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Day one of five already completed at the German Masters and it was a good one for the seeded players as all five won their wildcard matches to book their last 32 places. Click below for all of the day’s results…
Category: German Masters
O’Sullivan pulls out of German Masters, TV News (Updated)
Some rather unsurprising news to bring you today as Ronnie O’Sullivan has announced his withdrawal from the German Masters, apparently citing medical reasons. Meanwhile there is disappointing news regarding today’s television coverage here in the UK…
German Masters 2011: Tournament Preview
After the eye-opener that was the Sky Shootout, tomorrow sees the return of ranking event snooker to our televisions as the German Masters gets underway from Berlin. Click below for information and my late preview…
NB: I also hope to bring back the live chat tomorrow night to coincide with the Eurosport coverage of the evening session…
Wells handed German Wildcard
A brief post today to confirm that Welsh amateur Daniel Wells has been handed the final wildcard spot for the German Masters and so will face Liu Song in the opening round of the event.
A good selection in my book, Wells is probably best known for his dramatic run to the final qualifying round of the 2009 World Championship where he was unfortunate to lose out to Barry Hawkins in the final round, though Barry’s winning break was excellent under the circumstances.
More recently he has made people sit up and take notice during this season’s Players Tour Championship, easily finishing as the top ranked amateur player and gaining a decent amount of experience against the top players from it.
I would expect to see him back on the main circuit sooner or later…
McGill eyes Williams clash
Having qualified for the venue stages of a ranking event for the first time in his fledgling career, Scotland’s Anthony McGill has been talking to The Press and Journal about his hopes for the tournament…
German Masters Qualifiers 2011: Final Round Results
Today sees the final qualifying round take place for the German Masters as the 17-32 ranked players enter the fray. Already it has been quite a day for the young players, although that has not stopped a few of the tour’s old guard from making it to Berlin…
German Masters Qualifiers 2011: Day Three Results
Day Three from Sheffield and it has been a good one for Scotland so far with both Alan McManus and Anthony McGill emerging victorious. Less fortunate though was Jamie Burnett…
German Masters Qualifiers 2011: Day Two Results
Day two from the German Masters qualifiers in Sheffield and the upsets have continued to come in with a number of players who have not made much of an impact up until this point in the season winning today…