On January 12, the 2022 Snooker Masters ended the first round of all 8 matches, and the final 8 was born. Trump, one of the favorites to win the championship, scored a gorgeous 3-stroke 100 in the first round of strong dialogue with Allen, and completed the 6-5 victory in the decider to advance. The last post-90s leader Karen Wilson, facing the siege of Bingham, was also fierce until the decisive game to win the danger. Coupled with the "seven five three masters" O'Sullivan, Higgins, Williams, as well as the world's first Selby, Robertson, Hawkins and others, this year's Masters 8 lineup, can be called the strongest in history, starting from the 1/4 final, will stage a fierce hard battle.
Every duel between Trump and Allen, there will always be a certain spark of collision, the two playing styles are quite similar, both belong to the fast-paced type, so the two games at the beginning of the game showed a one-shot winning state, Trump shot two consecutive shots to break the hundred, both are single 101, and Allen contributed a single shot 92 points. The first six innings were tied 3-3, followed by a 4-4 draw. In the ninth set, Trump once again staged the hundred-breaking moment, playing the third personal hundred-breaker of the game, and scored 135 points to get the match point. Allen withstood the pressure to equalize and drag into the decider, but in the end Trump completed the kill with 62 points, a encounter with considerable gold content, which ended with Trump's victory.
In the final game of the first round, Karen Wilson played against Bingham, which was also a wonderful offensive battle, Wilson felt good in the first three sets of 50+ singles, achieved a 3-0 opening, in the fourth set Bingham scored a single 96 points, and in the fifth set Wilson scored a single 83 points, leading 4-1. At the crucial moment, Bingham scored three consecutive innings, including a break in the eighth inning, and the single score of 139 points became the highest single score in the current tournament, and the 4-4 entry into the white-hot competition. In the ninth inning, Wilson won two 50+ in a single set to take the lead in the match point, while Bingham withstood the pressure and broke the hundred with another shot, and single-shot 132 points chased to the decider. In the final match, both attacks were more fragmented, and in the end, Wilson narrowly won 56-39, becoming the last player to advance to the quarterfinals.
At this point, the 2022 Snooker Masters Top 8 was all born, including the world's first Selby, "Seven Five Three Jie" O'Sullivan, Higgins, Williams, the leading figures of the post-80s Trump, Robertson and the post-90s brother Karen Wilson, plus the 70s old guy Hawkins, they 8 formed the strongest Masters 8 lineup. In the quarter-finals, Williams and Higgins repeated the final moment of the 2018 World Championships, Robertson played against O'Sullivan, and the winner of the two matches competed for a place in the final of the first half. In the second half, Trump vs. Wilson and Hawkins PK Selby, with two winners vying for another final spot. A strong duel, worthy of the master title of the Masters.