Former champions Mark Selby, Ali Carter and Mark Williams all qualified for the German Masters on the final day of preliminaries in Barnsley. However, the action on Friday saw many of the top seeds fall by the wayside in their attempt to reach the last 32 in Berlin. Shaun Murphy,[Read More…]
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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…]
Ronnie O’Sullivan Scrapes Past Hill
Ronnie O’Sullivan won the last two frames as he fought back to beat Darryl Hill in a decider at the German Masters qualifiers. The 41 year-old, who lost to Mark Selby in an entertaining UK Championship final on Sunday before celebrating his birthday the following day, trailed 2-0 and 4-3[Read More…]
Jimmy White One Step Closer to German Masters
Jimmy White beat Zhou Yuelong 5-3 in a battle of ages to move into the final qualifying round for the German Masters. At 54, White represents the oldest competitor on the Main Tour while he was up against one of the youngest in 18 year-old Zhou. It was the pair’s[Read More…]
German Masters Gains F66.com Backing
This season’s German Masters world ranking event will be sponsored by F66.com for the first time. The F66.com German Masters will run from February 1st to 5th, 2017, at the iconic Tempodrom venue in Berlin. The event has become one of the most popular on the global tour since it[Read More…]
Thanks, Tempodrom
By Frank Halfar At the Tempodrom in Berlin Coming home from the after show party of the German Masters is a weird feeling. Can it really be that it’s all over? A whole year until it’s time again for this festival of snooker in my home town? While it sure[Read More…]
Gould Grabs German Masters Victory
Martin Gould has secured his maiden ranking event triumph after beating Luca Brecel in the final of the German Masters in Berlin. Both players began the encounter in search of their first success in a tournament of this stature and the enormity of the occasion showed as they each initially[Read More…]
Brecel and Gould in German Masters Final
Either Martin Gould or Luca Brecel will be crowned as the 2016 German Masters champion after both emerged from drab semi-final encounters on Saturday in Berlin. 20 year-old Brecel becomes only the second European – after Tony Drago – from outside the UK and Ireland to reach a ranking event[Read More…]
German Masters Continues to Surprise
The German Masters continued to spring up surprises on Friday as the four remaining contenders booked their semi-final spots in Berlin. Effectively since the conclusion of last year’s edition and staging of the Welsh Open, it has become customary for ranking events to feature unexpected competitors at the business end[Read More…]
Seeds Stumble in Berlin
Thursday in the German Masters proved to be a much busier affair than what came the day prior in Berlin. While Wednesday had featured four whitewash wins, the second day of action at the Tempodrom saw three matches dramatically go the distance while the higher seeds also continued to tumble out[Read More…]