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Being let off the hook on Saturday proved to be the spur that Mario needed as he produced some superb snooker to reach the latter stages of the event. Mario had 3-1 victories over Marty
Hayden and George Tierney in the Last 32 and 16 before defeating Keith Sheldrick 4-0 missing the 147 break on the pink along the way.
Stiffer opposition waited in the form of David Hogan in the semi finals with Hogan back to winning ways after a slow start to the season. Hogan had been in fine form beating Martin
McCrudden, TJ Dowling and Brendan O'Donoghue to get to the semi's. Mario however just edged that match 4-3 to reach his third final in a row this season. The other semi final had just seen Robert Murphy overcome youngster Greg
Casey 4-2 but Murphy had no answer for Fernandez as the Limerick player ran out a comprehensive 5-1 victor of the Presidents Cup Ranking Event on the day to take a huge lead at the top of the rankings from Murphy.
Robert Redmond picked up the high break with a superb 143 in the early rounds of the event.
Last 16
Mario Fernandez 3 1 George Tierney
Keith Sheldrick 3 2 Jason Devaney
Brendan O'Donoghue 3 1 James Moore
David Hogan 3 2 TJ Dowling
Robert Murphy 3 1 John Sutton
Johnny Williams 3 1 Nigel Power
Mark Walsh 0 3 Greg Casey
Clinton Franey 3 1 John Torpey
Quarter Finals
Mario Fernandez 4 0 Keith Sheldrick
Brendan O'Donoghue 1 4 David Hogan
Robert Murphy 4 1 Johnny Williams
Greg Casey 4 1 Clinton Franey
Semi Finals
Mario Fernandez 4 3 David Hogan
Robert Murphy 4 2 Greg Casey
Final
Mario Fernandez 5 1 Robert Murphy
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