On January 10, Beijing time, the 2024 Snooker Masters continued. In a key game in the 1/8 finals, Judd Trump, the defending champion of the event, made a late effort, and after falling behind 0-3, he played a wave of 5-0 counterattacks, and eliminated "Embarrassing Brother" Kyren Wilson with a total score of 6-5 to advance to the quarterfinals.
In the 2024 Snooker Masters, the defending champion "Quasi King" Trump will play as the No. 1 seed in the event, and his opponent in the first round is the world's ninth-ranked "Embarrassing Brother" Kyren Wilson.
In the past, Trump and Wilson have had many encounters, and he has won more and lost less. The most recent meeting was in the Champions League winner group of this season's ranking tournament, where "King Quasidu" defeated "Brother Yi" 3-1.
In the first round of the 2024 Masters clash between Trump and Wilson, the defending champion started significantly slowly, and soon fell behind 0-3. Trump was used to seeing this kind of scene, he did not panic, and then launched a wave of 5-0 counterattacks.
After winning five games in a row, Trump overtook Wilson 5-3, won three match points at the same time, and advanced to the top 8 with a 6-5 stunner. In the first game of the game, Wilson took advantage of Trump's unstable foothold and scored 65 points in a single stroke, taking the lead 70-27 and leading 1-0.
In the second game, Trump felt cold, and Wilson scored another 76 points in a single stroke, winning another game 83-8 and leading 2-0. In the third game, Trump scored 58 points in a single stroke, and Wilson won another game 66-58 through piecemeal play, further expanding the lead 3-0.
In the fourth game, the defending champion, who lost three games in a row in the opening game, began to stage a big counterattack mode from this game, he scored 52 points in a single stroke, 94-8 to pull back a game, and the score was chased to 1-3. From the fifth game to the eighth game, Trump won four games in a row, and the score changed from 1-3 to 5-3, overtaking the score and winning 2 match points. After Wilson saved two match points in a row, Trump won 65-55 in the deciding game and advanced to the quarterfinals 6-5.