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Shaun Murphy wins 2008 UK Championship
England's Shaun Murphy won the 2008 Maplin UK Championship.
The final against Hong Kong's Marco Fu went back and forth until Murphy won 10-9 after having fluked the pink in the deciding frame.
Stephen Maguire (Scotland) and Allister Carter (England) lost out in the semi-finals.
Murphy received £100,000 for the victory and Fu got £46,000 for his runner-up spot.
Ding Junhui had the highest break of the tournament with the 147 maximum he made in his last 16 loss to John Higgins (Scotland). It was Junhui's second career maximum.
This was the third ranking title for Murphy. He's previously won the 2005 World Championship and the 2007 Malta Cup. Fu was looking for his second win in ranking events.
Murphy is the 10th player to win both the World Championship and the UK Championship.
Murphy moves from sixth to third in the provisional rankings. Fu advances three places, from ninth to sixth. The top two remain the same. Ronnie O'Sullivan (England) stays on top, followed by Stephen Maguire (Scotland).
Murphy jumps from 10th to fifth in the ELO Ratings. Fu advances nine places, from 15th to sixth. No changes in the top three. O'Sullivan is still the clear frontrunner, followed by John Higgins (Scotland) and Maguire.
The event took place at the Telford International Centre, Telford, England 13-21 December, 2008. It was the fifth ranking tournament of eight on the 2008/2009 Main Tour. Next up on the snooker calendar is the Masters which starts 11th January 2009.
See also:
- Maplin UK Championship 2008 (World Snooker)
- Maplin UK Championship 2008 (Maplin Electronics)
- Murphy defeats Fu to clinch title (BBC)
- Murphy claims UK Championship (Eurosport)
- Murphy Burns Midnight Oil to Win (Sporting Life)
- 2008 Maplin UK Championship (Global Cue Sports Centre)
- 2008 UK Snooker Championship (Wikipedia)
- Maplin Electronics UK Championship 2008: Murphy wins late-night epic (Pro Snooker Blog)
- Murphy Leaves it Late (Snooker Scene Blog)
- Online cue sports video done right! (Billiard Coach - Mike Feldhammer)
- SnookerManager: UK Championship 2008
- UK Snooker Championship (Wikipedia)
- Shaun Murphy (official site)
- Shaun Murphy (Wikipedia)
Related posts:
- Peter Ebdon wins UK Championship (2006 UK Championship)
- Ronnie O'Sullivan wins fourth UK Championship (2007 UK Championship)
- It's Ronnie again in the Northern Ireland Trophy (2008 Main Tour)
- Walden strikes gold in Shanghai Masters (2008 Main Tour)
- John Higgins captures Grand Prix (2008 Main Tour)
- It's three out of three for Neil Robertson with Bahrain Championship win (2008 Main Tour)
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Dick Jaspers wins World Cup in Spain to earn season honours
Dick Jaspers from Netherlands secured the World Cup title for 2008 by capturing the World Cup event in Spain.
Jaspers soundly defeated Sweden's Torbjörn Blomdahl 3-1 in the final, with an impressive average of 2.809. The frame scores were 15-6, 14-15, 15-4 and 15-7.
Tying for third were Martin Horn (Germany) and former world champion Daniel Sánchez from Spain.
Ramon Rodriguez from Peru had the highest general average of 1.851. Sánchez had the highest single match average of 3.000. Current world champion Marco Zanetti (Italy) scored the highest run with a perfect 15.
This was the Dutchman's fourth win of the season. He also captured the titles in Portugal, Mexico and South Korea.
The win secured Jaspers' victory in the 2008 World Cup Ranking. Sánchez and Frédéric Caudron (Belgium) stayed in second and third place respectively. Last year's winner Blomdahl, got fourth this time around.
Jaspers also sits atop the World Players Ranking. There are no changes in the next three places, with Sánchez, Caudron and Blomdahl occupying the same spots as in the World Cup rankings.
The event took place 15-21 December 2008 at the Hotel Hacienda La Boticara, Alcala de Guadaira, Spain. It was the sixth and final event of the 2008 World Cup. The 2009 World Cup kicks off in Sluiskil, Netherlands 19 January.
See also:
- Alcala de Guardaia - Copa del Mundo de Billar a Tres Bandas (Official page - Spanish)
- Tournament Details (UMB)
- Worldcup Alcala de Guadaira 2008 (Entrada 51 - Spanish)
- Jaspers, doble campeón: gana la prueba en Alcalá de Guadaira ante Blomdahl y termina líder del circuito de la Copa del Mundo. (Billarnet - Spanish)
- Alcalà de Guadaira, année Jaspers (Kozoom.com - French)
- Galeria Fotos Worldcup Alcala 2008 (Entrada 51 - Spanish)
- Dick Jaspers wint wereldbekertoernooi en pakt wereldbeker (Dick Jaspers - Dutch)
- Men: 3 Cushion World Cup (Sports 123)
- Billiards World Cup Association (Wikipedia)
- Dick Jaspers (Official site - Dutch)
- Dick Jaspers (Wikipedia)
Related posts:
- Frédéric Caudron wins World Cup in Sluiskil (2008 World Cup)
- Jaspers wins Porto World Cup (2008 World Cup)
- Second win in a row for Jaspers in Mexico World Cup (2008 World Cup)
- Jaspers continues three cushion domination with South Korea World Cup win (2008 World Cup)
- Sánchez powers to World Cup win in Egypt (2008 World Cup)