Snooker World Championships: Ronnie O’Sullivan level with Stuart Bingham in quarter-final

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April 30, 2024

Trump, who started the tournament as one of the favourites to add to his 2019 world title, opened up in style against Jones with a 110 break.

But Welshman Jones, appearing in his second consecutive quarter-final, constructed a 69 and 94 as he went 3-1 up.

Trump took the first two after the break and doubled the final black in the eighth frame to leave the match delicately poised heading into the evening.

Resuming at 4-4, the players delivered more of the same, with Jones taking two protracted frames to go 6-4 up before the Englishman responded to get back to 6-6.

And the players shared out the remaining four frames with a 117 break from Jones in the final frame on Tuesday the highlight.

In contrast, Gilbert compiled breaks of 83, 110 and 130 as he impressed to open up a 7-1 lead over Maguire in the first session of their best-of-25 affair.

However, world number 28 Maguire rallied in the evening despite going 9-2 behind and seeing his opponent forge his second 130 of the match.

While Gilbert retains a healthy cushion, the Scot claimed four of the last five frames to keep his hopes of reaching a first Crucible semi-final for 12 years alive.

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European Open: England’s Laurie Canter wins maiden title

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June 2, 2024

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England’s Laurie Canter ended a 13-year wait for his first title on the DP World Tour with a two-shot victory in the European Open.

The 34-year-old from Bath had finished runner-up on six occasions before finally breaking his duck in Hamburg.

A one-under-par final round of 72 was enough to seal victory on 13 under, with Austria’s Bernd Wiesberger and South African Thriston Lawrence finishing in a tie for second.

“I’ll find that tough,” said a tearful Canter. “It’s all I’ve wanted to do since before I turned pro so it’s hard to rationalise now, but I’m really happy.”

Canter, who was one of the first wave of players to move to LIV Golf in 2022 but is now back playing on his home circuit, birdied the opening hole of his final round but a first victory looked in doubt after bogeys on five and 10.

He putted well on the back nine and opened a three-shot lead following birdies on the 11th, 15th and 16th, and could afford a dropped shot on the penultimate hole.

“It felt like I holed a lot of puts when I needed to today, which I haven’t done in the past,” said Canter.

“It is difficult when you are serially not getting it done, like a stigma, but I have always known in myself that I could win.”

Denmark’s Niklas Norgaard was well placed going into the final round but a one-over 74 saw him finish three shots back in a tie for fourth with France’s Julien Guerrier.

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French Open 2024 results: Joe Salisbury and Rajeev Ram reach third round

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June 2, 2024

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Britain’s Joe Salisbury and American partner Rajeev Ram claimed a routine win to reach the third round of the men’s doubles at the French Open.

The third seeds won 6-4 6-4 against Ecuador’s Gonzalo Escobar and Kazakhstan’s Aleksandr Nedovyesov.

Salisbury and Ram have won four Grand Slam titles together but have never gone beyond the quarter-finals in Paris.

They will face French duo Gregoire Barrere and Lucas Pouille, who defeated Britain’s Jamie Murray and New Zealand’s Michael Venus, next.

Murray and Venus, seeded 13th, squandered three set points in the second-set tie-break before home hopes Barrere and Pouille closed out a 6-4 7-6 (8-6) win.

Salisbury will be back in action later on Sunday alongside fellow Briton Heather Watson in the mixed doubles after rain played havoc with the schedule in Paris.

Meanwhile, Henry Patten and Finnish partner Harri Heliovaara triumphed 6-3 7-5 against Luke Johnson and Tunisia’s Skander Mansouri.

In the women’s doubles, Maia Lumsden and China’s Wang Yafan lost 6-3 7-5 to 16th seeds Miyu Kato of Japan and Ukraine’s Nadiia Kichenok.

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