On January 8, 2024, Beijing time, the Snooker Masters continued. The Masters is one of the three major tournaments of snooker, inviting only the top 16 players in the world to participate, and is one of the highest-level tournaments. In this competition, Ding Junhui and Zhang Anda of the Chinese Legion were fortunate to be shortlisted for the competition, before the game, Zhang Anda lost 2:6 to Shaun Murphy and suffered a round of tours, and Ding Junhui and O'Sullivan competed for the top 8 seats on this match day.
Ding
Ding Junhui's latest world ranking is 9th and the highest-ranked player in the Chinese Army. Ding Junhui has won 14 ranking tournaments in his career, but his form has been sluggish in recent seasons and he has not won any ranking championships for 4 years. Last season, Ding Junhui's world ranking once fell out of the top 32, and with the runner-up in the British Championships, the world ranking returned to the top 16. This season, Ding Junhui broke into the top 8 of the competition three times, and won the runner-up again in the British Championships, ranking 6th in a single season.
O'sullivan
O'Sullivan, ranked No. 1 in the world, did not score in the ranking tournament last season, and the world ranking was in jeopardy at the beginning of this season. However, with the victory of the British Championships and the 250,000 points in the account, the world No. 1 position is once again secured. As he grew older, O'Sullivan chose to participate in competitions, focusing on three major tournaments and invitational tournaments, and O'Sullivan only participated in 5 tournaments this season, including winning the Shanghai Masters and the British Championship.
O'Sullivan 6:3 Ding Junhui
Ding Junhui and O'Sullivan have played each other 34 times in history, and O'Sullivan has an absolute advantage of 23 wins and 8 losses. Ding Junhui was once beaten to tears by O'Sullivan in the final of the 2007 Wembley Masters, and fell into a long period of downturn. The last time the two met was the just-concluded Lhasa "Peak Showdown" exhibition match, when Ding Junhui won 5 consecutive games after falling behind 1:5, and defeated O'Sullivan 6:5 to win the championship.
Mark Williams
At the beginning of the game, in the first game, O'Sullivan won the first game with a single stroke of 67 points and got off to a good start. In the second game, O'Sullivan scored twice, and finally won the next game 74:37, leading 2:0. In the third game, O'Sullivan scored 87 points in a single stroke and won the game with 87:32. In the fourth game, O'Sullivan broke 106 points with a single stroke and won 106:0, leading 4:0 into the middle game.
O'Sullivan vs Ding Junhui
In the second half, in the fifth game, Ding Junhui scored 56 points with a single stroke to pull back a game. In the sixth game, Ding Junhui started from afar, scored 92 points in a single stroke and then played the next game, and the big score was 2:4 behind. In the seventh game, Ding Junhui hit the seventh perfect score of his career, and also had the opportunity to win a high prize of 147,000 pounds. In the eighth game, O'Sullivan won with a single stroke of 127 points, and the big score was 5:3 to take the lead in winning the match point. In the ninth game, O'Sullivan started from afar and made a mistake with a single stroke of 39 points, but unfortunately Ding Junhui did not seize the opportunity. O'Sullivan scored again, scored 93 points in a single stroke, won the game 132:0, won the game with a big score of 6:3, and successfully advanced to the top 8.
Carter vs Mark Williams (3:00)
Mark Williams is ranked 8th in the world and Ali Carter is ranked 10th. The pair have met 36 times in history, with Mark Williams holding a slight 20-16 advantage. Veteran Mark Williams has been in fine form this season, winning the English Open, winning his 25th career ranking tournament and finishing fourth in a single season. "Captain" Ali Carter is also in good shape this season, reaching the final of the Wuhan Open, and finally lost to Trump to be the runner-up, ranking 8th in a single season.
Carter