Four-time Masters champion Ronnie O’Sullivan became the latest big name to crash out of the 2011 tournament this afternoon following a 6-4 defeat to Northern Ireland’s Mark Allen…
Category: Wembley Masters
Masters 2011: The upsets continue…
What a strange week this is turning out to be as following the day one exits of Mark Selby and Ali Carter, UK Championship finalists John Higgins and Mark Williams were also sent packing yesterday as they lost out to Graeme Dott and Ding Junhui.
Apologies for the quietness on the blog front this week, unfortunately the writer has been hit with the flu so updates will not be as prompt as usual.
Will the upsets continue today? Possibly, though I would still have to back Ronnie O’Sullivan to overcome Mark Allen this afternoon. The Maguire/Fu clash this evening meanwhile is a difficult one to predict, even by this week’s standards.
Enjoy!
Masters 2011: King Shocks Selby
Well, well, what about that then? He might have won 11 of his previous 12 matches in the event but Mark Selby has fallen at the first hurdle in 2011 as Mark King brought his title defence to an abrupt end with a fine 6-4 victory. More to follow…
Allen Hoping to Kick On Against O’Sullivan
MARK Allen is hoping that the vociferous Wembley crowd have little to cheer about when he comes up against home crowd favourite Ronnie O’Sullivan at The Masters.
Masters Memories
The first major tournament of 2011 will be the Masters from Wembley as the top 16 players in the world battle it out for the trophy you can see above. Click below for a look back at some of my highlights of the event down the years and feel free to share your own in the comments section below…
Ladbrokes Mobile to Sponsor Wembley Masters
Exciting news today as World Snooker have confirmed that this season’s Wembley Masters will be sponsored by major gambling firm Ladbrokes. The sponsor will be paying a six figure fee and the tournament known as the Ladbrokes Mobile Masters.
Masters/UK Championship draws available
A short post to let you all know that the draws for both the UK Championship are now available over at World Snooker. For all the information please click here to visit their website. I will post the draws up on this website over this weekend with tournament previews to follow during the next couple of weeks…
Super Selby Stuns O'Sullivan!
Incredible. Mark Selby has produced the performance of his life to recover from 9-6 down against Ronnie O’Sullivan to win the 2010 Wembley Masters 10-9. Click below to read my frame by frame commentary…