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Cazoo, Europe’s leading online car retailer, which makes ordering a car as simple and seamless as buying any other product online today, is expanding its snooker partnership with the World Snooker Tour to become the main sponsor of the British Open for the first time. The 2022 Cazoo British Open will run from September 26th… Read More

Mark Williams defeated Gary Wilson 6-4 in the final of the matchroom.live British Open to claim the 24th ranking title of his illustrious career. It’s the second time that 46-year-old Williams has lifted the British Open trophy, 24 years after his first in 1997 when he defeated Stephen Hendry 9-2 in the final. This evening’s… Read More

Frame by frame updates as Mark Williams takes on Gary Wilson in the final of the matchroom.live British Open. First to six frames takes the trophy and £100,000… Frame one Williams makes breaks of 24 and 19, running out of position on both occasions. Wilson, trailing 43-8, then plays a loose safety and this time… Read More

Former Crucible semi-finalist Gary Wilson edged close friend and fellow Tyneside cueman Elliot Slessor 4-3 to reach a ranking final for the second time in his career at the matchroom.live British Open. Wilson, 36, is now just one match away from claiming his maiden ranking title. The Wallsend potter’s only final appearance so far in… Read More

Gateshead’s Elliot Slessor and Wallsend’s Gary Wilson won deciding frames to set up a Tyneside showdown against each other in the semi-finals of the matchroom.live British Open. World number 49 Slessor defeated China’s Zhou Yuelong 4-3, claiming an epic deciding frame on the final black. Zhou spurned two chances to pot it, with Slessor missing… Read More

World number 49 Elliot Slessor is into the quarter-finals after claiming two huge scalps in a day of giant killing at the matchroom.live British Open in Leicester. Following a superb 3-2 defeat of Judd Trump in the afternoon, Slessor took on four-time ranking event winner Ali Carter in what proved to be a high quality… Read More

The draw for both the quarter-finals and semi-finals of the matchroom.live British Open at the Morningside Arena in Leicester has been made. The quarter and semi-finals take place on on Saturday, followed by the final on Sunday evening. Tickets for the rest of the week are still available including a limited amount still on sale… Read More

Ali Carter made the third 147 break of his career in the second frame of his last 16 clash with Elliot Slessor at the matchroom.live British Open in Leicester. The Captain first crafted a perfect run at the 2008 World Championship, he also made a 147 at the 2017 German Masters qualifiers. Today’s contribution is… Read More

Judd Trump bowed out of the matchroom.live British Open with a 3-2 defeat to Elliot Slessor, meaning World Champion Mark Selby will overtake him in the rankings to become the new world number one at the end of the tournament. Trump has occupied the summit of the world rankings since August 2019. A stunning two… Read More

The draw has been made for the last 16 of the matchroom.live British Open at the Morningside Arena in Leicester, with local favourite Joe O’Connor set to face China’s Zhou Yuelong. The ties will take place from 7pm this evening, with the remaining last 32 matches being completed this afternoon. Both the quarter-finals and the… Read More