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Judd Trump and Jack Lisowski out of the Masters due to coronavirus, get well soon both.

 

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Masters still taking place.

Covid has caused disappointment for casual viewers who only watch snooker on the BBC with two out of the three main flair players out, and BBC Two coverage won't start until 3pm on weekdays now because of additional educational programming for kids without the internet. However, BBC Four is showing some snooker in the evening.

 

Both Shaun Murphy and Stuart Bingham look scrambled in this frame.

Stuart Bingham goes 5-3 to Shaun Murphy after a 46 minute drawn out frame.

Stuart Bingham through 6-3 to Shaun Murphy in the quarter-finals in the Masters, he'll play either Maguire or Bingtao in the semis.

 

 

John Higgins makes a 145 break the highest break of the tournament to go 2-1 up against Ronnie.

Back to back centuries from John Higgins to make it 3-1.

Higgins beat Ronnie 6-3 in that match.

 

Now 4-4 between John Higgins and Dave Gilbert.

Finished 6-4 to John Higgins.

 

Currently 2-2 between John Higgins and Yan Bingtao in this final.

Yan misses another long un,lets John in and he makes 98 .

4-2 Higgins.

Excellent steal from Yan,knocks in a 97 clearance after John made a 48

 

 

4-3.

5-3 Higgins after a tactical frame.

Yan Bingtao pots the respotted black to make it 5-4.

Wow what a shot on that final red. Yan levels 5-5 with a 76 break.

Good steal from Higgins though to be fair to make it 6-5.

7-5 to Higgins with a 116 break.

7-6 to John after Yan Bingtao wins it on the black.

Yan Bingtao's superb fightback on debut stunned Scotland's John Higgins as the Chinese sensation became the youngest Masters champion in 26 years.

 

At 20, Yan is just a year shy of the record set by Ronnie O'Sullivan, who beat Higgins in the 1995 final.

 

It was world number 11 Yan's first major title, adding to the Riga Open ranking event that he won last season.

 

Having fallen 5-3 behind, Yan composed himself to lead 8-7 and although Higgins levelled it, Yan won 10-8.