RICKY WALDEN reached his first Dafabet Masters quarter-final with a dramatic comeback victory over Barry Hawkins at Alexandra Palace on Wednesday night.
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ROBERTSON MADE TO SWEAT FOR ALLEN VICTORY
NEIL ROBERTSON got hot under the collar before securing a third successive victory over Mark Allen in the Dafabet Masters at Alexandra Palace on Wednesday.
Read MoreRAMPANT ROCKET COASTS TO VICTORY
RONNIE O’SULLIVAN breezed into the quarter-finals of the Dafabet Masters at Alexandra Palace on Tuesday night with another crushing victory over Robert Milkins.
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SHAUN MURPHY won another dramatic battle at Alexandra Palace to reach the quarter-finals of the Dafabet Masters on Tuesday.
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A POWER CUT has hit the Dafabet Masters, plunging Alexandra Palace into darkness.
Read MoreMAGUIRE SURVIVES PERRY FIGHTBACK
STEPHEN MAGUIRE survived a Joe Perry fightback to move into the quarter-finals of the Dafabet Masters with a 6-4 victory at Alexandra Palace on Monday night.
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FU DUMPS TRUMP OUT OF MASTERS
MARCO FU won a snooker marathon to knock Judd Trump out of the Dafabet Masters at Alexandra Palace in London on Monday.
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JOHN HIGGINS claimed a hugely satisfying and morale-boosting win over Stuart Bingham on Sunday night in their first-round match at the 2014 Dafabet Masters at Alexandra Palace to set up a quarter-final with defending champion Mark Selby.
Read MoreNOISES OFF
THE FIRST MATCH at the 2014 Dafabet Masters was hit by disruptions and distractions in the early stages.
Any World Snooker earpieces sold at £6 a throw on the day, rather than those saved from previous visits, were badly malfunctioning and noise could be heard by Mark Selby and Mark Davis in the arena. And that came after BBC commentator Dennis Taylor’s voice was boomed out to the crowd in error shortly before Selby got his title defence under way.
An emergency operation was mounted with around 600 sets of the faulty equipment sold among the sell-out 1,500 crowd being exchanged for working models after each of the first two frames to huge queues of disgruntled fans. Both frames were won by the Leicester Jester, understandably more relaxed about it all than Davis at that stage.
Throw in a connecting door that kept banging, also clearly audible in the playing auditorium, and there was plenty to keep mildly embarrassed officials charging around the building.
SELBY SURVIVES EPIC MASTERS BATTLE
DEFENDING CHAMPION Mark Selby survived an epic opening round encounter with Mark Davis to book his place in the quarter-finals of the Databet Masters at Alexandra Palace in London on Sunday.
Read MoreTRUMP HOPING CHANGE WILL DO HIM GOOD
JUDD TRUMP is hoping to take advantage of a period of change among some of snooker’s established order, and also that a new tip and a New` Year can spark a change in his personal playing fortunes.
Read MoreDEFENDING CHAMP SELBY MAKES FINAL PUSH
MARK SELBY knows he has to up his strike rate in finals to boost a surprisingly meagre haul of three ranking titles – but all that can be put to one side for a few weeks as he heads to Alexandra Palace to defend his Dafabet Masters crown in the invitation event for the top 15 and world champion Ronnie O’Sullivan only.
Read MoreMAGUIRE HOPING PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT
STEPHEN MAGUIRE admits he is still trying to get the right balance between match-play and practice as he bids to overcome a relatively slow start to the 2013-14 campaign and get back in the winner’s circle.
Read MoreMILKINS RELISHING MASTERS DEBUT
ROBERT MILKINS is delighted to have qualified for his first Dafabet Masters in 2014 – but the 37-year-old from Gloucester is still not convinced he has yet done enough to be truly considered as one of snooker’s elite.
Read MoreBINGHAM WIDE AWAKE FOR MASTERS BID
STUART BINGHAM’s enthusiasm for snooker is well known but the Essex man has one problem with the game – it sends him to sleep.
Read MorePERRY INTO WINNERS' GROUP
JOE PERRY, who won the inaugural Championship League title in 2008, required only 27 minutes to beat Judd Trump 3-0 and qualify for the winners’ group of the 2014 event at Crondon Park golf club in Essex tonight.
Perry, the world no.14, made breaks of 73, 68 and 70 to complete the rout and win group 2. He had beaten Neil Robertson 3-2 in the semi-finals.
“I am really glad to get through and win the group - it was a tough group with strong opposition so it is really good to have topped the group, especially as I came in at late notice as a favour to Matthew Stevens,” Perry told Matchroom Sport.
“I go on to the Masters next in a good frame of mind. Obviously this doesn’t count towards that but to go there in good form and good frame of mind can only put me in good stead for next week.”
Robertson compiled five century breaks in the group, taking his tally for the season to 65. This means he has broken Trump’s record of 61 centuries in a single season, set during the 2012/13 campaign.
The Championship League continues with groups 3 and 4 from January 20-23.
ROBERTSON TARGETS WILLIAMS IN PLAN TO STAY TOP
NEIL ROBERTSON has revealed his latest motivational strategy to keep picking up trophies and maintain his place at the summit of the snooker rankings in 2014 - and it involves painting a large target on the back of Welsh legend Mark Williams.
Read MorePOSITIVE MURPHY DETERMINED TO SHINE IN 2014
SHAUN MURPHY readily admits that 2013 was a year he was glad to see the back of, a period of intense frustration that saw the 2005 world champion suffer a series of early exits this season and fail to reach a major final for 12 months.
Read MoreWALDEN SEEKS KILLER INSTINCT
RICKY WALDEN starts his campaign to win the Dafabet Masters against the player responsible for one of the most disappointing defeats of his career.
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