The television stage of the German Masters is played in the Tempodrom, Berlin, Germany from January 29 to February 2, 2014.
It involves 64 players and Grove is represented by Neil, Judd, Wenbo and Li Hang. Neil won one match, Wenbo won two, Judd lost 9-5 to Ding in the Final.

Cao Xin Long had qualified as well but couldn’t make it to Berlin.

Last 64

Li Hang 3-5 Barry Hawkins
Scores: 0-88(88), 110(81)-0, 84-0, 5-68, 2-59, 1-74, 97(97)-0, 59-64
Li Hang did put up a good fight and very nearly forced a decider. But it wasn’t to be.

Liang Wenbo 5-3 Cao Yupeng
Scores: 125(74,51)-1, 75-30, 70-2, 0-75(75), 67-39, 31-72, 67-90, 74(72)-0

Judd Trump 5-1 Noppon Saengkham
Scores: 36-58, 93(87)-0, 81-37, 122(110)-7, 82(61)-40, 102(102)-0
Having lost the first, scrappy frame, Judd woke up and won comfortably in the end.

Neil Robertson 5-1 Liu Chuang
Svores: 69-15, 70(55)-6, 80(51)-0, 124(124)-0, 6-85, 71-40
A dominant performance by Neil and another century (124) …

Last 32

Neil Robertson 1-5 Tian Pengfei
14-105(91), 0-75(75), 15-59(57), 8-68, 89(89)-8, 65(54)-69
Neil complained about kicks costing him two frames, but praised Tian who “played brilliantly”. Scores are evidence of that …

Liang Wenbo 5-3 Stephen Maguire
104(81)-5, 54-19, 31-81, 78(74)-16, 77-32, 10-94, 40-62(54), 69(69)-17

Judd Trump 5-0 Mark King
88(54)-24, 89(60-35, 84(79)-1, 73-0, 88(88)-0
Judd looked good to make a 147 in the last frame but had a kick and missed the 12th red in the middle. Shame.

Last 16

Mark Davis 5-2 Liang Wenbo
74-1, 68-24, 60(57)-69(55), 94(88)-28, 106(55,51)-7, 0-129(89), 71(71)-1

Judd Trump 5-2 Shaun Murphy
77(63)-28, 40-60, 69-27, 71(56)-33, 5-73, 106(96)-14, 52-34

Last 8

Judd Trump 5-0 Michael Holt
59-33, 73(61)-13, 82(69)-0, 72(72)-0, 77(72)-0

Semi Finals

Judd Trump 6-1 Rod Lawler
22-70(61), 114(66)-15, 128(127)-0, 125(122)-1, 85(57)-7, 125(117)-0, 59-6
Rod won the first frame and some suggested that his natural slow pace could get under Judd’s skin. Judd’s answer was a barrage of high breaks. He treated the enthusiast German crowd with some really great entertaining snooker.

The Final

Ding Junhui 9-5 Judd Trump
0-80(80), 87(87)-0, 14-65, 31-69, 92(76)-0, 48-76, 71(51)-42, 81(81)-0, 125(125)-0, 101(101)-0, 83(72)-0, 62-48, 31-83, 67-46
Judd dominated the first session but some how Ding managed to come out of it all square, having trailed 4-2. In the second session Ding came out all guns blazing and Judd didn’t get many chances before the MSI.