Shaun Murphy won the first ranking event of the new season this weekend, lifting the Championship League after he beat Mark Williams 3-0 in the final.
Gotta admit, it's one of thouse tournaments I can never really get in to. Three rounds, all in group format with games of a best of four fames and a final of a best of five. If you believe in omens though, Luca Brecel won it last year and ended the season as World champion. (and like most of the top players he didn't even bother competing in it this time round)
Up next is the European Masters in Germany, which is due to start on the 22nd August - with the qualifiers taking place this week. And there's also three tournaments booked in for China this season, which will be the first time the tour has gone over post-Covid (I think). However given the match-fixing scandal last year resulting so many Chinese players getting banned, I'm not sure how those events will go down.
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