The 2017 Masters is just a few days away and the excitement is building ahead of the most prestigious invitation event on the calendar. There has been plenty of drama down through the years in the Masters, which is the second oldest professional tournament behind only the World Championship. Most of[Read More…]
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QUIZ: Masters Finalists
One week from today we will be getting ready for the start of the 2017 edition of the Masters at the Alexandra Palace in London. The prestigious invitational event has been running since 1975, making it the second longest running professional tournament behind only the World Championship itself. Open to[Read More…]
2017 Masters Draw
The draw for this season’s prestigious invitation event, The Masters, has been made during the mid-session interval of the UK Championship final in York. Defending champion Ronnie O’Sullivan will return to the Alexandra Palace in London next month in search of a record seventh Masters crown. This edition will be[Read More…]
Liang Wenbo Claims Champion of Champions Spot
Following his maiden ranking event victory at the English Open on Sunday, Liang Wenbo has also now earned an invitation to the lucrative Champion of Champions in November. While the Chinese 29 year-old collected £70,000 for his triumph in Manchester, a further £100,000 will be up for grabs at the[Read More…]
Dafabet Continues Masters Sponsorship
Dafabet’s title sponsorship of snooker’s most prestigious invitation tournament has been extended for an extra three years. Dafabet has been the sponsor of the Masters since 2014 and this new extension brings the agreement to 2020. The Dafabet Masters is one of the sport’s Triple Crown events and it is[Read More…]
Masters Trophy to be Renamed Paul Hunter Trophy
World Snooker supremo Barry Hearn has held the first of his annual press conferences at the Crucible. Perhaps the biggest announcement which was made concerned the renaming of the Masters trophy – which from 2017 will be known as the Paul Hunter Trophy. Paul Hunter famously won a hat-trick of[Read More…]
O’Sullivan Still The Man
Ronnie O’Sullivan coasted to his sixth Masters title on Sunday evening after hammering Barry Hawkins 10-1 in London. The triumph brought the 40 year-old’s tally on a par with Stephen Hendry, who must be beginning to wonder what records he’ll have left by the time the ‘Rocket’ ends his career.[Read More…]
Masters Final: O’Sullivan vs Hawkins
The final of the 2016 Dafabet Masters will be contested between Ronnie O’Sullivan and Barry Hawkins on Sunday. Both men emerged victorious from their semi-final encounters at the Alexandra Palace to set up a repeat of their 2013 World Championship final showdown – which of course was won by the[Read More…]
Masters Semi-Final Preview
Stuart Bingham and Judd Trump completed the last four line-up of the Masters on Friday. World champion Bingham prevailed in his quarter-final tie with John Higgins while Trump pipped Neil Robertson to the post in a thrilling high-quality encounter. Both players remain on course to capture their maiden Masters title,[Read More…]
O’Sullivan and Hawkins into Masters Semis
Ronnie O’Sullivan and Barry Hawkins were the first men to reach the semi-finals of the Dafabet Masters at the Alexandra Palace on Thursday. O’Sullivan controlled the eagerly anticipated contest with world no.1 Mark Selby, while Hawkins took advantage of a lacklustre Mark Allen to advance to the last four for[Read More…]