Former world champion Shaun Murphy has lost a qualifying round fixture for the second time this season already after a 4-3 defeat to Gary Wilson in Preston on Saturday. The Englishman’s tight reverse against his countryman at the Guild Hall will mean that he won’t be featuring in October’s European[Read More…]
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Mark Selby Edges Close European Masters Qualifier
Mark Selby compiled two century breaks but was made to work extremely hard for his 4-3 victory over Mei Xiwen in the European Masters qualifying round on Friday. The three-time world champion began and ended the match with tons, breaks of 118 and a timely 102 in the seventh frame[Read More…]
European Masters Gets D88.com Sponsor
World Snooker has announced that the European Masters world ranking event will be sponsored by D88.com for the first time this season. The D88.com European Masters will run from October 1st to 7th in Lommel, Belgium. The tournament was staged in Lommel for the first time last season and Judd[Read More…]
Judd Trump Reigns Again in European Masters
Judd Trump has won the 2017 European Masters title after an entertaining 9-7 triumph against Stuart Bingham in Belgium on Sunday. In doing so, the Englishman defends the crown he first captured twelve months ago when he narrowly beat Ronnie O’Sullivan in a decider 9-8 in Romania. That was the[Read More…]
European Masters Final: Judd Trump vs Stuart Bingham
Judd Trump and Stuart Bingham will contest the final of the European Masters after emerging from contrasting semi-final encounters on Saturday in Belgium. The English pair got one over on their respective Chinese challengers to set up a repeat of their clash in the Welsh Open final earlier this year.[Read More…]
European Masters: Semi-Final Preview
Both semi-finals of the European Masters will feature an Englishman and a Chinese competitor as the final four shoot out for the title in Belgium. Reigning champion Judd Trump continued his strong defence with a tight 4-3 quarter-final defeat of Mark Allen on Friday. The 28 year-old will meet Cao[Read More…]
European Masters: Quarter-Final Preview
Eight players remain in the hunt for the European Masters title as the competition reaches the business end of proceedings in Belgium. Defending champion Judd Trump and world number one Mark Selby head a high-quality field that will attempt to land the £75,000 champion’s cheque on Sunday. Trump reached the[Read More…]
Big Names Continue to Roll in Lommel
Mark Selby survived a scare before advancing to the third round of the European Masters on Wednesday following a 4-3 victory over Lu Haotian in Belgium. John Higgins crashed out, though, becoming the biggest casualty of the tournament so far after a 4-1 defeat at the hands of Mark Davis.[Read More…]
Mark Selby Scores Four Centuries in Big Win
Mark Selby produced a scintillating performance as he moved into the last 32 of the European Masters with a 4-1 victory against Zhao Xintong on Tuesday. The world number one hadn’t been at his best so far this season in the run up to Belgium, but fired in an incredible[Read More…]
Neil Robertson Blitzes in Belgium
Neil Robertson was in fine scoring form as he powered his way into the second round of the European Masters with a 4-0 victory over Fang Xiongman on Monday. In the three held over matches from the qualifying round, Mark Selby, Judd Trump, and Luca Brecel all managed to escape[Read More…]