On January 11, Beijing time, the 2024 Snooker Masters ended the 4th match day competition, in the last two first round games, the two world champions had different fates, Higgins was killed by Mark Allen 5-6, Selby defeated Milkins 6-1, after Mark Allen and Selby were promoted, the top 8 of this Snooker Masters were born, and the specific four 1/4 final matchups were: Trump Ali Carter, Selby Mark Allen, O'Sullivan Barry Hawkins, Murphy Lisowski.
Higgins lost a good game, and at the end of the first four innings, Higgins led Mark Allen 3-1, and in the third and fourth games, Higgins scored 83 and 80 points in a row.
After adjusting at halftime, the situation changed abruptly, Higgins' mistakes increased, Mark Allen seized the opportunity to pull back two games in a row in a chaotic situation, chasing the total score to a 3-3 draw, and then Mark Allen also found a feeling on the offensive end, scoring 58 points in a single stroke and breaking 123 points in a single stroke, and after winning two more games, he took the lead in getting the match point with a total score of 5-3.
From 3-1 to 3-5, Higgins lost four games in a row and had no way out, but fortunately, Higgins woke up in time, scored 58 and 61 points in a single stroke, saved two match points in a row, chased to a 5-5 draw, and dragged the game into the deciding game. In the last game, Mark Allen fought into the middle pocket and scored a single stroke of 86 points to win, Higgins still lost after all, stopping in the first round of this Snooker Masters.
The final first-round matchup was between Selby and Milkins, with Selby leading the all-time head-to-head record at 14-4. In the first four games of the first half, Selby scored 119 points, 53 points, and 63 points in a single stroke, and won four games in a row to lead 4-0 in the total game. After the break, Milkins scored 88 points and finally pulled one back in the fifth game, but this did not affect the outcome of the game in the slightest, and Selby soon won two games in a row with 70 and 74 points in a row, thus defeating Milkins with a total score of 6-1 to advance to the quarterfinals.
Next, the quarterfinals of the Masters will begin, according to the schedule, the second half of the two quarterfinals will be the first to start, O'Sullivan and Barry Hawkins will start at 9 o'clock tonight, and at 3 o'clock in the morning the next day, Murphy will face Lisowski, and the winner of the two groups will meet in the semifinals to compete for a place in the final.