Ronnie O’Sullivan defeated John Higgins in an epic Citywest Irish Masters final in Dublin last night.

Ronnie O’Sullivan defeated John Higgins in an epic Citywest Irish Masters final in Dublin tonight.

Ronnie O’Sullivan claimed a narrow lead over John Higgins in the Citywest Irish Masters final in Dublin today.

Ronnie O’Sullivan’s Citywest Irish masters final against John Higgins or Dave Harold tomorrow could be his last match before the Embassy World Championship.

Ireland's Ken Doherty trails Stuart Bingham by five frames to four in the first round of the Embassy World Championships at the Crucible.

Mark King avenged his Regal Scottish Open defeat to David Gray earlier this month when he moved through to the second round of the Embassy World Championship in Sheffield today.

Stephen Lee is ready for the challenge of the Crucible after landing his second ranking title of the season in Aberdeen last night.

Stephen Lee captured his second ranking title of the season with a stunning 9-2 victory over David Gray in the Regal Scottish Open final at Aberdeen.

Stephen Lee leads David Gray by six frames to two in the Regal Scottish Open. The first to nine frames wins.

Stephen Lee is leading David Gray by five frames to two at the Regal Scottish Open.

The latest score in the Regal Scottish Open is one frame all for Lee and Gray both English players.

Stephen Lee (England) v David Gray (England) 3pm: First eight frames.

David Gray has won his semi-final at the Regal Scottish Open by six frames to three.

There are once more two frames between Peter Ebdon and David Gray in the semi-final at the Regal Scottish Open.

Peter Ebdon has narrowed the gap to one frame in the Regal Scottish Open.

David Gray is two frames up (1-3) in the Regal Scottish Open semi-final against Peter Ebdon.

Nigel Bond is the odd man out in a surprise line-up for today’s semi-finals in the Regal Scottish Open at Aberdeen.

Peter Ebdon has qualified for the semi-final of the Regal Scottish Open.

Stephen Lee sent crowd favourite Jimmy White crashing out of the Regal Scottish Open in Aberdeen tonight.

Stephen Hendry heads for Sheffield later this month with question marks about his ability to win an eighth world title after tonight’s shock dismissal from the £597,000 Regal Scottish Open in Aberdeen.

Jimmy White is through to the quarter-finals of the Regal Scottish Open, thanks to a 5-3 win over Mark Williams.

Dubliner Michael Judge has booked a place in the last 16 of the Regal Scottish Open after beating his compatriot, Joe Swail, 5-3 in the second round yesterday afternoon.

Jimmy White plans to save his best for last this term after half a dozen years of end-of-season uncertainty.

Michael Judge has won an all Ireland battle against Joe Swail at the Regal Scottish Open this evening.

Barry Hawkins stunned an out-of-sorts Ronnie O'Sullivan to reach the last 16 of the Regal Scottish Open in Aberdeen.

Stephen Hendry has booked a place in the last 16 of the Regal Scottish Open after beating Tony Drago in Aberdeen last night.

John Parrott has progressed to the second round of the Regal Scottish Open.

Teenager Shaun Murphy will face a Crucible legend in the first round of the Embassy World Championship next month.

John Higgins is hoping his Citywest Irish Masters triumph will help him to land a second Embassy World Championship crown in a few weeks time.

Peter Ebdon wrecked Ken Doherty’s hopes of landing his home title for the first time by defeating the Dubliner 6-3 in the Citywest Irish Masters today.

In addition to plain old professional pride, Mark Williams has five separate motivational forces pushing him forward at this week’s £597,200 (€964,818) Regal Welsh Open in Cardiff.

Ronnie O’Sullivan produced a typical rapid-fire performance to race into the second round of the Embassy World Championship in Sheffield today.

Peter Ebdon withstood a tenacious fightback from James Wattana to reach the second round of the World Championship in Sheffield today.

In-form Peter Ebdon was closing in on a second-round place at the Embassy World Championship in Sheffield today.

Peter Ebdon's odds on becoming world champion for the first time shortened dramatically after last night's win in the Regal Scottish Open.

Peter Ebdon has taken his fourth frame in the final of the Regal Scottish Open in Aberdeen against Dubliner Ken Doherty.

Peter Ebdon has taken the fourth frame in the final of the Regal Scottish Open in Aberdeen against Dubliner Ken Doherty.

Peter Ebdon has taken the third frame in the final of the Regal Scottish Open in Aberdeen against Dubliner Ken Doherty.

Ken Doherty and Peter Ebdon have taken to the stage for the final of the Regal Scottish Open.

Ken Doherty has now extended his unbeaten run to 13 matches.

Drew Henry piled on the last-frame agony again for Matthew Stevens last night to reach the semi-finals of the £441,000 Regal Scottish Open in Aberdeen.

Ken Doherty is through to the semi-finals of the Regal Scottish Open.

Ken Doherty has won the seventh frame to pull ahead of Mark Davis in the Regal Scottish Open.

Ken Doherty took three consecutive frames in the Regal Scottish Open to pull ahead of Mark Davis following a shaky start for the Dubliner.