On January 12, 2022, the Snooker Masters ended the third day of competition, six seats were decided in the quarterfinals, three 1/4 matches were released, only the results of the last two games, O'Sullivan quickly decided, swept the post-90s star Lisovsky, Selby although not in the state, but still eliminated Maguire, 75 Three Jie all advanced, showing a strong competitiveness, by the fans expectations.
O'Sullivan won every game, swept Lissovsky 6-1 in five consecutive sets, won four consecutive games, and began to win one game each to make a draw, Lisovsky blasted a single shot of 104 points, followed by O'Sullivan's own performance, blasting out a single shot of 127 points, 125 points, 86 points, 64 points, 63 points to end the game, if he can maintain his current state, the eighth title of the Masters is definitely a play.
Selby and Maguire's match is another style, the two have a flat record, Selby's achievements are much higher, four times won the World Championship, but this season both sides have not performed well, Selby although ranked first in the world, but Maguire is not afraid, last year's Masters Maguire once eliminated Selby in the first round, and in recent years has also won three consecutive victories.
The first round of the Masters 11 innings 6 wins, the first set of the two sides tangled for nearly an hour to divide the winner, Selby repeatedly started 61-33 to take the lead, in the second set Maguire played a single 87 points to color, the third set the two continued to stage a mistake war, no state, Selby with good defense to occupy the initiative, to win the fight 78-46, the fourth set Maguire was not willing to show weakness, played a 77-20 equalizer.
After returning from halftime, Maguire made another major mistake, Selby won 69-20 hard, extending the lead, in the sixth set Selby played a single 64 points to win another set, this is his first time in this year's Masters to play a single 50+, follow the rhythm of Selby, Maguire is also very uncomfortable, but his own state is really poor, get the phone will not be able to do a single shot to win.
Then Maguire played a single 53 points to interrupt the attack, Selby steadily won 73-53, 5-2 to get the match point, in the eighth set Maguire played a single 84 points to save a match point, then Selby ended the game 59-20, and finally eliminated Maguire 6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals of the Masters, the process of the game is not wonderful, Selby is not in good shape but can win the game, which is also his advantage.
What is currently certain is that higgins in the top half of the zone against Mark. Williams, O'Sullivan vs Robertson, Selby in the bottom half against Hawkins, and the last two seats are likely to go to Trump and Karen. Wilson, their overall strength is even better.