On the evening of January 14, the 2022 Snooker Masters began a quarter-final focus battle, and Trump and Karen Wilson met in a narrow road. The president's performance this season is crotch- and urgently needs to win the first crown of the New Year to boost morale; as the only seedling after the 90s, whether he can impact the first crown of his personal 3 major competitions is also worth looking forward to.
In the new season, the world's first change of owners, Trump was pulled down by Serby to the world's first throne. The president is the post-80s who has won the most ranking titles and currently leads the way with 22 titles; Selby won four world championships last year and holds nine 3-tournament titles, unmatched among his peers. Although Trump won the championship this season, he has never been able to unlock the 23rd title of the ranking tournament. Moving to the Masters, Trump is full of ambition, eager to become the fourth post-80s player to win at least four major three-time championships after Selby, Robertson and Ding Junhui.
The new generation of this Masters has encountered Waterloo, the defending champion, the strongest post-00 Yan Bingtao, the new king of the British Championship, Zhao Xintong, the long-established McGill, and The world ranking fell out of the top 16 Lisowski all staged a round trip, only Karen Wilson beat Bingham 6-5, becoming the only remaining post-90s seedling. Karen Wilson is ranked highest in the world after the 90s, but has never won any three major competitions, which is no better than Zhao Xintong, who won last year's British Championships.
Trump and Karen Wilson's previous records are very close, and who can win depends on the impromptu performance. In the first two sets, Trump took advantage of the opponent's unstable footing and won two consecutive shots to take a 2-0 lead. In the 3rd set, Brother Lu finally found his touch, seized the opportunity in the opening stage, blasted out a single shot 71 points to hit the super score, 72-2 pulled back a set to win tonight's first win, chased the total score to 1-2, advanced to the top 4 to impact the first crown of the 3 tournaments There is still hope, come on.
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