Shanghai Masters snooker 2025 LIVE RESULTS: Final ON NOW as Kyren Wilson faces Ali Carter in blockbuster £210k thriller
The unseeded Ali Carter goes head-to-head with 2024 world champion Kyren Wilson for the prestigious title.
Whoever comes out on top will not just go home with the trophy, but win a mammoth cheque worth £210,000.
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1st Aug 2025, 12:45 By Kealan Hughes
Latest scores - Play resumes
The players are back out and it is a case of pick up where you left off.
It is careful and methodical so far with Selby leading 22-0.
Mark Selby 4-5 Ali Carter
1st Aug 2025, 12:05 By Kealan Hughes
The Rocket praises world champ
Zhao Xintong's biggest achievement in becoming China's first world champion was proving he can win in style under the greatest pressure, according to seven-time Crucible champion Ronnie O'Sullivan.
The Rocket said: 'He's been a brilliant player since he was 15.
'We all knew how good he was. He won the UK Championship, but the World Championship is a different tournament.
'If you can win that, it means you can play under pressure. Which is very important. He's won that now, so I think he'll get better, and stronger and stronger.
'I think technically he is very, very good. He doesn't miss many balls. He's going to be a strong, strong competitor over the next few years.'
1st Aug 2025, 11:40 By Kealan Hughes
Selby gushing over Judd Trump
Mark Selby said Judd Trump has been 'the best player in the world for three or four years' after ending the world No. 1's Shanghai Masters title defence with a 6-4 victory in the quarter-finals.
Speaking afterwards, he said: 'Overall, I felt like I played OK. A few loose safety shots here and there, but over a best of 11, you can't really be too critical. That's going to happen.
'But I took my chances more times than not. And I knew that I had to do that before the game because Judd scores as well as anyone.
'And for me, he's the best player in the world and has been for, I don't know, three or four years. So it was a great win for me.'
1st Aug 2025, 11:14 By Kealan Hughes
O'Sullivan back on form
Ronnie O'Sullivan believes he delivered his best snooker performance in three years at the Shanghai Masters.
The Rocket said after beating Hawkins in what was his first win since his wedding: 'I'm just pleased to have won the match. Barry played pretty good.
'I played probably the best I have played for maybe since I won the World Championship in 2022. That was a good performance. I could have lost it as well.
'The table played OK with the humidity. I don't know how it will be on Thursday, Friday or Saturday but if it stays the same, it's good.
'Usually it gets harder and harder as the week goes on. Who knows? If it stays like this, it's OK.'
1st Aug 2025, 10:48 By Kealan Hughes
Latest scores - Carter steals another!
Wow! Selby looked like he was finally about to wrap up the frame and then misses a simple red.
He does not have long to be frustrated with himself however as he returns to the table after Carter fails to pot the blue.
Selby doesn't make the most of it though and sees his lead whittle away, both in the frame and in the match.
Great composure from Carter who steals another frame and now leads going into the break.
1st Aug 2025, 10:30 By Kealan Hughes
Latest scores – Tight in the ninth
Selby starts the stronger in the ninth frame, as you would predict, but can't score a big break.
Carter then misses a red which bounces out of the jaws of the pocket but is not punished - for now at least.
1st Aug 2025, 07:00 By Kealan Hughes
World champ vs former world champ
Ronnie O'Sullivan lost 6-3 to Kyren Wilson yesterday after a tense quarter-final at the Shanghai Masters.
Wilson will now go on to face world champion Zhao Xintong.
While Mark Selby and Ali Carter will contest the second semi-final.
1st Aug 2025, 05:00 By Kealan Hughes
The Rocket praises world champ
Zhao Xintong's biggest achievement in becoming China's first world champion was proving he can win in style under the greatest pressure, according to seven-time Crucible champion Ronnie O'Sullivan.
The Rocket said: 'He's been a brilliant player since he was 15.
'We all knew how good he was. He won the UK Championship, but the World Championship is a different tournament.
'If you can win that, it means you can play under pressure. Which is very important. He's won that now, so I think he'll get better, and stronger and stronger.
'I think technically he is very, very good. He doesn't miss many balls. He's going to be a strong, strong competitor over the next few years.'
1st Aug 2025, 02:00 By Kealan Hughes
Selby gushing over Judd Trump
Mark Selby said Judd Trump has been 'the best player in the world for three or four years' after ending the world No. 1's Shanghai Masters title defence with a 6-4 victory in the quarter-finals.
Speaking afterwards, he said: 'Overall, I felt like I played OK. A few loose safety shots here and there, but over a best of 11, you can't really be too critical. That's going to happen.
'But I took my chances more times than not. And I knew that I had to do that before the game because Judd scores as well as anyone.
'And for me, he's the best player in the world and has been for, I don't know, three or four years. So it was a great win for me.'
31st Jul 2025, 22:56 By Kealan Hughes
Fans impressed by Zhao's rise
World champion Zhao Xintong and world number two Kyren Wilson will meet in the semi-finals of the Shanghai Masters after eliminating Ding Junhui and Ronnie O'Sullivan respectively.
And fans feel Zhao could be the man to beat.
One said: "Zhao is at the moment on a different level to the other players, up to them to catch him up."
Another added: "Zhao Xintong seems to be steam-rollering his way to another title. Good for him, great for snooker.
And a third wrote: "Seems to have carried on from the World Snooker Champioship. I wonder if today's result marks a real changing of the guard at the top of Chinese snooker, with Zhao taking over from Ding.
"But it's good to see a relatively new come through and be able to mix it up with the established stars. Could do with a couple in their early 20s making the step up also."
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