Betfred Masters

Tour: Main Tour; Date: 10-17 Jan 2021; Venue: Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes, England; Type: Invitational; Defending champion: Stuart Bingham; Twitter: #BetfredMasters; Notes: See also results (15)

Final (Winner: £250,000; Runner-up: £100,000)
		Yan Bingtao [12]	10	-	8	John Higgins [7]
	Session 1: 99-0 (66), 16-73, 72-66, 0-71 (63) 0-98 (98), 28-73, 97-48 (97), 44-70 (52) Session 2: 74-67 (YB 59, JH 67), 76-31 (76), 51-74 (74), 0-127 (116) 73-68, 110-0 (103), 73-64 (YB 55, JH 50) 5-68 (63), 74-12 (70), 99-31 (64) Yan wins Masters on his debut. He is the fifth player to win Masters on his first attempt and first since Mark Selby in 2008. At 20 he is the youngest winner since Ronnie O'Sullivan in 1995. This is Yan's first triple crown win in his first final. Re-spotted black in 9th frame. Referee: Paul Collier
Semifinals (Losers receive £60,000)
		Yan Bingtao [12]	6	-	5	Stuart Bingham [1]
	46-55, 115-2 (94), 62-65 (62 YB),0-87 (87), 116-4 (88), 16-66 (57), 73-20 (63), 106-0 144-0 (100), 61-72, 73-28 (65)
		John Higgins [7]	6	-	4	David Gilbert [13]
	37-100 (80), 106-11 (106), 0-86 (86), 66-45 (66), 108-0 (107) 71-5 (55), 14-83, 56-59, 63-20 (56), 70-24 In frame 8 Higgins misses the final pink and Gilbert wins the safety battle before potting the two remaining colours pink and black to go 4-4.
Quarterfinals (Losers receive £30,000)
		Stuart Bingham [1]	6	-	3	Shaun Murphy [8]
		Yan Bingtao [12]	6	-	5	Stephen Maguire [9]
	Yan made a break of 141, the highest break of his professional career in the last frame.
		David Gilbert [13]	6	-	5	Kyren Wilson [6]
		John Higgins [7]	6	-	3	Ronnie O'Sullivan [2]
	Five centuries in a row. Higgins scored highest break of the tournament with 145 in 3rd frame. Re-rack in frame 5
Round 1 (Last 16; Losers receive £15,000)
1		Stuart Bingham [1]	6	-	4	Thepchaiya Un-Nooh [16]	In frame 7 Bingham missed the 9th red on the way to a 147 and Un-Nooh produced a 68 clearance to stay in the match
2		Shaun Murphy [8]	6	-	4	Mark J Williams [14]
3		Stephen Maguire [9]	6	-	3	Mark Selby [5]
	This was Maguire's second straight first-round upset in the Masters. He came back from 5-1 down against Neil Robertson in 2020.
4		Yan Bingtao [12]	6	-	5	Neil Robertson [4]
5		David Gilbert [13]	6	-	2	Joe Perry	Judd Trump tested positive for COVID-19 and was replaced by Joe Perry.
6		Kyren Wilson [6]	6	-	2	Gary Wilson	Jack Lisowski tested positive for COVID-19 and was replaced by Gary Wilson.
7		John Higgins [7]	6	-	5	Mark Allen [10]
	Allen's 106 in the second frame was the 600th century in the Masters
8		Ronnie O'Sullivan [2]	6	-	5	Ding Junhui [11]

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