On January 14, 2022, Beijing time, the Snooker Masters entered the sixth matchday, and the last two quarter-finals began. Title-winning favourite Trump takes on Karen Wilson, with world number one Selby playing old friend Barry Hawkins. Obviously, Selby and Trump are the big favourites to advance, can the two successfully meet in the semi-finals?
On matchday 5, Neil Robertson and Mark Williams advanced to the final four first, while O'Sullivan and Higgins, the two champions of the Masters, were both out. The key to a strong dialogue is the presence state, and the party with fewer mistakes and more determination at key moments can naturally laugh to the end. The two quarter-finals that have just ended are of great reference value to Trump, Selby and others.
This season, Trump has performed average in the rankings, a big gap compared to the previous season, but he won a championship in the invitational tournament, the Masters is also an invitational, and Trump is bent on making up for last season's shortcomings. The 6-5 elimination of Mark Allen in the first round released the pressure on Trump, who was confident in the next game. However, the opponent of the quarter-finals is the post-90s star Karen Wilson, which is definitely a difficult bone to gnaw.
Trump's match against Karen Wilson will take the lead on Matchday 6, at 21pm on Jan. 14. The final quarter-final was played by world number one Mark Selby against Barry Hawkins, Selby, like Trump, who, like Trump, has had mediocre results this season and desperately needs a championship to regain his self-confidence, and in the first round against Stephen Maguire, Selby feels bad but still wins, which also releases some pressure on him.
Barry Hawkins, 42, is an experienced veteran who is also the lowest-ranked player in the quarter-finals, but definitely not easy to deal with. Barry Hawkins and Selby were old rivals and old friends who knew each other too well. In the current state of competition, Barry Hawkins has a chance to find a breakthrough in Selby, but Selby cannot continue to slump, as the world number one, it is time to break out.
The final quarterfinals will start at 3am on January 15, 2022, after which the final four of this Masters will be released, will Selby succeed in meeting Trump? It can only be said that the two are popular players, but if the state cannot be adjusted to the best, it may also be out of the cold!