Robertson was 5-1 up. Third former champion to go out in first three matches after Selby and Ding?
Why is Ronnie skipping the Masters?
Captain Carter making good on his late entry to the Masters after Ronnie O’Sullivan’s withdrawal. He’s beaten Shaun Murphy 6-3 in the first of the semi finals.
David Gilbert v Stuart Bingham tonight in the second semi final.
Ali Carter about to become snooker’s equivalent of Denmark '92 ??
Bingham beat Wilson last night
Bingham 3-0 up on Gilbert
First three frames of the night to Captain Carter and he leads Bingham 6-5.
9-8 to Bingham and he’s in now in Frame 18 with a good chance of winning the title after a superb long pot.
Ronnie suited to this world snooker shootout with the clock
And hes out
This Brazilian lad Igor Figueiredo can play. He is serving it up to Trump.
Unlikely that we’ll see Jimmy White lift the World Championship in The Crucible this year @Dziekanowski. I had high hopes for Jimmy this year.
The best sporting tournament out there.
If the tournament is cancelled it’ll at least mean that Jimmy’s so far fruitless quest for that elusive first world title will carry an asterisk - that asterisk being that he would have won it in 2020.
I maintain hope he will put the issue beyond any doubt by winning it in 2021, however.
Willie Thorne has been diagnosed with leukaemia.
Get well soon Mr Maximum
World championships postponed
World Snooker Tour chairman Barry Hearn said: “We have secured the Crucible for the same dates as the Olympics were going to be.
“And we have applied to the BBC to make that move so it will be played out at the end of July and start of August.
“We are waiting to hear back from the BBC if that is acceptable to them.
“Fortunately the Crucible have made those dates available. So we are in the position to stage a truly huge world snooker championship. Provided we fit alongside government rules.
“When sport is back, we will all be very busy because we’ll play catch-up on a huge scale.
Shock on the cards ??
Tony Knowles leads Steve Davis 3-0.
BBC2 now