China News Client June 27th, local time 26th, the 2020 Snooker Tournament ended in Milton Keynes, England. The Scottish star Stephen Maguire, who replaced Ding Junhui, defeated Allen 10:6, and won the championship while ending his seven-year ranking championship shortage.
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The 2020 Snooker Tournament is the first rematch of the Snooker Ranking Tournament. It consists of eight top-ranked top players in a single season. The championship prize is £150,000. As the UK is still affected by the epidemic, the event was closed behind the scenes.
For safety reasons, Ding Junhui did not participate in this event, Maguire played off the bench. Although the last one came to the dinner, Maguire took away all the cakes. In this competition, he first defeated the famous Australian Robertson, and then eliminated the world's No. 1 Trump, and finally met with Mark Allen in the final.
In the final, the two battled to 4 draws. In the ninth game, Maguire scored 139 points on a single shot, and took away the 10,000 pound single shot bonus while exceeding the score. Since then, Maguire played more and more smoothly, and finally won by 10:6 to win the championship. With this laurel crown, Maguire's world rankings came to ninth.
Maguire said after the game: "My title is simply'picked up'! I failed to qualify for this event beforehand, which means I am not strong enough."
"Frankly, I have accepted the idea of "may not get the championship again" in the past year or two, which makes me no longer expect so much. I just won a trophy, so I will not be too proud, but This feeling is really great, very unreal."
Maguire said, "I have had a great season and this win is even more icing on the cake. The next step is Sheffield (World Championship). I will go home and rest for a few days, looking forward to preparing for the World Championship training." (Finish)