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WST and our partners in China are excited to announce that the World Open ranking event will be staged in Yushan in March 2024. This will be the fourth WST event staged in China during the 2023/24 season, following September’s Shanghai Masters, October’s Wuhan Open and November’s International Championship in Tianjin. The World Open will… Read More

Judd Trump strengthened his status as snooker’s leading player by beating Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 10-5 in the final of the Zhiyuan World Open in Yushan. Despite a late rally from Un-Nooh from 8-2 down to 8-5, world number one Trump won comfortably in China to take the £150,000 top prize. It’s his sixth title within the… Read More

Judd Trump fended off a late rally from John Higgins to win 6-5 and reach the final of the Zhiyuan World Open in China. Trump was hauled back from 5-2 to 5-5 but got the better of a tense deciding frame. He will face Thepchaiya Un-Nooh in Sunday’s final, with first to ten frames to… Read More

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh came from 4-1 and 5-3 down to beat Kyren Wilson 6-5 and reach the final of the Zhiyuan World Open in Yushan. Wilson had several match-winning chances in the closing stages but couldn’t take advantage and was beaten to the finish line by Thailand’s 34-year-old Un-Nooh, who will face Judd Trump or John… Read More

Judd Trump boosted his hopes of winning a sixth title within the past year by thrashing Michael Holt 5-1 in the quarter-finals of the Zhiyuan World Open in Yushan. Results In Saturday’s semi-finals, Trump will face John Higgins in a repeat of this year’s World Championship final, which Trump won 18-9. That Crucible triumph was… Read More

Thailand’s Thepchaiya Un-Nooh will meet Englishman Kyren Wilson in the last four of the Zhiyuan World Open as both came through their quarter-final matches on Friday. Results Un-Nooh came from 4-2 down to edge out David Gilbert 5-4, reaching the sixth ranking event semi-final of his career. The 34-year-old from Bangkok won his first ranking… Read More

World number one Judd Trump edged out Joe Perry 5-4 in a contest which came down to the last two balls at the Zhiyuan World Open. Results Trump, aiming to win a sixth title within the past year, is through to the quarter-finals in Yushan and will face Michael Holt on Friday. But he would have… Read More

Judd Trump insisted he could end his career with well over 1,000 century breaks after making two tons in a 5-3 win over Liang Wenbo in the last 32 of the Zhiyuan World Open. Results Earlier this year, Ronnie O’Sullivan became the first player to take his career ton tally into four figures. Trump’s brace… Read More

John Higgins reached the last 32 of the Zhiyuan World Open in Yushan with a 5-4 win over China’s Lu Ning. Results World number six Higgins was pushed all the way by a player ranked 56 places below him but eventually came through to set up a meeting with Mark Davis. Scotland’s Higgins took a… Read More

Dominic Dale recorded a shock 5-3 defeat of 36-time ranking event winner Ronnie O’Sullivan on day one of the Zhiyuan World Open in Yushan. It was a momentous victory for Welshman Dale, who had lost all of his eight career meetings with the Rocket coming into this afternoon’s clash. The world number 94 also narrowly… Read More