17 consecutive wins! The world's No. 3 kill is crazy: the save point 4-3 reverse kill, the top 8 is born, and China has 1 person
Beijing time on October 27, 2023 snooker Northern Ireland Open ended the last 1/8 final competition, world No. 3 Trump saved the match point when he was 2-3 down, and finally reversed the final Sankham 4-3 in the overall game to advance. From the English Open to the Wuhan Open, Trump won back-to-back championships, and now in the Northern Ireland Open, Trump has won 4 consecutive games to reach the quarterfinals, counting up, Trump has won a wave of 17 consecutive wins, killing crazy state is difficult to stop, so Trump is very promising to impact back-to-back ranking tournaments 3 consecutive championships!
Thailand's Sankam is definitely a tough stubble, having conceded only one goal in three consecutive matches in the previous three rounds, and is in good form. In this battle, Sankham created enough pressure for Trump to maintain a 1-0, 2-1 lead in the overall game, and after Trump's one-shot 124, Sankham responded strongly with a one-shot 109 and took the match point 3-2 in the main game. The sixth inning was quite crucial, and Trump's coffee ball flipping bag was simply a stroke of genius, and it also managed to save the match point and drag the game into the tiebreaker. In the final game, Trump seized the opportunity to score a one-shot 92 to win and defeat Sankham from 2-3 to 4-3 to secure the last eight spot.
Before Trump, the other seven places in the round of eight have been decided, which were won by Yuan Sijun, Richwarton, Weckerin, Lisovsky, Barry Hawkins, David Gilbert, and Maguire, among them, Yuan Sijun eliminated Stanmoody 4-2 in the overall game to become the only Chinese player to reach the quarterfinals, and the other Chinese player Xing Zihao failed to reach the quarterfinals, losing 1-4 to the in-form Richy Walton in the overall game. In the 1/8 finals, a big upset broke out, and world champion Murphy lost 2-4 to Wakelin. The rest of the game was largely as expected, Barry Hawkins swept Robbie Williams 4-0, Lisovski beat Allenhill 4-1, David Gilbert swept McLeod 4-0, and Harry Harry beat Joe Perry 4-3.
With Trump's advance, all the 8 finals of this snooker Northern Ireland Open were born, and the next 1/4 final matches were also determined: Richy Wharton vs Lisovsky, Barry Hawkins vs David Gilbert, Trump met former nemesis Maguire, and Chinese sole seedling Yuan Sijun played against Wakelin, who knocked out Murphy.