This week the snooker bandwagon moved into Berlin for the third
staging of the German Masters. The event which is staged in the
Temperdom has been a roaring success with near capacity crowds in
attendance at every session. The crowd have been very respectful to
the players and there has been a great atmosphere all week. The
coverage on Eurosport was been good enough, although it is
disappointing that once the game on the main table is completed
coverage does not switch to one of the outside tables. It was also
vexing that the first session of the final was not broadcast live,
something to do which tennis or something, pssh.
Ali Carter might not have been the first name on most peoples list
when it came to picking a winner, likewise Marco Fu as a potential
finalist. But is you look at their respective form Carter's run to
the UK semi, where it has to be said he should have reached the final
and Fu reaching the Australian Open semi and International quarter,
both are also former ranking event winners. There were a number of
upsets though most notably young Mr. Trump losing to the Sheriff of
Pottingham and Higgins losing out to Peter Lines, both players look
woefully short of form at the minute. In the final, well I think it
started at 5-3 to Fu, Carter came out firing and knocked in
consecutive centuries in great style, from then on Fu never seemed to
recover missing a hat full of chances and allowing Carter to take
victory with relative ease, his third ranking event in total and
who's to say he can't follow up at the Welsh Open next week?
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