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Fabio Valente @fabiovalente147.bsky.social · 14h

There is not a single time I watch Mark Williams playing that I do not find myself hoping he will never retire. Brilliant talent, pure genius and a unique character, truly one of the all time legends of this sport #147sf #snooker

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Fabio Valente @fabiovalente147.bsky.social · 1d

Probably one of the most dominant performances ever against a player who has recently been a World Champion. Shaun Murphy keeps being in his finest form and advances to the quarterfinals in Xi’an! #147sf #snooker

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Fabio Valente @fabiovalente147.bsky.social · 3d

A tough yet deserved win for Si Jiahui in Xi’an today against Fan Zhengyi, 5-4 the final scoreline. Thanks to breaks of 141 and 128, Si has now 100 career centuries: he is just the third player (after Yan and Yuan) born after 1/1/2000 to reach this milestone and the first born in 2002 #147sf

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Fabio Valente @fabiovalente147.bsky.social · 10d

Another (maybe) unexpected early defeat this season for Luca Brecel, who lost yesterday 4-6 to Liu Wenwei, ranked 123rd in the world, at the International Championship quali. Brecel is now barely surviving inside the top40, after being crowned World Champion just two years ago #147sf #snooker

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Fabio Valente @fabiovalente147.bsky.social · 11d

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Fabio Valente @fabiovalente147.bsky.social · 11d

A huge milestone has been reached today by Neil Robertson: the Thunder form Down Under has scored his 1000th career century against Umut Dikme to become only the fourth player to reach this number after Ronnie O’Sullivan, John Higgins and Hudd Trump #147sf #snooker

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Fabio Valente @fabiovalente147.bsky.social · 14d

Anthony McGill defeated his more experienced fellow countryman John Higgins 6-3 to reach the final of the 2025 Unibet British Open. This will be McGill’s fourth career ranking final, the first in eight years as his last one dates back to 2017 (at the Indian Open, where he lost to Higgins) #147sf

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Fabio Valente @fabiovalente147.bsky.social · 14d

The British Open enters its final stage: today in the afternoon we will have the Scottish derby between John Higgins and Anthony McGill, later in the evening the English derby featuring Shaun Murphy and Mark Selby. The winners will battle throughout the whole day tomorrow for the title #147sf

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Fabio Valente @fabiovalente147.bsky.social · 15d

With the defeats yesterday of Chang Bingyu, Xiao Guodong and Lei Peifan, there will not be any Chinese player in the quarterfinals of the 2025 British Open, which is quite a surprise nowadays at this stage of a ranking event. Instead, England (x5), Scotland (x2) and Wales will be represented #147sf

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Fabio Valente @fabiovalente147.bsky.social · 16d

A more comprehensive list of stats about all the players born after 1/1/2000 can be found here. It is updated daily:

docs.google.com/spreadsheets...

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NextGen Database

docs.google.com

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Fabio Valente @fabiovalente147.bsky.social · 16d

Yesterday’s win vs Burns was Stan Moody’s 50th career pro win, the highest for a player born in 2006. Here are the top players for every year of birth:

‘00, Yan - 228
‘01, Page - 122
‘02, Si - 138
‘03, Wu - 95
‘04, Mertens - 62
‘05, Boiko - 52
‘06, Moody - 50
‘07, Révész - 19
‘08, Lan - 14

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Fabio Valente @fabiovalente147.bsky.social · 18d

Thanks to the two centuries scored in the first two frames of his match tonight, Xiao Guodong jumps ahead of both Jimmy White and Anthony Hamilton in the all-time century scorers list. The Chinese sits now in 26th place with 327 tons, nine less than Steve Davis (25th with 338) #147sf #stats

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Fabio Valente @fabiovalente147.bsky.social · 21d

An impressive couple of days in Brentwood for Mark Allen to reach the #EnglishOpen SFs: the Pistol came back from 0-3 down to defeat Ding Junhui 4-3 in R5, then managed an even harder feat by recovering from 0-4 down to beat Elliot Slessor 5-4. He will face Jak Jones for a place in the final #147sf

