In the early morning of January 11, Beijing time, the 2024 Snooker Masters continued. In the last game of the 1/8 finals, 4-time world champion Mark Selby defeated veteran Robert Milkins 6-1 to advance to the top 8. Earlier, "China's first brother" Ding Junhui lost to O'Sullivan 3-6, and he scored a record 147 points in the game.
The Snooker Masters is one of the three major events in snooker, and the 2024 Snooker Masters is the second event after the start of the new year. In this competition, Selby, the three-time Masters champion, joined hands with Ding Junhui, the "first brother of China", and the seven-time Masters champion "Rocket" Ronnie O'Sullivan and other top masters.
"Rocket" O'Sullivan has won the Masters 7 times, and Selby has also been extremely popular in the Masters, he won the championship for the first time in 2008, 2010, and 2013, and is the one who has won the most Masters championships among the post-80s players. Heading into the 2024 Masters, Selby is back in action and he's looking to win his fourth Masters title.
In the 1/8 finals of the 2024 Masters, Selby faces veteran Robert Milkins. Previously, the three-time champion of the tournament had played the veteran a total of 18 times, with a record of 14 wins and 4 losses, which is an absolute advantage.
However, the most recent match between the two was won by Milkins, which took place in the third round of the 2023 Snooker Wales Open, where Lao Mi defeated Master Sai 4-2.
Coming to the 1/8 finals of the 2024 Masters, Selby faced Milkins again, and he did not have a repeat of the last defeat. In this campaign, Selby began to enter the state as soon as he started the game, and in the first four rounds, he hit one shot to break 100 and two shots of 50+, started 4-0 strongly, and won the match point 5-1 and locked the victory 6-1. After beating Milkins 6-1, Selby officially started his journey to the fourth championship of the Masters!