Xiao’s Triumph & Mink’s Victory

This week in snooker, Xiao Guodong celebrates a major milestone with his Wuhan Open victory, marking 17 years since turning professional. Mink Nutcharut continues to shine, adding the Australian Women's Open title to her accolades. Plus, tune in to the latest podcast episodes where Liam Highfield shares his snooker journey, and Dave Hendon revisits John Higgins' legendary career highlights.

🇨🇳 Xiao Guodong wins Wuhan Open
Xiao Guodong won a ranking event 17 years after becoming a professional snooker player. His final frame against Si Jiahui was phenomenal. Xiao Guodong is the seventh different Chinese player to win a ranking event and the 76th player overall. So far, all six ranking events this season have had different winners. There doesn't seem to be a significant change in the updated ranking after this event. The next event, the Northern Ireland Open, will take place from October 20-27.

🇹🇭 Mink wins Sydney Masters
Mink Nutcharut won the World Women's Snooker Australian Open, defeating Ng On Yee 4-3 in the final. This marks her second ranking title, with Mink showing resilience after losing the opening frame. She played strong tactical shots and closed out the match confidently. The victory in Sydney adds to her growing list of accolades in women's snooker.

🎙 Snooker podcast episodes this week
In this week’s Talking Snooker, Phil and Nick are joined by Liam Highfield to talk about his life in snooker so far and hopes for the future. Meanwhile, in the latest Snooker Scene Podcast, Dave Hendon picks the ten best moments in the career of the great John Higgins 30 years on from his first triumph in a ranking event.

🎲 Northern Ireland Open prediction
Predict the outcomes of the snooker matches in the Northern Ireland Open on event-prediction.com before October 20 11:00 CEST.

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