The Romanian Masters gets under way on Wednesday with a strong 16-man field taking part in the inaugural invitational at the Circul Metropolitan in Bucharest. The field mainly consists of the top 16 ranked players in the world rankings, although there are some notable absences, including marquee names Ronnie O’Sullivan[Read More…]
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Ronnie O’Sullivan Amazes But Seeds Stumble in Welsh Open
Ronnie O’Sullivan continued his quest for a record-equalling fifth ranking event in a season with another dominant display to reach the third round of the Welsh Open on Wednesday. The Englishman, playing his first match since capturing the World Grand Prix title on Sunday, rarely looked troubled despite his opponent[Read More…]
Mark Selby Starts Well in Welsh Open
Mark Selby and Stuart Bingham were among the winners as the final event of the Home Nations series began on Monday with the opening day of the Welsh Open in Cardiff. The World Grand Prix had been just a few short hours old as play in the third longest running[Read More…]
World Grand Prix: Preview and Draw
After a rare seven days of respite, ranking event snooker returns next week with the World Grand Prix set to get under way in Preston on Monday. The top 32 money-earners from this season have been invited to take part in a lucrative tournament at the Guild Hall. The majority[Read More…]
Berlin’s Brief: Inspired Graeme Dott Reaches Final
On Saturday in the German Masters, the Tempodrom presented itself in its familiar mode. Only one table left, the 2,500 capacity audience packed to the last seat, the famed earth-shaking applause complete with shouting, tramping, and every manner of noise that snooker fans are capable of making accompanying the entrances[Read More…]
German Masters: Semi-Final Preview
Only four players remain in the hunt for the 2018 German Masters crown after a busy opening few days at the Tempodrom in Berlin. The imposing arena has come in for some criticism this week, mostly to do with the arrangement of the tables inside the venue, but it’s usually[Read More…]
Berlin’s Brief: Shaun Murphy Completes Late Night Tempodrom Drama
The third and thus the last day with the full five-table setup in the German Masters provided a nice dramaturgy, right to a late night climax finish on Friday in Berlin. The afternoon session with the second half of the last 16 saw Shaun Murphy taking pride of place at[Read More…]
Berlin’s Brief: Day One at the Tempodrom
Hello from Berlin! It’s day one at the German Masters, and some things are reassuringly familiar. The weather is lousy, the jokes by emcee Rolf Kalb have not gained much hilarity, the few hundred strong audience on Wednesday afternoon appears rather scant in the vast arena, and yet, nothing can[Read More…]
Mark Allen Falls in German Masters
Masters champion Mark Allen couldn’t maintain his run of form as he bowed out of the German Masters at the last 32 stage on Wednesday in Berlin. The 31 year-old became the first Northern Irishman in more than three decades to claim one of the Triple Crown events when he[Read More…]
Preview: German Masters
The first ranking event of 2018 gets under way on Wednesday with the start of the German Masters in Berlin. Ever since its relaunch in 2011, the German Masters has been one of the most popular tournaments on the calendar each year, primarily due to the endearing atmosphere that is[Read More…]