: we start with a classic, as John Higgins and Judd Trump face each other for the 55th (!!!) time in all snooker events, with their first meeting dating back to 2008. In the evening, wonderkid Wu Yize plays Kyren Wilson, with the 2024 WC winner leading the h2h 2-0 #147sf

Best Chinese century scorers, with YoB: 722 - Ding Junhui (1987) 337 - Xiao Guodong (1989) 292 - Liang Wenbo (1989) 250 - Zhou Yuelong (1998) 191 - Zhao Xintong (1997) 169 - Zhang Anda (1991) 153 - Yan Bingtao (2000) 148 - Tian Pengfei (1987) 132 - Yuan Sijun (2000) 111 - Wu Yize (2003) ⤴️ #147sf

John Higgins is the first semifinalist of the 2026 Masters: not only the Wizard broke the 6-2 curse, but he also managed to come back from 3-5 down against reigning world champion Zhao Xintong to beat him in an exciting decider. Higgins will face Trump or Allen for a career 6th Masters final #147sf

Well, this is simply unbelievable… Here are the R1 results of the 2025 Masters: Wu 6-2 Murphy Xiao 6-2 Selby K. Wilson 6-2 Si Trump 6-2 Ding Higgins 6-2 Hawkins Zhao 6-2 G. Wilson Allen 6-2 M. Williams N. Robertson 6-2 Wakelin Yes. #147sf #snooker

Something extremely rare from a statistical point of view is happening at the Masters, as all the matches completed in R1 so far have ended with a 6-2 scoreline!!! Wu 6-2 Murphy Xiao 6-2 Selby K. Wilson 6-2 Si Trump 6-2 Ding Higgins 6-2 Hawkins Zhao 6-2 G. Wilson Allen 6-2 M. Williams #147sf

Kyren Wilson has scored two more centuries today while on Championship League duties to move up one spot in the all-time scorers standings. The Warrior has now 544 tons to his name as he moves past Stephen Maguire (543) up to the 13th place. He now trails Marco Fu by just 8 tons #snooker #stats

If the Christmas break is having you desperately craving for some #snooker action, the British Seniors Open can keep you company from today. The draw: 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Alfie Burden vs Dominic Dale 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Jimmy White vs Ken Doherty 🇮🇪 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿 Matthew Stevens vs Anthony Hamilton 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 Joe Perry vs Stuart Bingham 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 #147sf

Chris Wakelin is your 2025 Scottish Open champion. What a performance in the final for the 33yo from Rugby, who won seven frames in a row to defeat Chang Bingyu 9-2. This is Wakelin’s second career ranking title after the ‘23 Shootout, a win which moves him up to 14th in the rankings #147sf #snooker

A maiden ranking title for Chang Bingyu or a second career one for Chris Wakelin after the 2023 Shootout? We will know today, as the two clashes in Edinburgh in a bo17 final. The Englishman won the only previous meeting back in 2021, when he defeated Chang 4-2 at the Gibraltar Open #147sf #snooker

The first semifinal of the #ScottishOpen between Chris Wakelin and Matthew Selt has started. The two surprises of the week have faced each other seven times before, with Selt winning their first four meetings and Wakelin the last three. Today, both have a huge chance to reach a ranking final #147sf