Into the small hours – Day four at the Tempodrom By Frank B. Halfar In Berlin On Saturday we had this much talked about set up, the famous Tempodrom atmosphere again with only the one table in the middle and a packed arena, a 2500-strong audience. It never fails to impress.[Read More…]
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Final Four in German Masters
By Frank B. Halfar In Berlin The plot thickens as the cast of pretenders thins – day three at the Tempodrom. The third day of the German Masters saw eight matches, a growing audience, and rising sleep deprivation on some of the staff… The afternoon session concluded the second round with[Read More…]
German Masters: Quarter-Final Preview
Friday evening at the German Masters is a special occasion which has earned a reputation as being one of the best sessions of snooker in the entire calendar. The impressive Tempodrom is packed with enthusiastic, appreciative fans, all hooked on the action with a quartet of simultaneous fixtures providing the four[Read More…]
Martin Gould Gunning For German Repeat
Defending champion Martin Gould is into the quarter-finals of the German Masters after a 5-3 victory over Ricky Walden on Thursday in Berlin. The Englishman easily won his opening fixture against Jamie Jones 5-0 and it looked like he was headed for a similar outcome when he took all four frames[Read More…]
Tom Ford Hits 147, Ronnie O’Sullivan Crashes Out of German Masters
The German Masters got under way on Wednesday in Berlin, typically amid plenty of furore and drama. This year, SnookerHQ is again delighted to welcome Germany’s own Frank B. Halfar as a guest writer for the week’s action at the Tempodrom. There was certainly a lot to take in from[Read More…]
Contrasting Wins for Mark Allen and Joe Perry
Mark Allen and Joe Perry both emerged victorious from their first round encounters at the Masters on Monday. That they made it through to the quarter-finals in London under different circumstances would be a great understatement. Allen, who has shortened to 14/1 with the latest 888sport betting odds, overcame two-time champion[Read More…]
Maximum Magic for Ali Carter and Ross Muir
A dramatic day of action in the German Masters qualifiers saw two 147 breaks being compiled at the Metrodome in Barnsley. The perfect breaks came within minutes of each other, with Carter compiling his second career 147 in his 5-0 whitewash win over Wang Yuchen. Shortly after on a nearby[Read More…]
Ding Junhui Downs Stuart Bingham
Ding Junhui fought back from 3-1 down to overcome Stuart Bingham 6-4 and reach the semi-finals of the Champion of Champions in Coventry. Ding struggled badly at times in the early exchanges, and indeed sporadically during his first round victory over Ali Carter earlier on Tuesday, but gradually grew in[Read More…]
Eight Left in China Championship
The field of 16 has been reduced to eight after the opening two days of the inaugural China Championship in Guangzhou. Mark Selby showed no signs of relinquishing his control on the Main Tour as he comfortably outscored Anthony McGill for a 6-2 victory on Tuesday. The 33 year-old, who[Read More…]
Season Starts Again With Paul Hunter Classic
The Main Tour resumes after almost a month off with the Paul Hunter Classic in Furth on Wednesday. The PHC is one of only three European Tour events to survive the cull from last season, alongside the Riga Masters and the Gibraltar Open. A large quantity of amateurs have thus[Read More…]