“THE snooker roadshow rolls into Leicester as with a place in the Champion of Champions up for grabs! A guaranteed spot in the lucrative competition is on offer, plus prize money that includes cash for every frame won. After seven rounds of group play, the Winners’ Group gets underway TODAY, with the likes of Kyren”, — write: www.thesun.co.uk
A guaranteed spot in the lucrative competition is on offer, plus prize money that includes cash for every frame won.
After seven rounds of group play, the Winners’ Group gets underway TODAY, with the likes of Kyren Wilson and Judd Trump in action.
After playing six group matches each, the top four snooker stars will then meet in a semi-final and final both on Wednesday evening.
- Start time: From 11am GMT
- TV channel: N/A
- Live stream: Matchroom Sport YouTube
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- Current standingsSo here’s a look at the standings after today’s matches.
Judd Trump tops the table and is now guaranteed a place in the play-offs tomorrow night.
Pretty much everything else is up for grabs ahead of tomorrow’s matches.
- Latest scores – Breezy final frameAfter all the drama and tension of the fourth frame, Judd Trump breezes through the fifth frame and wins 76-0 after Vafaei concedes.
It was over in a flash after what has been a mammoth effort from both players.
Trump maintains his perfect record in Leicester and sits pretty on top of the standings.
Judd Trump 3-2 Hossein Vafaei – final
- Latest scores – black re-spottedWow! What a fourth frame that was. A re-spotted black to decide on a tie-break ball between Trump and Vafaei.
Both players were trading blows back and forth and it’s Vafaei who manages to sink the black and with the fourth frame 72-65.
One frame to decide it now – what a match.
Meanwhile Xiao Guodong has swept Matt Selt aside 3-0, Selt’s third whitewash of the day.
Judd Trump 2-2 Hossein Vafaei
Xiao Guodong 3-0 Matthew Selt – final
- Latest scores – top TrumpsJudd Trump is on top now. He leads 2-1 after a 72-2 victory in the third frame.
Xiao Guodong has taken the lead on table two.
Judd Trump 2-1 Hossein Vafaei
Xiao Guodong 1-0 Matthew Selt - Latest scores – Trump levelsJudd Trump has got his 70th century of the season as he sinks the black for a 105-0 win over Vafaei in the second frame.
What a sensational season the Juddernaut has had.
It also means he won’t be coming back from 2-0 down this time with the scores now level at one a piece.
Judd Trump 1-1 Hossein Vafaei
Xiao Guodong 0-0 Matthew Selt - Latest scores – Vafaei leads TrumpHossein Vafaei managed to covert that early lead into a victory in the first frame over Judd Trump.
Vafaei leads 1-0 after a tightly contested 58-71 opener.
Trump will be quietly confident after coming from 2-0 to win both of this last two matches, he’s not out of this yet.
Xiao Guodong and Matt Selt are not underway on table two.
Judd Trump 0-1 Hossein Vafaei
Xiao Guodong 0-0 Matthew Selt - Latest scores – Selt wins first matchMatthew Selt has won his first match of the Winners stage after back-to-back 3-0 defeats earlier in the day.
Selts wins 3-2 agains Mark Selby to earn his first point.
Selt will stay put to take on Xiao Guodong in the final match of the evening.
On table one Hossein Vafaei is edging the first frame 41-57 for the time being.
Matthew Selt 3-2 Mark Selby – final
Judd Trump 0-0 Hossein Vafaei (41-57) - Latest scores – Wilson winsKyren Wilson dominated the final frame to take a second point in the group.
It was a 78-0 victory that secured his win.
Selt and Selby remain level in their match.
Up next on table one is Judd Trump vs Hossein Vafaei.
Matthew Selt 2-2 Mark Selby
Kyren Wilson 3-2 Si Jiahui – final - Latest scores – everything levelA stunning pot off the cushion to sink the black gives Wilson a 57-51 win over Si and takes their match all the way to a deciding fifth frame.
It’ll be exactly the same on table two as well.
Selby has levelled the scoring against Selt over there.
Matthew Selt 2-2 Mark Selby
Kyren Wilson 2-2 Si Jiahui
- Latest scores – Selt back aheadRight after saying it remains level on table two, Selt takes the lead.
Is the curse of the blogger a thing?
Selt seems to be back to his usual self after losing both his prefious matches 3-0. At least he’s earned £400 from his two frame wins this evening.
Matthew Selt 2-1 Mark Selby
Kyren Wilson 1-2 Si Jiahui - Latest scores – back and forthAnother quick frame end and it’s Si Jiahui that regains the lead over Wilson.
A 69-46 win puts him one frame from victory.
It remains level on table two.
Matthew Selt 1-1 Mark Selby
Kyren Wilson 1-2 Si Jiahui - Latest scores – Wilson wastes no timeKyren Wilson was clearly not happy with that first frame.
