The 2022 Nirvana Turkish Masters commences on Monday with the likes of Judd Trump and John Higgins within the snooker draw.
A welcome change of tempo sees the tour journey exterior the UK for less than the second time because the begin of 2020.
The Turkish Masters, which takes place on the Nirvana Cosmopolitan Resort in Antalya, is the most recent rating occasion on the schedule.
Prize, Historical past, and Format
Because it’s the inaugural staging of the Turkish Masters, there are clearly no earlier champions within the draw.
It’s a brand new vacation spot for the snooker tour, so the whole lot together with the circumstances might be alien to the gamers.
There’s a substantial prize on supply, although, with the champion set to earn a profitable £100,000 cheque subsequent Sunday.
There are additionally numerous rating permutations ongoing at the moment of the season that might be impacted.
Certainly, it’s one of many final probabilities to earn important cash within the tour survival standings and the highest 16 race, the place an computerized berth on the Crucible is at stake.
There are additionally a number of gamers scrambling for the remaining spots within the prestigious eight-player Tour Championship.
John Higgins and Ricky Walden at the moment possess the seventh and eighth spots, however Hossein Vafaei and Yan Bingtao are inside hanging distance.
There’s a conventional format for the primary Turkish Masters, with nine-frame matches till the best-of-11 semi-finals, and a title decider performed over 19 frames.
Turkish Masters Snooker Draw
A qualifying spherical already happened earlier this yr with the likes of Higgins, Mark Williams, Zhao Xintong, and Yan Bingtao sealing spots within the final 64.
The highest 4 seeds had their matches held over to the venue levels, however each Mark Selby and Neil Robertson have since withdrawan.
The pair has been changed by top-up amateurs, so it’s a pity for the inaugural staging of the competitors to lose such high-profile protagonists.
Fan favorite Ronnie O’Sullivan already opted to not enter the occasion, which means three from world’s prime 4 might be absent this week.
Trump, who misplaced the Welsh Open remaining to Joe Perry on Sunday, takes on Michael Georgiou whereas Kyren Wilson encounters Rory McLeod.
Two Turkish wildcards have been granted entry as effectively, with Enes Bakirci in motion in opposition to Hossein Vafaei and Ismail Türker up in opposition to Thepchaiya Un-Nooh.
Within the final 64, Higgins faces Dylan Emery, Williams takes on Matthew Stevens in an all-Welsh battle, and Zhao encounters Michael White.
Shaun Murphy, Mark Allen, and Jack Lisowski, and Joe Perry are different notable names set to characteristic.
Final 128 (Held over matches) (Scheduled instances in GMT) Haydon Pinhey vs Wu Yize (Mon, 5pm) Thepchaiya Un-Nooh vs Ismail Türker (Mon, 8am) Kyren Wilson vs Rory McLeod (Mon, 12:30pm) Simon Blackwell vs Iulian Boiko (Tues, 12:30pm) Hossein Vafaei vs Enes Bakirci (Tues, 8am) Judd Trump vs Michael Georgiou (Tues, 5pm) Final 64 Pinhey/Wu vs Aaron Hill (Wed, 8am) Lu Ning w/o Zak Surety Jack Lisowski vs Martin O'Donnell (Mon, 8am) Martin Gould vs David Grace (Mon, 8am) Ashley Hugill vs Jordan Brown (Mon, 8am) Un-Nooh/Türker vs Stephen Maguire (Tues, 12:30pm) Alexander Ursenbacher vs Matthew Selt (Mon, 12:30pm) Michael White vs Zhao Xintong (Mon, 12:30pm) John Higgins vs Dylan Emery (Mon, 5pm) Lukas Kleckers vs Michael Holt (Mon, 12:30pm) Jackson Web page vs Simon Lichtenberg (Mon, 12:30pm) Graeme Dott vs Scott Donaldson (Mon, 5pm) Anthony Hamilton vs Tom Ford (Mon, 5pm) Si Jiahui vs Anthony McGill (Mon, 5pm) Robert Milkins vs Ding Junhui (Tues, 8am) Tian Pengfei vs Wilson/McLeod (Tues, 12:30pm) Blackwell/Boiko vs Andrew Higginson (Wed, 12:30pm) Xiao Guodong vs Oliver Traces (Tues, 8am) Yan Bingtao vs Joe O'Connor (Tues, 8am) Andy Hicks vs Elliot Slessor (Tues, 12:30pm) Ben Woollaston vs Vafaei/Bakirci (Wed, 8am) Jak Jones vs Mark Allen (Wed, 12:30pm) Jimmy Robertson vs Cao Yupeng (Tues, 5pm) Lyu Haotian vs Shaun Murphy (Tues, 5pm) Mark Williams vs Matthew Stevens (Wed, 8am) Ali Carter vs Jamie Jones (Wed. 12:30pm) Yuan Sijun vs Mark Davis (Tues, 5pm) Ricky Walden vs Sam Craigie (Tues, 5pm) Fan Zhengyi vs Zhou Yuelong (Tues, 8am) Stuart Carrington vs Luca Brecel (Tues, 12:30pm) Joe Perry vs Liang Wenbo (Wed, 8am) Chris Wakelin vs Trump/Georgiou (Wed, 12:30pm)
Tips on how to Watch the Turkish Masters
The event might be coated in its entirety by Eurosport and the Eurosport App.
Different choices can be found world wide, which could be seen over on the WST web site by clicking right here.
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