O'Sullivan won a big victory, Ding Junhui led 5-3 and played second in the world
The 2024 Snooker Tour Championship 1/4 finals have kicked off, and now the match between O'Sullivan and Ali Carter has ended, O'Sullivan won 10-2 to advance to the top 4, and Ding Junhui led Mark Ike 5-3, and Zhang Anda drew 4-4 with Gary Wilson.
The world's No. 1 O'Sullivan took the lead against Ali Carter, the two sides have played many times before, O'Sullivan won more and lost less, and the last 4 encounters, O'Sullivan maintained a winning record, this game, O'Sullivan can be described as full of firepower, and continuously hit a single stroke 77 points, 87 points, 54 points, 51 points, 81 points, 92 points, 7-0 in a row, and the total score is 7-0 ahead. Carter hit a single stroke of 141 points and 70 points in a row to win two games, but it was no longer possible to change the result of the game, in the 10th game, Carter made a mistake, O'Sullivan directly blasted out a single stroke 62 points to win, in the 11th game, O'Sullivan continued to dominate, blasted out a single stroke of 54 points to win, in the 12th game, O'Sullivan blasted out a single stroke 67 points to lock the win, thus winning with a total score of 10-2 and taking the lead in advancing to the top 4. Chinese star Zhang Anda faced Gary Wilson, Zhang Anda in the case of 1-3 behind, a single shot of 85 points, 93 points, 73 points in a row for 3 games, the first half of the two sides to a 4-4 draw, the winner between the two will be against O'Sullivan, Zhang Anda retains the hope of advancing to the top 4.
China's first brother Ding Junhui vs. Mark Allen, Ding Junhui's performance this season is not bad, he reached the finals in the British Championships and the World Open, and the world ranking has also risen to seventh, but Mark Allen's performance is even better, winning 3 championships in a single season, ranking third in the world, and the two sides are destined to be a fierce showdown.
In the first game, Mark Allen took the lead in entering the state, and as soon as he came up, he shot out a single stroke of 100 points to win a game, in the second game, Ding Junhui seized the opportunity to pull back a game with 80-0, and in the third game, Ding Junhui won another game with 81-0 by virtue of his many hands, and the total score was 2-1 overtake, in the fourth game, Mark Allen took the lead, but only scored 45 points and made a mistake, and then Ding Junhui got started, directly blasted out a single stroke of 70 points, and won the game with a total score of 3-1. In the fifth game, both sides made mistakes, Ding Junhui was penalized 16 points for consecutive receiving mistakes, Mark Allen won the game 66-53 through piecemeal beating, and in the sixth game, Mark Allen took the lead and made a mistake after only 37 points, and then Ding Junhui hit a single shot 51 points to enter the defense, Mark Allen failed to seize the opportunity, and Ding Junhui won 84-49.
In the seventh game, Mark Allen scored 90 points in a single stroke and won the game 91-7, and in the eighth game, Mark Allen took the lead, but soon made a mistake, Ding Junhui took the lead, and won the game 65-43, leading with a total score of 5-3, occupying the opportunity to advance to the top 4. In addition, the match between world No. 2 Trump and Mark Williams has not yet started, and the winner between the two will likely face Ding Junhui. This article was originally written by Xiao Lizi, please do not plagiarize or carry it.