In the seventh match of the first round of the World Snooker Masters, which just ended on January 13, 2022, Beijing time, Trump and Mark Allen staged a wonderful showdown. In the first half of the game between the two sides, Trump drew 2-2 with Allen, who scored 92 points, with two 101 points. After entering the second half, the two men were still in good shape, but Allen's tactics were clearly better than Trump's, and he once surpassed Trump 4-3 with excellent tactics. But in the end, Trump still managed to advance to the quarterfinals with a tenacious performance to defeat the powerful opponent Mark Allen 6-5.
Allen made a strong comeback to draw 2-2 with Trump
In the first half of the game between the two sides, Trump was in significantly better shape. In the first set, Allen made several mistakes to give Trump a good chance, and in the end Trump won the game 122:8 with a single shot of 101 points to win the game to lead Allen 1-0. In the second set, Allen scored a first point to hit a black ball error, Trump also made a mistake in trying to attack, and Allen scored a 92-point 93-0 clean sheet to draw Trump 1-1. In the third inning, Trump played well again, giving Allen a clean sheet with a 101-point performance and taking a 2-1 lead. In the fourth inning, Allen drew 2-2 trumps with multiple phone runs 61-29.
Allen rose strongly to overtake Trump 4-3
After entering the second half, Trump quickly regained his form. In the five-set match, Trump took the lead in seizing Allen's mistake and successfully scored the red ball to win the mobile session, and won the game 88-0 with a single score to take a 3-2 lead over Trump. In the sixth set, Trump made a mistake defensively, and Allen scored a red ball to win the mobile session, single-handedly blasted 65 points and won the game 65-0 to draw Trump 3-3. In the seventh inning, Allen scored the red ball first and scored a 40-point error, and then Trump scored a red ball and hit the green ball error. Allen scored the red ball again, scored seven points and made another mistake. Trump scored the red ball and started again, but his mistake still allowed him to miss the victory of the game. In the end, Allen won the set 63-26 to take a 4-3 lead.
Trump beat Allen 6-5 to advance to the quarterfinals
The game went into the eighth inning, and Trump took the lead in trying to attack from the far platform and made a fatal mistake to leave Allen with an offensive opportunity in the middle bag. Allen scored the right-hand center-pocket red ball and made a mistake after scoring 54 points. Trump then made a mistake in his attempt to attack from afar, and the two sides turned on defensive mode. Defensively, Trump played with a stroke of luck and was forced to turn on defensive mode after scoring 16 points. But he then made another mistake, with Allen scoring the red ball again, scoring eight points and defending again. After many competitions, Trump won the game 65:62 to draw 4-4 with Allen. In the ninth inning, Trump once again seized the opportunity to blast a single 135-point clean sheet to lead Allen 5-4 to get the match point. It is worth mentioning that this is also the highest single score since the beginning of this tournament. Entering the tenth set, Trump scored four points for a first run and then scored four points for a mistake, allen scored a red ball in the right bottom pocket and won the game 75-2 to draw 5-5 with Trump. In the eleventh set, Allen was the first to faint into the red ball to get 23 points and was fined four points for a misste, and finally Trump won the game with 62 points and won the game 76:29, thus beating Allen 6-5 to reach the quarterfinals.