The arbor is angry. Visit Zhongxing, heroes Chen Ji, and secretly chase the past. The battleship Dongfeng borrowed money, and dreamed of the hometown of China. Xuan Xiaozhu, Wu Palace idle land. Huabiao moon returns to the night crane, sighing at that time, flowers and bamboos are like this now. Dew on the branches, splashing tears.
The Masters, one of the three major tournaments of world snooker, kicked off on January 7, 2024 at Alexandra Palace in London, England. The total prize fund of the competition is as high as 725,000 pounds, and the championship prize money is 250,000 pounds, equivalent to 2.2 million yuan. The top 16 players in the world, Judd Trump, Luca Brecel, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Mark Allen and other top players have been invited to compete for high prize money.
The final was 10 wins in 19 rounds, and the previous 11 rounds and 6 wins were used.
The Snooker Masters has been held 49 times before. Chinese player Ding Junhui has participated in 17 times, and in 2007 he shot the second perfect score in the history of the Masters and won the runner-up, with the best result being the Masters championship in 2015; Fu Jiajun has participated in 12 times, and the best result is the runner-up in 2011, and he once scored 147 perfect scores in the 2015 competition; Liang Wenbo participated three times, and Zhao Xintong participated once, all of which stopped in the first round; the most eye-catching thing was to defeat John J. in his debut at the Masters in 2021; Higgins won the championship Yan Bingtao, and he also created a snooker record for post-00s players to win the Masters.
In this Masters, Chinese players Ding Junhui and Zhang Anda were invited to participate. Zhang Anda faced Shaun Murphy in the first round.
Shaun Murphy, 41, is one of the "80 Tigers" and has won 12 ranking tournaments in his career. In the 2005 World Snooker Championship, he defeated the king Mark Williams 18-16 and became the youngest champion in the history of the tournament. He went on to win the 2005 English Open, the 2007 Shanghai Masters and the 2015 International Championship.
Born in 1991, Zhang Anda won the Asian Youth Championship in 2009 and obtained professional qualifications. His career has been full of twists and turns, including multiple relegations and a return to the professional competition, with his previous best ranking results being two semi-finals. In 2023, Zhang Anda will be a blockbuster, defeating Ding Junhui and O'Sullivan in consecutive victories in the World Snooker International Championship held in Tianjin, defeating Tom Forde with a score of 10-6 in the final, winning the first ranking tournament championship in his career, becoming the seventh player in Chinese history to win the ranking tournament, and the world ranking has also entered the top 16 for the first time. In the British Championships, he defeated Wilson, Mark Davies and Selby to reach the semi-finals, setting a career best.
In the past 4 years, Zhang Anda has 1 win and 3 losses, and in the 2019 liga master qualifying round, Zhang Anda once beat Murphy 4-3.
In the first game, Zhang Anda was young and vigorous, performed well, and took the lead in scoring 41 points, but Murphy immediately scored 51 points in a single stroke, and the two entered the last red ball competition, Zhang Anda faced Murphy's snooker twice to solve the black ball, and then there was a bag to send a free ball, Murphy made a successful start, 112-41 to take the next city. In the second game, Zhang Anda took the lead again and scored 37 points, Murphy scored 8 points to interrupt the attack, and Zhang Anda successfully won the upper hand with the red ball on the side of the library, scoring 84 points in a single stroke and equalizing the score with a score of 121-8.
In the third game, Zhang Anda took the lead again at the beginning, and in the face of the backward situation, the 12-time ranking champion Murphy was furious, greatly annoyed, and under the temptation of high bonuses, he fought back, and then came out on top, winning 48-40. In the fourth game, Zhang Anda felt quite good, scored 60 points in a single stroke, and took a 61-0 lead, but made a mistake in a long-distance attack on the red ball, and Murphy took the opportunity to score 65 points in a single stroke and won 65-61. In the fifth game, Murphy became more and more courageous, and his hand was bursting, scoring 86 points in a single stroke, winning another game with 86-0, and leading 4-1.
In the sixth game, Zhang Anda was not to be outdone, fought back tenaciously, scored 69 points in a single stroke, and cleared the stage with 47 points in the subsequent competition, 116-7 to pull back a game. In the seventh game, Murphy, who was experienced in the game, scored 71 points in a single stroke and became snooker, Zhang Anda had no choice but to send a free kick, and Murphy won the seventh game 78-32 and won the match point 5-2. In the eighth game, Murphy was full of morale, scoring 89 points in a single stroke, 89-0, and Murphy defeated Zhang Anda with a score of 6-2 to advance. The post-90s teenager Zhang Anda was defeated!
Xuanwen grass sits on the river, and the river and the heart are quiet. This place can forget about the new Han Dynasty, and it will be easy to know with others.