The world champion has bounced straight back with a second frame battering in just over five minutes.
He wins 82-0 to level it up.
Matthew Selt 1-1 Mark Selby
Kyren Wilson 1-1 Si Jiahui - Latest scores – Si strikes firstWell we have a new match on table one now, it’s Kyren Wilson vs Si Jiahu.
And it’s Si who takes the early lead with a 73-0 win.
The Chinese star almost exclusively potted reds and blues in a strange frame.
On table two, Matt Selt gave up a commanding position to lose the second frame 64-62 to Mark Selby following a terrific clearance.
Matthew Selt 1-1 Mark Selby
Kyren Wilson 0-1 Si Jiahu - Latest scores – Trump completes comebackFor the second time in as many matches Judd Trump has won his match after trailing by two frames.
A spectacular comeback means Trump is now guaranteed to be the overnight table topper.
A frustrating match for Xiao.
Meanwhile on table two, Matthew Selt has earned his first frame win of the day in the opening frame of his match against Mark Selby.
Judd Trump 3-2 Xiao Guodong – final
Matthew Selt 1-0 Mark Selby - Latest scores – Trump levels itWell I just said it, don’t open the door for Judd Trump.
The world number one has won the fourth frame to level things up and take this match all the way.
Not only that, but he makes his 69th century break this season. Incredible.
106-16 win.
Judd Trump 2-2 Xiao Guodong
- Latest scores – Selby whitewashMark Selby has thrashed Hossein Vafei 3-0 on table two.
Selby will now stay put as he takes on Matthew Selt.
Selt is looking for his first win today, not only in matches, but also frames.
Judd Trump 1-2 Xiao Guodong
Mark Selby 3-0 Hossein Vafaei – final - Latest scores – Trump back in itIf you open the door for Judd Trump, he’s going to walk straight through it.
And that’s exactly what just happened.
A few sloppy mistakes from from Xiao allowed Trump to string together some nice potts and put himself in a commanding position.
Leading 69-36, Trump hits a great snooker that causes Xiao to conceded the third frame.
All to play for now.
Judd Trump 1-2 Xiao Guodong
Mark Selby 2-0 Hossein Vafaei - Latest scores – Xiao two upWOW! Xiao Guodong is taking advantage in Leicester – he now leads Judd Trump by TWO!
Xiao puts up a stunning break of 66 alongside some more nice potting to win 92-0. No chance for Trump to even try and get back in the second frame.
Mark Selby has also extended his lead on table two.
Judd Trump 0-2 Xiao Guodong
Mark Selby 2-0 Hossein Vafaei - Latest scores – Xiao takes first frameWell, Judd Trump will be really disappointed with that.
The Juddernaut was pot away from frame ball when a lapse in concentration let Xiao return to the baize.
Some nice potting himself and some really good safety play allowed the Chinese star to win the first frame 60-53.
Judd Trump 0-1 Xiao Guodong
Mark Selby 1-0 Hossein Vafaei - Latest scores – Selby leadsMark Selby takes an early lead over Hossein Vafaei.
In fact, Selby has dominated so much from the off that Vafaei didn’t pot a ball.
On table one, Judd Trump leads Xiao Guodong 38-18 in the first frame.
Judd Trump 0-0 Xiao Guodong (38-18)
Mark Selby 1-0 Hossein Vafaei - A look at the tableHere’s a look at the table after the early action today
Judd Trump vs Xiao Guodong and Mark Selby vs Hossein Vafaei up next…
- Latest scores – Si Jiahui wins!It’s Si Jiahui who wins a really cagey affair between the two cueists.
The final frame saw both players hesitant to make any mistakes and had a drawn out start with no point on the board for what felt like an age.
Ultimately Si won 55-2.
There’s even more action round the corner as Xiao takes on Judd Trump in just over five minutes.
Mark Selby and Hossein Vafaei will also take to the table.
Si Jiahui 3-2 Xiao Guodong – final
- Latest scores – Xiao levelsXiao Guodong will be chuffed that the decision was made to re-rack, Si Jiahau will not.
Xiao gets his highest break of the match and his eighth century break of the tournament to level the scores up and take this match all the way.
Si Jiahui 2-2 Xiao Guodong
- Latest scores – re-rack!You don’t often see this. There’s a re-rack in a fairly open frame.
It seemed like that certainly could have gone on for longer, but the decision has been made for a re-rack.
We start again.
- Latest scores – Si edges tight frameWell that was an extremely tight frame that ends with XX narrowly taking the win.
Back and forth efforts and a few mistakes from both potters saw opportunities wasted.
But Si was able to keep his nerve and win 69-49.
Si Jiahui 2-1 Xiao Guodong