Saga Insurance Masters 2008 - Preview

Saga Insurance Masters - Preview

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This weekend (13th January) the Saga Insurance Masters starts at the Wembley Arena in Snooker's first tournament of the new year.

Snooker's biggest invitational event features the world's top 16 players plus two wildcards battling for one of the most prestigious and coveted titles on the calendar.

The tournament started way back in 1975 when the first ever staging of the Masters was won by John Spencer who defeated Ray Reardon 9-8 in a very closely fought final.

Since that date the tournament has been won by 16 further snooker greats with the previous winners reading like a who's-who of snooker. Topping the overall table with 6 Masters titles is Stephen Hendry who also dominated this event between 1989-93 winning 5 titles in a row. Following Hendry are Steve Davis, Cliff Thorburn, Last years winner Ronnie O'Sullivan and the late, great Paul Hunter, all of whom have three Masters titles.

Favourite for the title again this year is Ronnie O'Sullivan who defeated Ding Junhui 10-3 in last years final. That match was one of the best televised snooker matches I have ever witnessed and Ronnie destroyed Ding to take his third Masters title.

Stan James have the odds for the overall title as:

O'Sullivan, Ronnie	7/4
Junhui, Ding	6/1
Higgins, John	8/1
Maguire, Stephen	10/1
Murphy, Shaun	12/1
Hendry, Stephen	18/1
Selby, Mark	18/1
Ebdon, Peter	20/1
Robertson, Neil	20/1
Williams, Mark	28/1
Day, Ryan	33/1
Doherty, Ken	33/1
Dott, Graeme	33/1
Fu, Marco	33/1
Carter, Allister	40/1
Hawkins, Barry	50/1
Lee, Stephen	50/1
Davis, Steve	150/1

The draw for the first round is below:

Wildcard Round:

Ryan Day vs Barry Hawkins

Steve Davis vs Marco Fu

First Round:

Ronnie O'Sullivan vs Stephen Maguire

Stephen Hendry vs Mark Selby

Ken Doherty vs Mark Williams

Shaun Murphy vs Ali Carter

Graeme Dott vs Stephen Lee

Peter Ebdon vs Winner Wildcard 1

Neil Robertson vs Winner Wildcard 2

John Higgins vs Ding Junhui

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Saga Insurance Masters 2008 - Preview