The 2023-2024 season of the Snooker Professional League ushered in the Masters showdown, and the first round of the Masters on January 6, 2024, Beijing time continued. In a key battle in the first round, the two sides were the post-90s star Kyren Wilson against last season's Masters champion Judd Trump. The previous record between the two sides was evenly matched, and Kyren Wilson was still expected to complete the counterattack battle despite being slightly behind.
As early as 2018, Kyren Wilson reached the finals of the Masters, but unfortunately lost to Mark Allen and won the runner-up that year, which is also the closest Kyren Wilson has to winning the Masters in his career. Now that he's starting again, Kyren Wilson is also very eager to make a difference at the Masters. Trump has won the Masters twice in his career, and in the history of the three major tournaments, the Masters is also a blessed place for Trump's career. Trump has won a total of four major championships in his career, and Trump has won the championship twice in the Masters competition. If Trump wants to achieve something in this Masters, there is still a certain amount of pressure. After all, Trump has never defended his Masters title before. Opportunity. Moreover, in terms of the performance of the previous winners of the Masters, the performance of the Champions League next season is slightly sluggish, and most of the players have suffered a round trip to the Masters.
Trump and Kyren Wilson have met 28 times before, and Kyren Wilson has a 12-16 record. In terms of the record of the encounter, it is also slightly insufficient, and in terms of performance this season, Trump has reached the final five times and has won the championship three times. However, in the competition of the invitational tournament, Trump always played not ideally. For example, in this season's championship of championships, Trump finally reached the final, but unfortunately lost to Mark Allen. Kyren Wilson has been poor this season, has not finished in the top 32 in a single season, and missed out on the World Grand Prix, and the world ranking is also declining. is also in the championship drought again, and now starting again, Kyren Wilson is also eager to achieve his first championship in three major competitions as soon as possible.
Kyren Wilson is quite depressed, he has reached the finals of the Masters in his career, reached the finals of the World Championships, and won the semi-finals of the British Championships, but has never won the championship of the three major competitions, and the other three players of the post-90s, Yan Bingtao, Zhao Xintong and Braisill, have all won the championship of the three major competitions. Kyren Wilson is also going all out, and the competition in the first two groups of the Champions League also allows him to accumulate experience and is expected to beat Trump.