A thread to discuss all things snooker related such as tournaments, debates and news and anything to with the world of snooker in 2020.

Good on you, Neil

 

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Good on Neil, the news from Australia is difficult to watch.

 

I noticed the Masters were starting soon. Looking forward to catching a session or two as I am back at work soon.

World Snooker has been rebranded:

 

https://wst.tv/wst-brand-relaunch-for-snook...-global-vision/

Ronnie O'Sullivan's decision to pull out of the Masters is a "waste" and a call the seven-time champion will come to view as a career mistake, says World Snooker Tour chairman Barry Hearn.

The Masters Odds: (Coral)

 

Judd Trump 5/2f

Neil Robertson 9/2

Mark Selby 6/1

John Higgins 10/1

Mark Allen 10/1

Ding Junhui 11/1

Kyren Wilson 18/1

Stuart Bingham 18/1

Shaun Murphy 20/1

Mark Williams 22/1

David Gilbert 28/1

Jack Lisowski 28/1

Barry Hawkins 33/1

Stephen Maguire 45/1

Ali Carter 66/1

Joe Perry 66/1

 

Live coverage of the Masters will be on BBC and Eurosport.

Mark Selby and Ding Junhui suffered shock defeats in their opening matches of this year's Masters in London.

 

Ali Carter was a replacement for Ronnie O'Sullivan, who chose not to play in the tournament, and led 3-1 before falling 4-3 behind.

 

But he won three frames in a row to claim a 6-3 victory to eliminate three-time champion Selby.

 

Ding arrived at the tournament having won the UK Championship in York last month but was beaten 6-3 by Joe Perry.

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Damn, I was just going to post about this. :P

Judd Trump was knocked out in the Masters first round with a 6-3 defeat by Shaun Murphy.

 

World number one Trump, 30, made three century breaks to take a 3-2 lead over Murphy, the 2015 Masters winner.

 

But Murphy edged the next three frames, including breaks of 77 and 52, before easing through the final frame to set up a quarter-final meeting with number 15 seed Joe Perry.

 

Later, two-time Masters champion John Higgins beat Barry Hawkins 6-1.

 

Scotland's Higgins will play Ali Carter in the quarter-finals.

Ali Carter never hit the yellow at all.

 

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Someone is being kicked out of the snooker for using a whoopie cushion and the commentators are livid. Absolute scenes.

Stuart Bingham became the oldest Masters winner by defeating Ali Carter 10-8 in a thrilling and fluctuating final at Alexandra Palace.

 

Bingham, 43, claimed his second Triple Crown event title to go alongside his 2015 World Championship win.

 

Carter turned around a 5-3 deficit to lead 7-5, but world number 14 Bingham showed tremendous bottle to fight back.

 

He sealed victory with a nerveless break of 109 - his first century of the tournament coming in the final frame.

 

Bingham becomes the 24th different name on the Paul Hunter Trophy, collecting a record £250,000 winner's prize money.

Neil Robertson leads Zhou Yuelong 8-0 after the first session in the European Masters final.

Neil Robertson completes a 9-0 victory over Zhou Yuelong to claim the European Masters title.

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The China Open has been postponed due to the coronavirus.

 

 

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Trump won! :cheer:

Edited February 3, 20205 yr by vidcapper

First Round Draw for the World Grand Prix

 

Judd Trump ( 1 ) v Li Hang ( 32 )

Kyren Wilson ( 16 ) v Jack Lisowski ( 17 )

John Higgins ( 9 ) v Stuart Bingham ( 24 )

Yan Bingtao ( 8 ) v Zhoa Xintong ( 25 )

Neil Robertson ( 5 ) v Michael Holt ( 28 )

Mark Williams ( 12 ) v Barry Hawkins ( 21 )

Joe Perry ( 13 ) v Ali Carter ( 20 )

Ding Junhui ( 4 ) v Scott Donaldson ( 29 )

Mark Selby ( 3 ) v Xiao Guodong ( 30 )

Graeme Dott ( 14 ) v Kurt Maflin ( 19 )

Dave Gilbert ( 11 ) v Ronnie O'Sullivan ( 22 )

Mark Allen ( 6 ) v Liang Wenbo ( 27 )

Thepchaiya Un-Nooh ( 7 ) v Matthew Selt ( 26 )

Stephen Maguire ( 10 ) v Tom Ford ( 23 )

Zhou Yuelong ( 15 ) v Gary Wilson ( 18 )

Shaun Murphy ( 2 ) v Matthew Stevens ( 31 )