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…]
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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…]
Ding Junhui Plays Barry Hawkins in Second Shanghai Semi-Final
China’s Ding Junhui delighted the home crowd late on Thursday by hanging on for a 6-5 victory over world number one Mark Selby in the Shanghai Masters quarter-finals. Ding was never behind in the contest but was typically pegged back on numerous occasions by Selby, who almost repeated his trademark[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…]
Snooker in September
We’re now firmly into the 2018/19 season and three champions have already been crowned in the trio of ranking events that have been staged so far in Latvia, China, and Germany. Snooker in September for many marks a more traditional opening for a campaign but, by this point over the[Read More…]
Relentless Ronnie O’Sullivan Wins Shanghai Masters
Ronnie O’Sullivan romped to victory in the Shanghai Masters on Saturday, dismantling the challenge of Judd Trump in the final with a 10-3 drubbing of his fellow Englishman in China. It had been expected that a tight encounter would materialise, especially given their even head-to-head record and Trump’s superior showing[Read More…]