On 11 January 2021, the Snooker Masters continued at Alexandra Palace in London. O'Sullivan won five straight sets after a 1-1 draw, during which he completed a 2-100 and a 3-60+ to sweep Lisowski 6-1 and reach the quarter-finals of the Masters for the 23rd time in his career. Selby beat Maguire 6-3 with just one 50+ shots in the game.
In the afternoon of local time, Ronnie Wood, a 74-year-old legendary guitarist of the Rolling Stones, appeared on the VIP sofa seat of the day at the table for 500 pounds to watch O'Sullivan and Lissowski's first round of matches. O'Sullivan won the first set under the watchful eye of his old friends, while Lisovsky broke the 100 in the second set to tie 1-1. The game then turned into O'Sullivan's solo performance, with the Rockets scoring consecutive single-shots of 86, 63, 127, 64 and 125 points, winning five straight sets without resistance and sweeping Lissovsky 6-1.
In this game, O'Sullivan's goal success rate and longstand success rate were as high as 96% and 86%, respectively, and the average shot was only 15.3 seconds. The BBC also gave O'Sullivan's average shot time when scoring consecutive points several times on the broadcast, which included a terrifying 8 and 11 seconds. Lissovsky lost all four of his four games against O'Sullivan, and failed to break through the first round on three masters matches.
This is the 46-year-old O'Sullivan's 23rd time in the Quarterfinals of the Masters, and he will face Robertson in the next round. O'Sullivan said after the game: "All the players are well received here and the London snooker fans support every player and every game. When I got the trophy, it felt like it was my home stadium. I'm already in the next round, let's see what happens to me in my next game. ”
O'Sullivan also spoke of his opponent, "I don't want to criticize Jack because he's a good guy, a great lad. Strong determination is part of snooker, and you need to have those. Look at Graeme Dort, who doesn't have half jack's talent yet, but he's reached the World Championship final three times. “
Lisovsky commented: "Missing the green ball in the third set was an important moment, after which Ronnie relaxed and played very well. I've been fighting and should have pulled the score to 2-4. I wasn't intimidated by the occasion, I felt good, it was a great learning opportunity for me and the audience was great. But it's tough to play against Ronnie here, like it was at Wimbledon and Roger Federer. ”
Selby is determined to win this Masters, not hesitate to quit the Champions League, directly into the Preparation of the Masters, in order to avoid losing the qualification due to infection with the new crown, Selby did not go to the club to train according to the convention in the preparation stage, but forcibly isolated himself at home to practice. However, Selby didn't feel good after the game started, and although he took a 3-2 lead, the only 50+ in the first 6 innings came from Maguire.
Selby finally hit his first 50+ in the game in the 6th inning, extending his lead 4-2 and reversing the score in the 7th inning to win match points 5-2. Maguire hit his 3rd 50+ in the 8th inning to make it 3-5. In the 9th inning, Selby won again in a piecemeal manner, and finally beat Maguire 6-3 to advance to the second round after only shooting 1 50+ in the whole game.
Results of the 11th (Round 1).
R. O'Sullivan 6-1 J. Lisofsky
84-24，4-108(104)，108(86)-25，100(63)-0，127(127)-0，95(64)-42，125(125)-0
M. Selby 6-3 S. Maguire
61-33，0-98(87)，78-46，20-77，69-20，86(64)-16，73-53(53)，0-84(84)，59-20
12th (Round 2) Schedule
21:00, J. Trump vs M. Allen
27:00, K. Wilson vs. S. Bingham