Other than defending champion Ding Junhui’s early exit, the top seeds were in fine fettle on day two of the German Masters in Berlin on Thursday. A mixture of the conclusion of the first round and the beginning of the last 16 took place in a busy second day schedule[Read More…]
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Stars Set Off in Berlin
The German Masters got under way on Wednesday at the Tempodrom in Berlin. The event has been widely acclaimed since its reintroduction onto the calendar in 2011, with massive enthusiastic crowds cheering on their favourite players amid a wonderful setting. The same is to be expected in this short, busy[Read More…]
German Masters Preview
The German Masters, one of the best tournaments on the calendar, gets under way on Wednesday in Berlin. Ever since its introduction in 2011 the ranking event has been a resounding success, aided in large part thanks to the enthusiastic sell-out crowd that packs the 2000-plus capacity Tempodrom arena every[Read More…]
World Championship Contenders?
Last Sunday not only marked the final of the 2015 Masters that saw Shaun Murphy lift the trophy and become the tenth member of the exclusive Triple Crown club. It also signified the start of the three-month countdown to the season-ending World Championship at the Crucible in Sheffield. It feels like[Read More…]
Masterful Murphy Captures Triple Crown
Shaun Murphy has won the 2015 Masters title after a comprehensive 10-2 victory over Neil Robertson in London. The Englishman adds to his previous triumphs in the World and UK Championship to become the tenth player to complete snooker’s Triple Crown. The final was billed as a showdown between two[Read More…]
Masters Final Preview
It’s a repeat of 2012 as Neil Robertson and Shaun Murphy will contest the 2015 Masters final today at Alexandra Palace. Three years ago the Australian emerged victorious with his first title in London after a 10-6 win over the ‘Magician’. And it is hard to bet against a repeat result[Read More…]
Masters Semi-Final Day Preview
It’s semi-finals day in the 2015 Masters and what a formidable final four we have at the Alexandra Palace in London. Defending champion Ronnie O’Sullivan, world no.1 Neil Robertson and two of the most in-form players of the campaign in Shaun Murphy and Mark Allen complete what is a stellar[Read More…]
Masters Quarter-Final Preview
The last eight line-up for the 2015 Masters was completed on Wednesday with Mark Allen and Joe Perry coming through unscathed. In a high-scoring affair, Allen held off a stern challenge from John Higgins to prevail in a tight 6-4 tussle before Perry won his first ever match in the[Read More…]
Maguire Tames Trump
Stephen Maguire came from behind to beat Judd Trump 6-4 while Neil Robertson repeated the scoreline against Robert Milkins on the second day of the Masters. Maguire gained a modicum of revenge over Trump after being defeated by the same margin to the Englishman at the recent UK Championship in York.[Read More…]
2015 Masters Preview: Who Can Stop Ronnie?
Snooker returns to our television screens after the Christmas break with the start of the 2015 Dafabet Masters at the Alexandra Palace on Sunday. The top 16 players in the world go head-to-head in the famous straight knockout invitation event, with a tasty £200,000 on offer for next week’s champion.[Read More…]