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Fabio Valente @fabiovalente147.bsky.social · 26d

Three back to back centuries, 469 points against 8, win by whitewash: a simply flawless performance tonight by Shaun “the Magician” Murphy to annihilate Zak Surety and progress to the #EnglishOpen round four #147sf

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Fabio Valente @fabiovalente147.bsky.social · 27d

They are starting to lose their interest for me too, as now they are being scored much more often. Yet, since there is not a “bigger” achievement than a 147, it has somehow to be reported and underlined anyway

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Fabio Valente @fabiovalente147.bsky.social · 27d

It’s the English Open, it’s live on TNT Sports and Discovery+ as well

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Fabio Valente @fabiovalente147.bsky.social · 27d

Congrats to Aaron Hill on scoring a maximum in the first frame of his match against Yao Pengcheng tonight! The Irishman has just become the fourth player born after 1/1/2000 to score a 147 in a pro event, along with Si Jiahui, Jackson Page and Fan Zhengyi. What an achievement for the 23yo! #147sf

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Fabio Valente @fabiovalente147.bsky.social · 29d

A stunning scoring performance by Chang Bingyu today led to a 4-0 win over Leone Crowley with breaks of 134, 133, 133 and 60. It is interesting to point out that Chang has already compiled 46 centuries in his pro career having won just 47 matches (107 played) #147sf #EnglishOpen

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Fabio Valente @fabiovalente147.bsky.social · Sep 11

In about one hour, the first matches of the #EnglishOpen will be underway. Ten days of snooker action from Brentwood lie ahead of us, as Neil Robertson will try to defend the title won in 2024. The top32 players will all start their campaign from R3, scheduled between Monday and Tuesday #147sf

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Fabio Valente @fabiovalente147.bsky.social · Sep 2

Another positive display of resilience and mental strength from Stan Moody, who came back from 2-4 down to defeat Amir Sarkhosh in a decider. This is already the eighth win of the season for Moody in just ten matches, proof of his fast and manifest improvement on the professional tour #147sf

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Fabio Valente @fabiovalente147.bsky.social · Sep 2

Ten minutes later, Thepchaiya Un-Nooh fires home a 114-break to lead Patrick Whelan 4-1. This is Theppy’s 200th career century, a surprisingly low amount considering he has compiled also six maximums (ratio: one 147 every 33.3 tons) #147sf #stats

Fabio Valente @fabiovalente147.bsky.social · Sep 2

As I write, two players who are currently in action stand a chance to reach a little milestone in the all-time scorers standings: in fact, both Elliot Slessor and Thepchaiya Un-Nooh are just one ton short from hitting respectively 100 and 200 career centuries. Will it be today? #147sf #snooker

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Fabio Valente @fabiovalente147.bsky.social · Sep 2

As I write, two players who are currently in action stand a chance to reach a little milestone in the all-time scorers standings: in fact, both Elliot Slessor and Thepchaiya Un-Nooh are just one ton short from hitting respectively 100 and 200 career centuries. Will it be today? #147sf #snooker

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Fabio Valente @fabiovalente147.bsky.social · Sep 2

Congrats to Zhou Yuelong on his third career maximum break: the 27yo from Chengdu has just scored a 147 in the fourth frame of his match against Julien Leclercq, managing to repeat the feat five years after his last time (Scottish Open 2020) #147sf #snoomer

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Fabio Valente @fabiovalente147.bsky.social · Sep 2

One full day of quali matches for the Xi’an Grand Prix is in the archive: among the most interesting results, a mention goes to 14yo Michal Szubarczyk, who defeated Martin O’Donnell 5-4 after a long battle. Main draw reached also by Carter, Allen, Gilbert, Selby, Jak Jones, Wu, O’Connor, Yuan #147sf

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Fabio Valente @fabiovalente147.bsky.social · Aug 30

At the end of an exciting final, Xiao Guodong successfully defends his #WuhanOpen title, as he tops Gary Wilson 10-9. A superb week for both finalists, with the Tyneside Terror coming a little short on the final day after impressing against Trump and Allen. This is Xiao’s second ranking title #147sf

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