Snooker

2024 - 11 - 23

Hälytys! Snooker-legenda Ronnie O'Sullivan kaatui kuin mäntymetsä!

Barry Hawkins - Mark Allen - Ronnie O'Sullivan - Shaun Murphy - snooker - UK Championship

Ronnie O'Sullivanin hurja tippuminen UK Championshipin ensimmäisellä kierroksella sai snooker-fanit shokkiin. Mikä meni pieleen?

Ronnie O'Sullivan, yksi snookerin suurimmista legendoista, yllätti kaikki kaatumalla UK Championshipin ensimmäisellä kierroksella! Kahdeksan kertaa voittonsa vienyt O'Sullivan kohtasi Barry Hawkinsin, ja vaikka peli alkoi O'Sullivanin hyväksi, Hawkinsin taistelutahto oli voittoa vaille valmis. O'Sullivanin illasta tuli pinnistellen tuskallinen, kun Hawkins käänsi pelin ja voitti 6-4. Miltä tuntuu olla voittamaton mestari, kun vastustajasi repii maton jalkojesi alta? Eipä hyvältä!

O'Sullivan ei voinut olla näyttämättä pettymyksensä tunnetta tappion jälkeen, jopa lyöden pöytää nyrkillään. Tämä osoittaa, että vaikka hän on mestari, tunne ja intohimo snookeriin ovat edelleen voimakkaita. Hawkinsin voitto oli vain kolmas kerta, kun hän onnistui voittamaan O'Sullivanin 21 kohtaamisessaan – oikea David ja Goljat -tarina! O'Sullivan puolusti mestarointiaan, mutta Hawkinsin pelistrategia oli voiton avain.

Samaan aikaan snooker-maailmassa riittää keskustelua: Mark Allen on laatinut ankaran kritiikin Shaun Murphylle ja väittää, että Murphy yllyttää keskustelua sosiaalisessa mediassa. Tämä snooker-hyökkäys vie meidät ajattelemaan, kuinka tänä päivänä sosiaalinen media muuttaa urheilumaailmaa ja kilpailun luonteen. Ihmiset keksivät uusia tapoja ilmaista mielipiteitään ja tuoda esiin kilpailuja, eikä snooker ole poikkeus.

UK Championship on yhä käynnissä ja O'Sullivanin kaatuminen herättää kysymyksiä: onko hänen aikansa mennyt vai pääseekö hän takaisin taisteluun? Vaikka voittaminen tuntuu olevan vaikeaa, muistetaan, että O'Sullivan on tehnyt urastaan huikean matka: itse asiassa hän on voittanut yhteensä 38 ranking-turnausta uransa aikana, joka on pisin ja menestyksekkäin snookerissa.

Mielenkiintoista on myös se, että Barry Hawkinsin voitto nostaa hänen faninsa tikkaalle - vaikka hän ei ole voittanut maailmanmestaruutta, hän on kuitenkin onnistunut voittamaan yhden suurimmista, ja tuo kunnianosoitus on vertaansa vailla. Onko tämä alkua uudelle aikakaudelle snookerissa, jossa vanhat legendat saavat nuoremmilta pelaajilta tukea ja kilpailua?

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Ronnie O'Sullivan OUT of UK Championship in first round after ... (Daily Express)

Ronnie O'Sullivan and Shaun Murphy are among the players to kickstart action at the York Barbican.

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Ronnie O'Sullivan punches table after being knocked out on day ... (Mirror.co.uk)

Barry Hawkins reeled off four frames in a row to haul back a 4-2 deficit and clinch only his third win over Ronnie O'Sullivan in 21 career attempts.

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UK Championship snooker LIVE RESULTS: Latest as Ronnie O ... (The Sun)

THE UK Championship is underway RIGHT NOW - with some huge names competing in York.Reigning champion Ronnie O'Sullivan is OUT after losing 6-4 to Barr.

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Snooker legend knocked out on first day of UK tournament in York (Yahoo Eurosport UK)

Eight-time and defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan has been knocked out of the UK Championship after a 6-4 defeat to Barry Hawkins in York.

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Snooker results: Ronnie O'Sullivan crashes out of UK Championship ... (Sportinglife.com)

Barry Hawkins claimed the scalp of defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan in the last 32 of the UK Championship in York, battling back from 4-2 behind to win ...

