On January 12, 2022, Beijing time, the Snooker Masters entered the fourth match day, and the champion Favorite Trump appeared, and his opponent was Mark Allen. In addition, Karen Wilson will play Bingham in the first round, and after these two games, the quarterfinals will all be born. So far, the Masters have not really been a cold spot, can the higher-ranked Trump and Karen Wilson qualify?
On the third matchday of the Masters, O'Sullivan played well, easily eliminating Lissovsky 6-1. In this case, the 75 three masters entered the quarter-finals of the Masters at the same time, and they were all in the upper half. After the game, O'Sullivan was interviewed and secretly criticized his defeated general Lisovsky, the original words were: I don't want to criticize Jack, he is a good guy, a great lad, but a strong determination is part of snooker, you need to have this. Look at Graeme Dort, who is far less talented than Jack, but has reached the world championship final three times.
In simple terms, O'Sullivan criticized Lissovsky for not having a firm resolve. In fact, there is still a gap in the technical level, and Lisovsky is also a player who focuses on offense, but the gap between defense and stability is too large. The winning O'Sullivan will face Neil Robertson in the quarter-finals, the two have met in the World Grand Prix final, O'Sullivan won and broke the championship drought, plus Neil Robertson's general feel, O'Sullivan has hope to move on.
Another game lacked ornamentality, with Selby having the last laugh in a less technically charged game, eliminating Stephen Maguire 6-3. Next, Selby's opponent was Barry Hawkins. At this point, only the last two matches remain in the first round of the Masters, which will be completed on the fourth matchday.
World number two Trump is about to make his debut, and his opponent is the less easy to deal with Mark Allen. Trump has also been in average form this season, especially in the rankings, and Mark Allen has a ranking champion in the account, and he is not afraid of Trump in the competition. Therefore, although Trump is more optimistic and is the favorite to win the Masters, the key to victory or defeat is to play on the spot.
The final game of the first round was Karen Wilson against Stuart Bingham, which was also an unpredictable game because the two were on equal footing, Karen Wilson was on the rise and his world ranking was higher, while Bingham was experienced and as a world champion he had too many big scenes and had a chance to upset Karen Wilson.
Trump and Mark Allen play at 21pm on January 12 and Karen Wilson and Bingham at 3am on January 13, good luck to all of you!