Sporting Digest: Snooker

AUSTRALIAN OPEN (Melbourne) Final: J Higgins (Sco) bt W Thorne (Eng) 9-5.

KLOSTER THAILAND OPEN (Blackpool) Second round qualifying: P Cavney bt M Whatley 5-0; R Foxall bt N Wood 5-2; D Lennox bt D Richardson 5-3; W Jerram bt D Mole 5-2; G Irvine bt S Roberts 5-2; S Lynskey bt A Neck 5-1; R Michael bt B Pinches 5-3; J Bodle bt S Wescott 5-1; G McDonald bt J Greaves 5-1; S Mann bt M Wehrmann 5-3; N Pearce bt W Saidler 5-3; R Hull bt G Williams 5-1; J Smith bt J Herbert 5-1; L Grant bt M Spade 5-2; T Bell bt C Harrison 5-3; M Macleod bt A Photiou 5-3; S Ventham bt P Dawson 5-4; A Hannah bt D Skinner 5-2; K McCallum bt G Baldrey 5-2; G Greene bt G Peabody 5-2; P Medati bt R Surin 5-4; S Bigham bt J Curtis 5-4; D Rippon bt D Dodd 5-1; S Prest bt T Dunphy 5-4; R Chapman bt N Jones 5-4; M Roughan bt D Mellon 5-1; C MacGillivray bt K Brown 5-0; D Venables bt B Smits 5-2; M O'Neill bt M Catchpole 5-1; L Smith bt J O'Boye 5-3; D Shaw bt S Whalley 5-1; S Reardon bt D Hughes w/o; P Sweeny bt B Oliver 5-4; D Zagaroli bt J Canny 5-4; L Griffin bt I Bullimore 5-3; J Cundy bt G Dunn 5-1; S Pettman bt M Billaney 5-3; P Delsemme bt J Rous 5-2; T Bailey bt P Wallace 5-4; L Walker bt D Wilson 5-4; D McLellan bt M McGrotty 5-4; P Bullen bt D Mackerson 5-4; J Long bt S Rigg 5-2; E Munro bt P Watchorn 5-2; M Geudens bt bt S Russell 5-3; S Parnell bt M Bayley 5-2; D Peach bt S Van der Borght 5-2; B Patmore bt C Cookson w/o; M Wilson bt S Henderson w/o; N Barrow bt M Williams 5-0; T Burke bt E Manning w/o; G Ponting bt S Evans 5-1; E Lott bt M Dziewialtowski 5-3; S Suwannasingh bt G Jones 5-3; J Lardner bt K Townsend 5-2; J Bagley bt G Peters 5-1; I Hurdman bt T Finstad 5-4; S Taylor bt G Fisken 5-3; C Waters bt G Stevens 5-3; I Sargent bt P Seaton 5-1; S Morris bt D Blakey 5-2. M Fernandez bt D Murphy 5-0; A Rosa bt N Jones 5-3; A Cheema bt R King 5-1; T Buckley bt M Fisher 5-2; A Bishop bt A Halpin 5-0; B L'Orange bt D Singh 5-3; N Tomkins bt L Walters 5-0; A Fleming bt J Delaney 5-1; S Parker bt J Bayliss 5-2; A Borg bt J Vicarey 5-4; S Archer bt J Perry 5-1; J Scott bt A O'Connor 5-3; R Culham bt M Husnu 5-1; D Limburg bt D Martin 5-4; L Robinson bt J Manley 5-2; J Burns bt A Taylor 5-1; J Buckingham bt S Lemmens 5-3; R Leighton bt A Atkinson 5-3; P Duggan bt P Hefford 5-3. Third round qualifying: N Marsh bt J McGouran 5-4; C Bradshaw bt C Gilcreest 5-1; M Duffy bt J Dunning 5-1; W Brown bt P Davison 5-2; M Judge bt A Trigg 5-3; P McCullagh bt G Chilcott 5-1; M Parmar bt G Horne 5-4; R McDonald bt S Payne 5-0; I Jones bt J Saunders 5-3; N Noppachorn bt P Browne 5-3; K Burrows bt D Massey 5-4; B Jones bt M Dunn 5-3; G Lees bt S Chong 5-2; S Harrison bt S Haines 5-3; M O'Sullivan bt G Stevenson 5-0; P Davison bt A Krasinski 5-1; N Mosley bt P Florence 5-2; D Coles bt M Leach 5-1; W Lloyd bt S Dunn 5-4; P Horne bt J Bedford 5-1; D McGlinchey bt S Jogia 5-3; R Marshall bt N Spelman 5-4; R Foxall bt P Cavney 5-4; G Irvine bt S Lynskey 5-1; J Bodle bt R Michael 5-4; S Kershaw bt G McDonald 5-2; J Smith bt R Hull 5-2; N Pearce bt S Mann 5-4; J Smith bt R Hull 5-2; L Grant bt T Bell 5-1; M Macleod bt S Ventham 5-1; A Hannah bt K McCallum 5-4; G Greene bt P Medati 5-2; D Rippon bt S Bigham 5-3; S Prest bt R Chapman 5-3; C MacGillivray bt M Roughan 5-2; M O'Neill bt D Venables 5-1; L Smith bt D Shaw 5-3; S Reardon bt D McLellan 5-3; P Sweeny bt D Zagaroli 5-2; J Cundy bt L Griffin 5-4; S Pettman bt P Delsemne 5-0; L Walker bt T Bailey 5-1; P Bullen bt J Long 5-2.