World Masters of Snooker: Ronnie O'Sullivan scores three centuries in a 4-0 win over John Higgins. Mark Allen came from a 3-1 deficit to beat Mark Selby 4-3. Luca Brecel defeated Ali Carter 4-1. Judd Trump came from a 2-0 deficit to defeat Sean Murphy 4-3.Bressel meets with Allen, O'Sullivan takes on Trump
0:06, UK, Wednesday 6 March 2024
Ronnie O'Sullivan beat John Higgins 4-0 to reach the semi-finals of the World Masters of Snooker in Saudi Arabia.
The victory saw the Rockets put on an exceptional performance, rattling off their third consecutive century break despite Higgins failing to pot a single ball in the contest.
O'Sullivan won the opening frame with a stunning break of 135 and backed it up with a century break of 129 in double quick time.
The longer third frame ended with three consecutive centuries.
Elsewhere, there was final frame drama like this mark allen achieved a stunning come-from-behind victory over mark selby In the quarterfinals.
Allen came back from a 3-1 deficit to double Black for the deciding chance, and Selby appeared to cruise through the first frame.
With a two-frame cushion, Selby took a 54-point lead in the fifth, but a mistake allowed Allen to step up with a 65-point clear. The same thing happened in the sixth, with Black's mistake allowing Allen to make a comeback. Level it from behind.
The tense deciding match was filled with mistakes and fouls, but before Allen hit the final shot, he was helped by a fluke green and turned things around again.
“I actually thought white was going to come in,” he said. eurosport. “It was a pretty easy shot to flick off the black, but I thought, 'No, I'll give it a shot.' As long as I've got a really good white, I'll be fine.”
Ali Carter After losing 1-4 to the world champion in the quarterfinals, I felt frustrated. Luca Brecel.
Carter had hoped to tie the game at 2-2, but the night was darkened by a late error by Brown that he attributed to a scoreboard error.
“We're cleaning it up. We'd like to move on, but the scorer made a mistake in scoring,” he said. “I've been wowing the table thinking I can play whatever I want.
“I looked at the scoreboard and suddenly thought, 'Did I miscalculate?'” I was completely out of my rhythm.
“I thought I had to pot the brown to be able to draw. I don't know what happened, but I was looking at the blue and all of a sudden the umpire said I was at 41 degrees and I said, “22.'' Meters behind or something. It completely devastated me. ”
Carter was also dissatisfied with the four-hour wait for the game to start after Selby and Allen lingered.
judd trump I came from behind to defeat the bad luck. Sean Murphy 4-3. Murphy opened up a 2-0 lead with breaks of 126 and 105, but Trump fought through a difficult third frame and tied the score with a break of 75 in the fourth frame.
Murphy returned to the front, took a huge lead in the sixth frame, and looked headed for the final four, but clipped the red and allowed Trump to make the comeback. A break of 69 gave him a tidy win in the final frame before beating the boss.
