Showing posts with label Masters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Masters. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Selby takes 2010 Masters with impressive comeback

Masters 2010Mark Selby (England) won the 2010 Pokerstars Masters.

England's defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan was just one frame away from his fifth win after taking a commanding 9-6 lead but Selby stormed back to take the title 10-9.

Selby received £150,000 for the victory and O'Sullivan got £75,000 for his runner-up spot.

Mark J Williams (Wales) and Stephen Maguire (Scotland) lost out in the semifinals.

Maguire and Neil Robertson (Australia) tied for the highest breaks of the tournament with 140 to share the £10,000 prize..

This was the second Masters title for Selby. He also won on his 2008 debut. Last year he lost in the final to O'Sullivan.

The event took place at the Wembley Arena, London, England 10-17 January, 2010. Next up on the snooker calendar is the Totesport.com Welsh Open which starts 25 January 2010.

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Monday, January 19, 2009

O'Sullivan wins fourth Masters

Masters 2009Ronnie O'Sullivan (England) won the 2009 Masters.

The final against fellow Englishman and defending champion Mark Selby went back and forth until Ronnie O'Sullivan took the last two frames to take the match 10-8.

O'Sullivan had some impressive shots in an exciting match, including a classic long pink to win the 17th frame.

The win was especially impressive since he was playing with a new cue after having smashed his ols one just days before the tournament. After securing the win he gave his new cue away to a member of the public.

O'Sullivan received £150,000 for the victory and Selby got £75,000 for his runner-up spot.

Scots John Higgins and Stephen Maguire lost out in the semifinals.

Higgins had the highest break of the tournament with the 140 he made in his last 16 win over Marco Fu (Hong Kong).

This was the fourth Masters title for O'Sullivan and his third in the last five years. He's previously won in 1995, 2005 and 2007. He has also lost four finals, two in the deciding frame.

The event took place at the Wembley Arena, London, England 11-18 January, 2009. Next up on the snooker calendar is the Welsh Open which starts 16th February 2009.

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Saturday, January 26, 2008

Mark Selby wins Masters on debut

Saga Masters 2008England's Mark Selby won the Saga Masters on his first appearance.

In the final Selby defeated countryman Stephen Lee 10-3 to capture his first major title.

Ken Doherty (Ireland) and Marco Fu (Hong Kong) lost out in the semi-finals.

Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan (England) was beaten 6-5 by Scotsman Stephen Maguire in the first round.

Selby earned £150,000 for the victory. In addition he won £5,000 for making a 141 in the last frame of the final. He shared the high break prize with Doherty.

Lee won £68,000 as runner-up. It must have been a welcome return to form for the man who's ben struggling with his game lately.

The event took place at the Wembley Arena, London, England Jan 13-20, 2008. Next up on the snooker calendar is another non-ranking event, Malta Cup which starts 4th February.

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Saturday, January 27, 2007

Ronnie O'Sullivan wins Masters in style

WSA: SAGA Insurance MastersRonnie O'Sullivan won the SAGA Insurance Masters with a brilliant display of snooker.

In the final the enigmatic Englishman came up against China's Ding Junhui who had been showing some excellent form earlier in the tournament. The highlight being his 147 in round one.

After slipping to 2-0 behind Ronnie got into gear and produced a flurry of high breaks, including four centuries. He only allowed Ding one more frame and won 10-3 to scoop the £130,000 first prize.

Junhui was visibly distressed during the final, apparently because of rude behaviour from one particular spectator who was later kicked out.

This was O'Sullivan's third Masters title and 36th major win overall.

The event took place in Wembley Arena, London, England Jan 14-21. It was not a ranking event.

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