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Mark Allen blasts Shaun Murphy as snooker star claims rival 'speaks ... (Daily Express)

Mark Allen has continued his war of words with Shaun Murphy and admitted his opinion of the former world snooker champion has changed after a social media ...

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Ronnie O'Sullivan calls out snooker rivals at UK Championship ... (Daily Express)

The record eight-time and defending champion at the Barbican in York, O'Sullivan, insisted that many new players to the tour lack “professionalism” that was ...

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Ronnie O'Sullivan punches table as Barry Hawkins dumps him out ... (Daily Star)

Eight-time UK Championship winner Ronnie O'Sullivan has been knocked out on the first day of the 2024 event by Barry Hawkins, with the legendary snooker ...

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Ronnie O'Sullivan title defence ended in UK Championship first ... (GB News)

Ronnie O'Sullivan's title defence at the UK Championship ended at the first hurdle after losing 6-4 to Barry Hawkins in their first-round match.

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Ronnie O'Sullivan's three favourite snooker tournaments revealed ... (The Sun)

RONNIE O'SULLIVAN'S three favourite tournaments have been revealed by former rival Ken Doherty.Doherty, 55, claimed the 1997 world championship, four.

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Snooker UK Championship 2024: Schedule, result, bracket and ... (Sporting News)

The 48th edition of the tournament takes place at the Barbican in York. Ronnie O'Sullivan's title defence was ended abruptly by Barry Hawkins.

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Hawk Soars As Rocket Downed (World Snooker)

Barry Hawkins scored his first win over Ronnie O'Sullivan in eight years, prevailing 6-4 and knocking out the defending champion at the Victorian Plumbing ...

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Ding Overhauls Milkins In Thriller (World Snooker)

Ding Junhui took the final three frames to edge out Robert Milkins 6-5 in a pulsating clash at the Victorian Plumbing UK Championship.

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Ronnie O'Sullivan punches table as he's dumped out of UK Snooker ... (The Sun)

RONNIE O'SULLIVAN was dethroned as UK champion as Barry Hawkins unburdened his longstanding Rocket hoodoo.Snooker's seven-time world champion saw.

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UK Championship: Snooker's battle lines are drawn at Barbican (Yorkshire Post)

Barbican and battle have become synonymous over the years and never more so than the opening weekend at the Victorian Plumbing UK Championship in York.

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Snooker world champ Kyren Wilson makes I'm A Celeb plea but has ... (Daily Express)

'The Warrior' is keen to test his nickname out in the jungle.

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UK Snooker Championship: Watch Mark Allen, Mark Selby, Ali ... (BBC Sport)

Watch live coverage and follow live text from the first round of the UK Snooker Championship at the York Barbican.

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Mark Allen admits to feeling 'depressed' by struggles on snooker table (Belfast Live)

Antrim ace Allen is in action at the UK Championship but appears to be well short of his best form.

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Mark Allen and Mark Selby in UK Championship action with Ronnie ... (Daily Express)

All the latest news, scores and action from the second day of the UK Championship.

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UK Championship Snooker 2024 | Day Two Preview (Live Snooker)

Mark Allen headlines the second day of the 2024 UK Championship, with Mark Selby also in action at the York Barbican Centre.

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UK Championship: Mark Selby, two-time champion, loses in first round (BBC News)

Two-time UK Championship winner Mark Selby loses in the first round of the 2024 event as fellow Englishman Jack Lisowski produces a superb fightback.

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Snooker results: Mark Allen beats Jackson Page despite high break ... (Sportinglife.com)

A downbeat Mark Allen labelled his own form as “depressing” after beating Jackson Page 6-4 in the first round of the UK Championship.

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Pistol Turns Over Page (World Snooker)

World number three Mark Allen dug deep to score a 6-4 win over Welsh qualifier Jackson Page and make the last 16 of the Victorian Plumbing UK Championship ...

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Reanne Evans beats Mink Nutcharut in final to win record-extending ... (Eurosport.com)

Reanne Evans won the Women's Snooker Masters for a record-extending seventh time with a 4-3 win over Mink Nutcharut.

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'I'm a snooker world champion - realising my dreams in another ... (Daily Express)

Former world champion Luca Brecel, who is in danger of dropping off the World Snooker Tour, is chasing his dreams in another sport.

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