For traditionalists, September is often seen as the month in which a snooker season really gets going in earnest. Despite the fact that the 2018/19 term had already been a few months old, there was a proper feel – particularly during the Shanghai Masters – that the campaign was gathering[Read More…]
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QUIZ! Snooker in the 2000s: Second Edition
There’s a small lull in activity this week in between the two big events in China. Ronnie O’Sullivan earned a hefty £200,000 sum for capturing the Shanghai Masters invitational title at the weekend while next week sees the next ranking event of the campaign courtesy of the China Championship in[Read More…]
Ronnie O’Sullivan Offers Shanghai Masters Trophy to Fan
Ronnie O’Sullivan became the first player to win the Shanghai Masters three times on Sunday with an entertaining 11-9 triumph over Barry Hawkins at the Regal International East Asia Hotel. The massive £200,000 champion’s cheque that the “Rocket” pocketed for his efforts, the joint biggest amount to ever be awarded[Read More…]
Ronnie O’Sullivan Defends Shanghai Masters
Ronnie O’Sullivan superbly fought back from behind to beat Barry Hawkins 11-9 and claim the Shanghai Masters for the second successive season in China. The Englishman lifted the trophy aloft ten months ago when it was last staged as a ranking event and duly repeated the trick in its reincarnation[Read More…]
Shanghai Masters Final: Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Barry Hawkins
Barry Hawkins fought back from two frames down to deny home favourite Ding Junhui a place in the Shanghai Masters final with a deciding frame victory in China on Saturday. In a topsy-turvy affair that swung one way and then the other, Hawkins recovered from losing five frames in succession[Read More…]
Ronnie O’Sullivan Ends Kyren Wilson’s Streak
Ronnie O’Sullivan continued his defence of the Shanghai Masters with a 10-6 defeat of the in-form Kyren Wilson – in doing so advancing to Sunday’s final in China. The world number three won the tournament’s last staging as a ranking event ten months ago and is now one victory from[Read More…]
Ronnie O’Sullivan and Kyren Wilson into Final Four
Ronnie O’Sullivan will play the in-form Kyren Wilson in the semi-finals of the Shanghai Masters after both players emerged from contrasting quarter-final ties in China on Thursday. O’Sullivan, playing in his first tournament of the season, dusted off the cobwebs with an assured opening victory over Neil Robertson and looked[Read More…]
Shanghai Masters Quarter-Final Preview
Ronnie O’Sullivan began his 2018/19 campaign with a 6-3 win over Neil Robertson to complete the Shanghai Masters quarter-final in China on Wednesday. There had been plenty of anticipation surrounding the 42 year-old’s return to the baize after the best part of half a year away, subsequent to his fiery[Read More…]
Shanghai Masters Last 16 Preview
Ronnie O’Sullivan will make his maiden bow of the 2018/19 campaign on Wednesday when he plays Neil Robertson in the last 16 of the Shanghai Masters in China. The revamped tournament, being played as a lucrative invitational rather than a ranking event for the first time since its launch more[Read More…]
Shanghai Masters Draw and Preview
Following the conclusion of the Six Red World Championship, snooker returns to its more traditional 15-red format next week with the revamped Shanghai Masters in China. After a decade as one of the most popular and well-supported ranking events on the calendar, the decision was made to transform the Shanghai[Read More…]