On January 13, 2022, Beijing time, the Snooker Masters ended the fourth matchday competition, Trump eliminated Mark Allen 6-5, and Karen Wilson beat world champion Bingham 6-5. At this point, all eight of the Masters tournament were born, only Sean Murphy in the world's top eight did not qualify, and several championship winners will have a strong dialogue in the quarterfinals.
World number two Trump is the favourite to win the title, and although his competitive form this season is more average, Trump is confident. In the first round of the Masters against Mark Allen, Trump played quite well on the offensive end, shooting three hundreds and two 60+, but Mark Allen was quite tenacious, always clinging to the score, and at one point surpassed Trump 4-3.
However, Mark Allen scored a single 54 point in the eighth inning and unfortunately lost the inning 62-65, which was a big blow to him. Trump was so excited after reversing the win that he threw his fists in celebration. Subsequently, Trump exerted his strength and took the lead in getting the match point. Although Mark Allen saved the match point and dragged the match into the decider, he made a mistake in the decider, and Trump won with a single shot of 62 points to make it 6-5 to the quarterfinals.
The final eight spots were also fiercely contested, with No. 6 seed Karen Wilson and world champion Bingham also playing 11 innings, with Karen Wilson leading 3-0 and 4-1, but Bingham won three straight sets in the second half to tie the score to four draws. In the ninth inning, Karen Wilson shot two 50+s to win the match point 5-4. Not to be outdone, Bingham dragged the game into the decider with a single shot of 132 points.
In the decisive moment, Bingham took the lead, but lost the less difficult pink ball in the middle. Then, Karen Wilson got started, but the white ball was not in a good position, the two began to defend, Karen Wilson missed the ball in defense many times, but Bingham conceded a chance ball at a critical moment, Karen Wilson finally seized the opportunity, won the decider 56-39, 6-5 Bingham.
At this point, all eight of the snooker Masters have been born, only Sean Murphy is out of the world's top eight, and the other 7 masters will have a strong dialogue in the quarterfinals. The quarter-finals were: Mark Williams vs. John Higgins, Neil Robertson vs. Ronnie O'Sullivan, Judd Trump vs. Karen Wilson, barry Hawkins vs. Mark Selby.