NEW DAFABET Masters champion Shaun Murphy has said he has been practically living in a snooker club for the past 12 months in the hope his glory days would return. The world number eleven lifted one of snooker’s most prestigious prizes last night (Sunday) for the first time after thrashing world number one Neil Robertson…
SHAUN MURPHY proved to the snooker world he has returned to the big time after thrashing Neil Robertson to lift the Masters title for the first time. The former world champion won his biggest title in years after beating the Australian 10-2 in one of the biggest final scoreline margins the tournament has ever seen.…
SHAUN MURPHY cruised his way into Sunday’s Masters grand final after he won six frames on the bounce to beat Mark Allen. The Englishman, just like he did in his quarter-final match against Stephen Maguire, recovered from a slow start to beat the Ulsterman 6-2 and reach his second Masters final. And Murphy, who has…
NEIL ROBERTSON moved just win away from winning his second Dafabet Masters title of his career after thrashing defending champion Ronnie O’Sullivan 6-1. The world number one put in a truly impressive performance at London’s Alexandra Palace worthy of his status as the world’s best player with a convincing win against the recent UK Championship…
SHAUN Murphy showed why he is enjoying one of his most successful spells in recent times after pulling out the stops to beat Stephen Maguire in the Dafabet Masters quarter-finals. Former Masters winner Murphy came back from 2-0 down to win a close and thrilling encounter 6-4 and set up a semi-final showdown with Northern Ireland’s Mark…
AUSTRALIAN Neil Robertson left the Alexandra Palace a happy man after he sailed into the Dafabet Masters semi-finals after a 6-1 win over Ali Carter. Robertson will face a mouth-watering showdown against defending champion Ronnie O’Sullivan on Saturday after the Rocket beat Marco Fu by the same scoreline earlier on in the day. Robertson won…
THIS was the moment when Ronnie O’Sullivan once again wrote his name in snooker’s history books. The five-times world champion made the perfect start in his Dafabet Masters quarter-final against Marco Fu by knocking in his 776th centurybreak of his career – a new record. The brilliant opening frame century saw O’Sullivan top the charts…
RONNIE O’Sullivan became snooker’s all-time leading century maker en-route to a comfortable Dafabet Masters quarter-final win over Marco Fu. The five-times world champion wasted little time in overtaking his once close rival Stephen Hendry, making his 776th century – a 101 – in the opening frame against the Hong Kong star. A full house crowd…
HONG KONG star Marco Fu became just the third man to make a 147 in Masters history. Fu recorded the feat in his first round match against Stuart Bingham in the fourth frame with a 2-1 lead to his name. Fu later won the match 6-3 before being k Fu joined other overeseas stars to…
FIVE TIMES world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan could become snooker’s greatest century maker of all time later today (Thursday) when he plays Marco Fu in the Dafabet Masters quarter-finals. O’Sullivan equalled Stephen Hendry’s landmark record of 775 career centuries to wrap up a comfortable first round victory against Ricky Walden on Tuesday. And O’Sullivan, a strong…
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