Only the best for the 2011 Masters
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| Mark Selby, the 2010 Masters champion |
The tournament will feature the sport’s in-form players, as the new rolling ranking system gave the chance for all professionals to strive for a place in the top 16 ahead of the seeding cut-off point, which fell earlier this month.
A spokesman for World Snooker said: “The Masters is all about prestige, it’s an invitation event for the very best, and we’ve got all of the elite players in the line-up. To ensure that all the in-form players are there, if a player from outside the top 16 wins the UK Championship in December, we will award him a wild card entry into the tournament.
“It’s going to be a glorious eight days of snooker and the atmosphere at Wembley Arena is like no other venue. We’re urging all snooker fans, and those who want to find out what the sport is all about, to get their tickets booked for what is one of the most thrilling events on the sporting calendar.”
The tournament runs from January 9 to 16, 2011, at Wembley Arena, and as it stands the first round matches are:
Sunday, January 9
1.30pmMark Selby v Mark King
7pm
Ali Carter v Peter Ebdon
Monday, January 10
1.30pmMark Williams v Ding Junhui
7pm
John Higgins v Graeme Dott
Tuesday, January 11
1.30pmRonnie O'Sullivan v Mark Allen
7pm
Stephen Maguire v Marco Fu
Wednesday, January 12
2pmNeil Robertson v Stephen Hendry
7pm
Shaun Murphy v Jamie Cope
Source: worldsnooker.com
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