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2017 Masters (snooker)

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• ... that Joe Perry reached his first major championship final at the 2017 Masters, despite needing foul shots to avoid elimination in the semifinals? Perry reaches first Masters final "Perry was trailing 5-2 in his semi-final against last year's runner-up Barry Hawkins but won the eighth frame despite needing a snooker."
  • ALT1:... that Ronnie O'Sullivan won the 2017 Masters event, despite breaking his cue tip in his semifinal match? Ronnie O'Sullivan in 12th Masters final to play Joe Perry "Defending champion Ronnie O'Sullivan overcame a split cue tip to reach his 12th Masters final with a 6-4 win over Marco Fu at Alexandra Palace in London."
  • ALT2:... that the match between Ronnie O'Sullivan and Marco Fu at the 2017 Masters was described by O'Sullivan as "probably the best match I have won"? Ronnie O'Sullivan in 12th Masters final to play Joe Perry "O'Sullivan won the last three frames and will play Joe Perry in Sunday's final after he beat Barry Hawkins 6-5. "It is probably the best match I have won, given the circumstances," O'Sullivan told BBC Sport."

• Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/Elly Mayday
• Comment: A "Snooker", is a type of foul shot, requiring a snooker means to need more points than are currently available.

5x expanded by Lee Vilenski (talk). Self-nominated at 11:34, 11 March 2019 (UTC).

• I'll start reviewing this shortly. Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 11:31, 13 March 2019 (UTC)

Despite being a lifelong snooker fan who watched this (thrilling and high-quality) tournament in its entirety, I have tried to review from the perspective of a general Wikipedia reader!

• Expansion started on 8 March by Template:U. Before that it was a short article with bulleted prose and a few-sentence lead. Expansion and date criteria fulfilled.
• Sources are reliable: BBC Sport, Eurosport and the World Snooker website, with reports written by suitably competent sports journalists.
• Prose quality is fine, and I noticed no close paraphrasing/copyvio concerns. Instances where the phrasing is similar/identical to the source are restricted to technical terms such as "force a respotted black", which cannot really be rewritten. I can't see any errors in any of the match scores or other stats.
• QPQ review has been done.
• Hook facts:
  • Original hook: Supported by Eurosport live text commentary (ref [26]) and the BBC semifinals match reports (ref [21]). The wording of the hook could be enhanced to make it more accessible as follows, given that needing snookers = needing penalty points:

• ...that Joe Perry reached his first major championship final at the 2017 Masters, despite needing penalty points to avoid elimination in the semifinals?

• • ALT 1: Supported by ref [21] again. This is my preferred hook because it is the most "surprising" of the three: winning a big match with, essentially, defective equipment. I would recommend choosing this one.
  • ALT 2: Also supported by ref [21], but the refs have got mixed up. See below. I personally prefer the other two hooks.

Refs [21] and [24] are to the same story, so should be consolidated under one name; and ref [23], currently supporting the ALT 2 hook fact, doesn't (it's covered by ref [21]/[24]). Could you just check where ref [23] (the Marco Fu interview) should be pointing to. Couple of other things: the second sentence of the first paragraph under "Final" needs to be cited (ref [28] covers it). Also, Perry would then make a fantastic break of 70 to win the match.: "fantastic" should be in quotes, but it's not actually mentioned in the source, so just reword that sentence (although it was indeed a fantastic break). Once these are resolved, I will be happy to approve this nomination. Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 13:54, 13 March 2019 (UTC)

• Thanks for reviewing Template:U. I have combined the sources (I did this article in a day or two. Must have been a bit confused. The indeed reference for all of the above is indeed source 21. I hope this has covered all you need to know.

On another note, I'm glad to hear you are a Snooker fan! I am always looking for people interested in Snooker, and WP:CUE sports in general. Let me know if you would ever consider editing such articles. Best Wishes, Lee Vilenski ^{(talk • contribs)} 14:17, 13 March 2019 (UTC)

Thanks for making these tweaks; this is ready to go. Hassocks5489 (Floreat Hova!) 21:31, 13 March 2019 (UTC)