Scottish Open: Judd Trump and Ronnie O'Sullivan beaten in Glasgow
World champion Judd Trump followed Ronnie O'Sullivan in being bumped out of the Scottish Open quarter-finals.In all-English contests, Trump slumped to a 5-2 defeat by David Gilbert, while O'Sullivan lost 5-4 to Mark Selby.As Gilbert and Selby contest one semi-final, fellow Englishman Jack Lisowski will face Northern Ireland's defending champion, Mark Allen, on Saturday.Lisowski ousted Thailand's Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5-3, while Allan eased aside Scotland's Scott Donaldson 5-1.Selby playfully responded to O'Sullivan's fist-bump greeting with a rock paper scissors style grab of his hand as the pair prepared for the first frame at Glasgow's Emirates Arena.Former world champion and current number three O'Sullivan had made headlines after his second-round tie by saying he fist-bumped opponent James Cahill and the referee because "I'm a bit OCD with germs"."I am not sure about his fist bumps and all that, but as far as on the table, he is a great, great player," three-time world champion Selby said."Every time I play Ronnie, I always see myself as the underdog, irrelevant of what I have won in the game. In my eyes, he is the best player to have played the game."The world number
Allen calls scheduling of his Scottish Open matches 'disgraceful'
Defending champion Mark Allen has hit out at the scheduling of his matches at the Scottish Open after his 5-1 quarter-final win over Scott Donaldson.Allen remains on course to retain his title and will face Jack Lisowski or Thepchaiya Un-Nooh in the semi-finals."The schedule for my matches this week has been disgraceful," said Allen."There have been some very, very strange decisions made here and no-one seems to want to take responsibility for it," he told Eurosport."As holder I expected to be first on on Monday but then I was scheduled for 10:00 GMT Wednesday and Thursday with no television coverage, and then last on Thursday night and first on Friday," added the Northern Irishman.The 33-year-old won the opening frame against world-ranked 26 Donaldson but the Englishman levelled with the help of a 57 break.Breaks of 62, 81, 102 and 78 in the following frames ensured that Allen eased into the next round."I started very sluggish and should have been 2-0 down - Scott should have punished me - but I found a bit of form after that," said Allen.World number seven Allen, who has now reached the semi-final stage of
Boris Johnson - "We will get brexit done by the 31st January leaving the European Union as one UK"
Sterling has Jumped to a three and a half year high against the euro as the British Conservative Party win biggest election victory since 1987 promising to deliver on Brexit by January 31st . Britain's third general election in five years and first to take place in December in 100 years has seen Boris Johnson's conservative party finish with 365 seats , an overall majority of 79 seats . Behind them is Labour on 203 seats, the SNP with 48, the Lib Dems 11, the DUP 8, Sinn Fein 7, Plaid Cymru 4 and the Greens one . Addressing a large crowd of supporters , the Conservative Leader Boris Johnson vowed to deliver on brexit by January 31st and thanked Labour Party Supporters for lending their vote . With this mandate and with this majority we will at last be able to do what .. (he asks the crowd who shout back "get brexit done" ) This election means getting brexit done is now the unarguable decision of the british people , with this election i think we've put an end to all these miserable threats of a
Scottish Open: Mark Selby knocks out Ronnie O'Sullivan in Glasgow
Mark Selby playfully grabbed Ronnie O'Sullivan's fist bump before edging the world number three out of the Scottish Open.O'Sullivan had made headlines by saying he fist-bumped second-round opponent James Cahill and the referee because "I'm a bit OCD with germs".In the quarter-finals, Selby responded to his fellow Englishman by covering his fist in rock paper scissors style.The world number six went on to win 5-4 at Glasgow's Emirates Arena.Selby told World Snooker: "To play Ronnie in any tournament is a great feeling and to come out on the winning side is even better."He started with an impressive break of 120 and won the final two frames despite O'Sullivan responding with three century breaks in four frames.Selby awaits the winner of another all-English quarter-final between world number one Judd Trump and David Gilbert, the world number 12.Holder Mark Allen, the world number seven, ended Scotland's final hopes of a home winner, easing past 26th-ranked Scott Donaldson 5-1 in the first quarter-final.The Northern Irishman will face either English world number 14 Jack Lisowski, who beat number five John Higgins in the previous round, or Thailand's Thepchaiya Un-Nooh, the world number 20
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Scottish Open: Judd Trump and Ronnie O'Sullivan beaten in Glasgow
World champion Judd Trump followed Ronnie O'Sullivan in being bumped out of the Scottish Open quarter-finals.In all-English contests, Trump slumped to a 5-2 defeat by David Gilbert, while O'Sullivan lost
Scottish Open: Mark Selby knocks out Ronnie O'Sullivan in Glasgow
Mark Selby playfully grabbed Ronnie O'Sullivan's fist bump before edging the world number three out of the Scottish Open.O'Sullivan had made headlines by saying he fist-bumped second-round opponent James
