Masters: O'Sullivan said "wild words" after defeating Murphy, and tonight's final against Carter won 8 championships

On the morning of January 14, Beijing time, the 2024 Snooker Masters ended the competition for the semifinals, and Rocket O'Sullivan and Captain Carter met in the finals.

1. O'Sullivan defeated Murphy 6-2 and advanced to the final for the 14th time

In the first semifinals, Rocket O'Sullivan pedaled a pair of sneakers and played against Magic Murphy.

In the first game, Murphy made a mistake with the green ball and missed the opportunity to reverse the single game. In the second game, Murphy made a mistake with the black ball and missed a good chance to win by one shot, and after the rocket scored 50+ in a single stroke, he magically scored a super score, 2-0. In the 3rd game, Murphy got started with the ball and shot a shot of 131 to break the 100 clearance table. In the 4th game, it was sparse, the two sides made mistakes in and out, and in the end, the Rockets seized the opportunity to win and led 3-1.

In the first four games, the Rockets' goal success rate was only 86%, lower than Murphy's 89%, but the Rockets were ahead.

After a short break, in the 5th game, Murphy added another shot to break 100, 2-3. But after that, the Rockets took over the game. In the 6th game, the Rockets started on the long platform and won with 90 points in one shot; In the 7th game, the Rockets seized Murphy's mistake and scored 71 points in one shot; In the 8th game, the Rockets started on the long platform and made a mistake after a shot of 62 points, but Murphy who took over also made a mistake, and the Rockets started for the second time, won 3 games in a row, defeated Murphy 6-2, and advanced to the finals.

Now, the Masters Rockets have an exceptionally high win rate in the semifinals, winning 14 out of 15 games, a 93.3% win rate. Now, Mr. Huo has reached the final of the Masters for the 14th time and is the 8th champion of the Masters.

After the Rockets won, host Walker interviewed Mr. Fire, saying that now Mr. Fire has a chance to become the youngest and oldest champion of the Masters like the British Championship. Teacher Huo's next words made the audience happy.

Teacher Huo "said wildly" and said: I don't think I'm old, I think I'm still very young, on the contrary, those young people, they look very old-fashioned, and their brains turn very slowly, while my brain spins very fast when I play ball. They have to join forces, I'm running out of glasses now, I'm having problems with my arms and knees, and they can't beat me.

Haha, why is Mr. Huo so immodest. A few years ago, Mr. Huo also said something similar, young people nowadays, even if I am missing an arm or a leg, they can't beat me.

This is Mr. Fire. For fans, Mr. Huo is still at the peak of his age, which is really a blessing.

2. Carter eliminated Allen 6-3 and reached the final of the Masters for the second time

In the early morning game, Allen, who played 147 in the last game, played against Captain Carter.

After Allen won the first game, Carter began to soar, scoring 71 points in one shot, and then broke 100 in three consecutive strokes, leading 4-1 by a large margin.

Allen broke 100 in the 6th game and recovered a game. In the 7th game, Carter missed a good opportunity and scored 55 points in a single stroke and was reversed by Allen in a single game. In the 8th game, after Carter won, 5-3 to match point.

In the ninth game, Carter missed a yellow ball and missed a good chance to kill the game. After that, the two sides engaged in a long tug-of-war over the colored balls, and finally Carter seized the opportunity to score the blue ball on the long platform and then the pink ball to kill the game 6-3.

Allen's goal success rate was just 85 per cent of the game, and Allen's form dropped significantly after running wild in the first half of last season.

Congratulations to Carter, who reached the final of the Masters for the second time since 2020.

3. Final Preview

In the final, Rocket O'Sullivan vs. Carter, one is the eight-time champion of the Masters, and the other is the first champion of the Masters.

The two sides have played each other 25 times in history, and the Rockets have an overwhelming 22-3 record. With a long game system of more than 9 wins in 17 games, the Rockets are 5-1 and only lost to Carter in the second round of the 2018 World Championships. The finals met twice, both in the World Championships finals, and the rockets won both.

Although the hand-to-hand data is excellent, the Rocket still has to show a good state if he wants to win the 8th crown in the final. Carter

The final will be held in two stages, at 9 o'clock tonight and 3 a.m. the next day.