On January 13, Beijing time, the 1/4 finals of the 2024 Snooker Masters continued. Wake up one night, the Masters are full of surprises! Defending champion Trump was killed by Carter 5-6 when he took the lead in getting the match point, and he was out of the game! The post-80s celebrity will hit 147 again! Following Ding Junhui's perfect score of 147 in the first round against O'Sullivan, the little steel cannon Mark Allen played another single stroke of 147 in the 1/4 finals against Selby, and it is rare for two perfect scores of 147 in this Masters, which is also the fifth single stroke of 147 in the history of the Masters.
Defending champion Judd Trump faced a serious challenge in the first round, fighting 11 rounds with post-90s king Kyren Wilson. Trump struggled to advance to the quarterfinals with a 6-5 stunner after falling behind 0-3. Ali Carter, ranked 10th in the world, hit two shots in the first round to break 100 and beat last year's runner-up Mark Williams 6-4 to advance.
The two have met 27 times before, with Trump holding a slight advantage at 15-12. This is also the first time the two have met at the Masters, the second meeting this season, after beating Carter 10-7 in the final of the Wuhan Open, Trump won his 25th ranking title. This battle is also the revenge battle of Captain Carter.
The two of them were tied 2-2 in the first half of the game, after the break, Carter scored 71, 64 points, the big score was 4-2, Trump then won three games in a row 5-4 to get the match point, and also played a single stroke of 129 points, in the 10th game, Trump made a mistake in the red ball, and Carter cleared the table and reversed the game into the deciding game. In the deciding game, Carter started on the long platform and scored 64 points in a single stroke to lock up the victory, and defeated Trump 6-5 to advance to the semifinals, and the defending champion fell outside the semifinals.
In another game, there was a strong dialogue between the post-80s, Mark Selby vs. Mark Allen. Selby is the 4-time champion of the World Championships, the triple champion of the Masters, a snooker Grand Slam player, Selby easily eliminated Robert Milkins in the first round 6-, "Little Steel Cannon" Allen is also a post-80s celebrity, who won the Masters championship in 18 years, and after winning the single-game limited-time championship last year, the number of ranking tournament champions came to the 10th. In the first round, Mark Allen defeated "The Wizard" Higgins 6-5 and advanced with difficulty. The two have met 24 times before, with Selby winning 13 and Mark Allen winning 11, and the two are evenly matched.
In this game, Selby took the lead and won two games in a row to take a 2-0 lead, but Mark Allen exploded in the third game and hit a single shot of 147. It was the 2nd shot of this Masters, the 7th of the season, and the 196th of all time with a single 147. It is also the third single stroke of Mark Allen's career 147! Congratulations to Mark Allen. If nothing else, he and Ding Junhui will share the highest single prize in this Masters and have a chance to hit the 14.7 pound grand prize!