On January 13, the 2022 Snooker Masters took the lead in ending two quarter-finals, with two top-winning favourites O'Sullivan and Higgins losing to Robertson and Williams, both of which were out. And the fans are looking forward to seeing another "Ohy War" this season, which unfortunately failed. In both wonderful games, there were wonderful scoring scenes, especially Higgins, who scored a two-shot breaker, but still lost 5-6 to Williams, while O'Sullivan played a personal 80th break in the Masters, but still lost to Robertson, who scored two hundred and 3 shots 50+. In the semi-finals, Robertson will compete with Williams for a place in the final.
This year's Masters Top 8 lineup, the strongest lineup in the past decade, covers "753 Masters" O'Sullivan, Higgins, Williams, post-80s leaders Selby, Robertson, Trump, as well as the post-90s brother Karen Wilson, plus top 16 regular Hawkins. For fans, to be able to enjoy a wonderful showdown between the top masters is definitely worth the money. The second showdown between Higgins and Williams is another meeting between the two since the final of the 2018 World Championships, full of feelings, but also the sympathy between the two. And O'Sullivan's duel with Robertson is more like a quick revenge, and the attack is the only weapon, either you die or I live.
For Robertson, the last time he won the Masters was back in 2012, a decade of waiting that gave him a new goal. Facing Seven-time Masters champion O'Sullivan, Robertson played more aggressively, breaking the 100 in the first set, giving 119 points to Ma Wei in the second set, and another 56 points in the second set, again with a clean sheet. O'Sullivan then went back to the same running line for two consecutive sets, and then four sets, both of them were equally divided, and each shot a hundred, 4-4 after a 3-game 2-win battle. Robertson did not give O'Sullivan too many opportunities, 92-0 clean sheet in the ninth inning, 54 points in the tenth set, 82-6 again, the big score 6-4, ending O'Sullivan's championship journey, in the game, O'Sullivan averaged 18.9 seconds to shoot, still quite fast, but unfortunately this time he could not continue to move forward.
Higgins and Williams' old buddy still played thrillingly, Higgins broke through the 100 at the beginning of the game, with a single 126-point clean sheet; in the second set, he won 64-54 and made a perfect start of 2-0. Williams then broke the hundred in the third inning, scoring 116 points in one shot and winning three consecutive sets in one go, surpassing the big score. The game then moved on to an alternating as Higgins scored his second shot in the eighth inning to score 127 points. Williams scored 78 points to take the lead in match points. But the tenacious Higgins tied with 61 points and dragged it into the decider. In the final fight, Williams did not let the opportunity to run, and the single shot 91 points directly ended the suspense of the game, achieving a three-game winning streak against Higgins at the Masters. The two games in the second half of the zone started tonight, with Trump playing against Wilson and Hawkins against Selby.