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The Masters is a professional invitational snooker tournament. Held every year since 1975 , it is the second-longest-running professional snooker tournament after the World Championship . It is one of the three Triple Crown events, along with the UK Championship and the World Championship. [ 2 ]
A bad break off by O'Sullivan allowed Higgins to make a 134 in the next frame, the fifth consecutive century break of the match. [49] Higgins won frame eight with a break of 88 and won the match in frame nine 6–3. [49] The five consecutive century breaks equalled the record for the Masters by Robertson and Maguire in 2009. [49]
In defeating Fu 6–1, O'Sullivan also broke Hendry's record for the most wins in the Masters, setting a new record of 43. However, he lost 1–6 to Neil Robertson in the semi-finals. Shaun Murphy won his first Masters title, beating Robertson 10–2 in the final, the biggest winning margin in a Masters final since Steve Davis whitewashed Mike ...
The world No 1 produced a near-flawless session of snooker to knock out Ding Junhui and take his season’s total prize money to nearly £1.3m Judd Trump blasts 368 uninterrupted points to reach ...
A drama-free break and moves beyond the snookers-required stage. He reaches 71 and tries a long red up into the green pocket but it misses. BUT O’SULLIVAN MOVES WITHIN A FRAME OF VICTORY AT 5-2
Robertson won the fifth frame, before a 102 break by O'Sullivan, his 80th century break at the Masters. Robertson responded with a 130 break to win the seventh frame. A 68 break from O'Sullivan in the eighth frame tied the scores at 4–4 but Robertson then won two consecutive frames with breaks of 43, 49, and 54 to complete a 6–4 victory.
The previous record-holder was Ding Junhui, who scored 495 unanswered points against Stephen Hendry at the 2007 Premier League Snooker. [4] O'Sullivan set another record by reaching his tenth Masters final, surpassing the nine appearances by Hendry, [5] [6] and won his fifth Masters title by defeating defending champion Mark Selby 10–4. [7 ...
The 2024 Masters was a professional non-ranking snooker tournament that took place from 7 to 14 January 2024 at Alexandra Palace in London, England. The second Triple Crown event of the 2023–24 season, the tournament was the 50th edition of the Masters, [1] [2] which was first held in 1975 for 10 invited players at the West Centre Hotel in London.