German Masters 2017 – Draw, Schedule and some thoughts

The German Masters 2017 starts tomorrow afternoon with the defending champion, Martin Gould, in action against Jamie Jones. This will probably be the television match although, for me , Stephen Maguire v Ali Carter is much more interesting contest. Also Jimmy White will be playing Robin Hull during the same session.

Jimmy suffered a major misfortune today, as his flat was apparently completely destroyed by a fire. His cue was in his car and was spared, but, if reports are to be believed everything else is gone.. Not the best circumstances to compete in a ranking event and Jimmy, who is battling to stay on the main tour, needs results.

Ronnie will face Mark King in the evening, probably on television, not the easiest opponent, not the most difficult either. Ronnie likes Berlin and the German Masters. This is the tournament that relaunched his career five years ago. Another match worth following is the battle of the young: Akani Somsersawad v Zhao Xintong … and I fancy Akani to win it.

Wednesday February 1
Afternoon Session
TV Coverage: Eurosport 1

Martin Gould v Jamie Jones (Match 1)

Robin Hull v Jimmy White (Match 4)

Stephen Maguire v Ali Carter (Match 7)

Evening Session
TV Coverage: Eurosport 1

John J Astley v Ricky Walden (Match 2)

Ryan Day v Mark Allen (Match 3)

Tom Ford v Peter Ebdon (Match 5)

Ronnie O’Sullivan v Mark King (Match 6)

Akani Songsermsawad v Zhao Xintong (Match 8)

Thursday February 2
Morning Session
TV Coverage: Eurosport 1

Stuart Bingham v Zhang Yong (Match 9)