Two-time champion Mark Williams was locked in a tense quarter-final match with Ali Carter at the Maplin UK Championship in Telford tonight.

Five-time champion Stephen Hendry made a first-round exit from this year’s Maplin UK Championship in Telford as Stephen Lee claimed his scalp.

Mark Selby will be a man on a mission in Telford when the Maplin UK Championship gets underway tomorrow, with the world number four hoping to go one stage further than last year.

Ronnie O’Sullivan insisted he would not trade his achievements with anyone else in the game after clinching a fourth Maplin UK Championship title.

Leicester professional Mark Selby took a 5-3 lead over crowd favourite Ronnie O’Sullivan after the opening session of their semi-final at the Maplin UK Championship.

Mark Selby kept his concentration to earn a semi-final showdown with crowd favourite Ronnie O’Sullivan at the Maplin UK Championship.

Crowd favourite Ronnie O’Sullivan booked his place in the semi-finals of this year’s Maplin UK Championship with a convincing victory over Stoke’s Jamie Cope.

Crowd favourite Ronnie O’Sullivan took a commanding 6-2 lead over Stoke young gun Jamie Cope after the opening session of their quarter-final clash at the Maplin UK Championship.

Scotland’s Stephen Maguire reached the semi-finals of the Maplin UK Championship with a convincing 9-5 win over Mark Williams in Telford.

World number five Ronnie O’Sullivan raced to a 9-1 victory over former practice partner Mark King to book a place in the quarter-finals of the Maplin UK Championship but, typically, was still not satisfied with his performance.

Ronnie O’Sullivan wasted little time in winning the two frames he needed for a place in the quarter-finals of this year’s Maplin UK Championship.

Mark Williams and Shaun Murphy are the first two players to qualify for the quarter-finals of this year's Maplin UK Championship.

Former champion Ding Junhui wasted little time in booking his place in the second round of this year’s Maplin UK Championship in Telford today.

Stephen Hendry’s bid to equal Steve Davis’ record of six Maplin UK Championship titles hangs by a thread after a disastrous opening session against Mark Allen at Telford.

Mark Selby believes the Crucible crowd could be in for a treat when he meets Peter Ebdon in the second round of the 888.com World Championship.

Ronnie O’Sullivan returns to action today at the Malta Cup looking to break a long-standing hoodoo at the first overseas event of the season.

Peter Ebdon has made no secret of his love for longer frame matches.

SIX-TIME winner Stephen Hendry avoided rewriting the record books for all the wrong reasons at the SAGA Insurance Masters yesterday afternoon.

RONNIE O’SULLIVAN expressed his gratitude to his supporters after returning to his ruthless best with a 6-1 victory over Ali Carter at the SAGA Insurance Masters at Wembley Arena yesterday.

Ronnie O’Sullivan expressed his gratitude to his supporters after returning to his ruthless best at the SAGA Insurance Masters at Wembley Arena today although he refused to speak to the media following his 6-1 victory over Ali Carter.

Ronnie O’Sullivan has held “informal talks” with the head of World Snooker following his controversial walkout at last month’s Maplin UK Championship.

Peter Ebdon tonight joined the exclusive club of players to have won the Maplin UK Championship as well as the world title.

World snooker chairman Rodney Walker maintains Ronnie O’Sullivan will be asked to explain his walkout at the Maplin UK Championship.

Five-times UK champion Stephen Hendry rolled back the years to book a date in today’s Maplin UK Championship final after edging out Graeme Dott 9-7 in an epic encounter.

PETER EBDON last night set up a possible repeat of this year’s world title showdown after he reached the Maplin UK Championship final in York.

Peter Ebdon tonight set up a possible repeat of this year’s world title showdown when he reached the Maplin UK Championship final in York.

RONNIE O’Sullivan last night expressed regret for his amazing Maplin UK Championship walkout, admitting frustration with his game had got the better of him.

Ronnie O’Sullivan tonight expressed regret for his amazing Maplin UK Championship walkout, admitting frustration with his game had got the better of him.

Stephen Hendry has revealed he is treading a lonely road in the bid to maintain his position at the top of the sport.

Peter Ebdon broke the resolve of title-holder Ding Junhui tonight to secure a Maplin UK Championship semi-final against John Higgins.

Ding Junhui will get no respite in his hectic schedule as he aims to become only the third man to successfully defend the Maplin UK Championship title.

PROVISIONAL world number one Ken Doherty became the highest-ranked player to bow out of the Maplin UK Championship when he lost 9-6 to Joe Perry in York last night.

Irishman Ken Doherty became the highest-ranked player to bow out of this year’s Maplin UK Championship when he lost 9-6 to Joe Perry in York tonight.

Stephen Hendry gave a reminder of why he is the world number one as he opened a 6-2 lead over Mark Williams at the Maplin UK Championship in York today.

World champion Graeme Dott believes he is poised to shake off his reputation for being a dour player once and for all.

A quarter-final line-up of the highest calibre looks in store at the Maplin UK Championship after the big guns staked their claims for the title in York today.

Ken Doherty does not want his career to end with him being labelled a one-hit wonder in snooker’s top three events.

Title-holder Ding Junhui came through a tense battle with Ryan Day to reach the last 16 of the Maplin UK Championship in York today.

Stephen Maguire will be hoping history repeats itself when he meets Ronnie O’Sullivan in the third round of the Maplin UK Championship in York tomorrow.

Ronnie O’Sullivan feels he is losing the killer instinct that has made him snooker’s most feared opponent.

SHAUN MURPHY and Neil Robertson, two of snooker’s hottest young properties, crashed out at the opening hurdle of the Maplin UK Championship in York last night.

Former world champion Shaun Murphy faces an uphill task to avoid an early exit from the Maplin UK Championship in York.

Scott Mackenzie completed a 9-0 whitewash of hapless Michael Holt in the Maplin UK Championship and revealed he had smelled blood as early as the fifth frame.

Ricky Waldon refused to let Ronnie O’Sullivan have it all his own way as the second round of the Maplin UK Championship got under way in York.