At present, the Masters, one of the three major competitions of snooker, is in full swing. Although two Chinese contestants, defending champion Yan Bingtao and Xinkeying champion Zhao Xintong, were eliminated in the first round, the excitement of the event still attracted the attention of many domestic fans. However, Trump, who has been very beautiful in the past two seasons, made controversial remarks in a post-match interview after the thrilling victory over Mark Allen.
This Masters tournament is actually full of expectations for Chinese fans. Because there are two Chinese players participating, and the new Keying Championship champion Zhao Xintong is currently in good shape. Just in the Champions League, with a wave of 8 consecutive wins to win the group championship, successfully advanced to the winner group. Therefore, many fans expect him to be able to win the Masters championship after winning the British Championship. However, the expectations are beautiful, the reality is cruel, and both Chinese players were eliminated in the first round. Although the two Chinese fans who are concerned by Chinese fans have been eliminated, the excitement of the event still makes domestic fans pay attention at all times. No, 2019 Masters champion Trump and 2018 Masters champion Mark Allen presented a wonderful showdown to the fans, and their remarks after the game were also very wonderful.
The reason why this focus battle has attracted so much attention is on the one hand because the two players are the masters champions of 2018 and 2019, and on the other hand, because the two are close in strength and evenly matched, and the game will be very exciting. Sure enough, the game did not disappoint the fans.
At the beginning of the game, Trump took the lead in getting into the form, directly scoring a single 101 points and achieving a good start. In the second set, Mark Allen scored a single 92 to keep a clean sheet. In the third inning, Trump scored another single 101 points, leaving Mark Allen with no score. In the fourth set, Mark Allen regained form and pulled back a set at 61:29, with the two sides going into halftime 2-2.
After returning from halftime to restart the game, it was Trump who found the feeling first, playing a single 88 points and keeping a clean sheet again. However, Mark Allen did not show weakness, and played a single 65 points in the sixth inning to equalize the score. By the seventh inning, Mark Allen had taken the lead for the first time in the game, winning 63-26 and the big score became 4-3.
In the eighth inning, Trump made a snooker and eventually achieved a single set reversal, and he also celebrated with a fist at the end of this inning. In the ninth inning, Trump scored the highest single score of 135 points so far in the tournament, again keeping a clean sheet. However, the tenacious Mark Allen rewrote the score to 5:5 in the tenth inning, 75:2. The two sides advanced into the decider, with Trump scoring a single 62 points to win. In this way, Trump defeated his old opponent 6:5 on aggregate to advance to the second round.
After the game, when asked why he would celebrate with a passionate fist in the 8th inning, whether he was suspected of disrespecting his opponent. Trump said: "Usually, I'm super calm and (very well) in control of my emotions. You don't want to lose a game after you do that (fist in celebration). I've seen Sean Murphy celebrate in a similar way at Crucible, and he doesn't mean to be disrespectful. I was so excited that if I had put all the nervousness in my heart, it might have been worse. ”
When it comes to how he feels about the tournament, Trump also compares it to the British Championship. He said: "It's not on the same level as the British Championships, the atmosphere here has been there from the very beginning (it's been good) and just watching it on TV the other day I'm excited to be able to drive here.' I was desperate to get through the game because all the top players were on this pitch. ”
Mark Allen's post-match speech was also very interesting, he first said that he was in very bad shape now, but he was very happy after the game, because "I was in such a bad state that I could still play the decider, which is a very good result, although this result is a bit regrettable".