On the evening of March 4, Beijing time, the first quarterfinal of the snooker Welsh Open, the runner-up of the 2nd World Championship, Ali Carter, was killed by Lissowski 4-5! In this campaign, Alicat once led 4-2, holding 3 match points, the last three innings as long as any of the rounds can be advanced to the top 4, however, Alicat lost a good game, squandered 3 match points, lost the last three sets, and finally suffered a big reversal 4-5, missing the semi-finals.
Ali Carter has reached the final of the Snooker World Championship twice and the final of the three major snooker tournaments three times, but he has lost all of them, the first two times he lost to O'Sullivan in the world championship final, and the snooker Masters final lost to Bingham, becoming one of the uncrowned kings in the history of snooker's three major competitions. Today, Alicat is 42 years old, but he still maintains the standard of a top player, all the way to the quarterfinals of this welsh Open, during which he eliminated the four world championship champions Higgins.
Previously, Alicat and Lissovsky had a total of 4 encounters, 2 wins and 2 losses, the two players were equally divided, this battle, the fifth meeting between the two sides, Alicat took the lead, 71-45 to win the first set. After that, Lisovsky won two consecutive sets to complete the counter-attack. Alicat won three straight sets and the General Bureau won the match point 4-2. Lisovsky broke out in a desperate situation, winning the last three sets in a row, blasting out 82 points and 135 points, and completing a big reversal 5-4.
In the final three sets, Alicat scored 0 points, and Lissovsky won 72-0, 82-0, 135-0, achieving a true clean sheet.