World Masters of Snooker: Ronnie O’Sullivan hit three centuries in 4-0 win vs John Higgins; Mark Allen got here from 3-1 all the way down to beat Mark Selby 4-3; Luca Brecel beat Ali Carter 4-1; Judd Trump got here from 2-0 all the way down to beat Shaun Murphy 4-3; Brecel to fulfill Allen, whereas O’Sullivan will face Trump
Last Updated: 06/03/24 12:06am
Ronnie O’Sullivan blasted past John Higgins 4-0 to make the World Masters of Snooker semi-finals
Ronnie O’Sullivan is thru to the semi-finals of the World Masters of Snooker in Saudi Arabia after a 4-0 demolition of John Higgins.
The victory noticed the Rocket put in a rare efficiency, rattling off three century breaks in succession with Higgins unable to pot a single ball within the contest.
O’Sullivan gained the opening body with a terrific break of 135, earlier than backing it up with one other century break of 129 in double-quick time.
An extended third body was finally closed out with a 3rd consecutive century.
Elsewhere, there was final-frame drama as Mark Allen accomplished a outstanding come-from-behind victory over Mark Selby within the quarter-finals.
Allen took the decider by doubling the black as he got here again from 3-1 down, with Selby showing to cruise via the opening frames.
With a two-frame cushion, Selby had taken a 54-point lead within the fifth, however a miss allowed Allen to step up with a clearance of 65. And it was the same story within the sixth as a missed black allowed Allen to return from behind to degree it.
A tense deciding body was full of errors and fouls as Allen once more got here from behind, helped by a fluke inexperienced earlier than his gorgeous successful shot.
“I actually thought the white was going to drop in,” he mentioned on Eurosport. “It was such an easy shot to flick off the black, but I thought, ‘no, I’m going for it’. As long as I got a really good white, I’d be alright.”
Ali Carter minimize a pissed off determine after dropping his quarter-final 4-1 to world champion Luca Brecel.
Carter had seemed on the right track to degree the match at 2-2 however his evening unravelled after a late missed brown which he blamed on a scoreboard mistake.
“I’m clearing up, I want to get on with it and the scorer’s got the score wrong,” he mentioned. “I’ve stunned up the table, thinking I can play anything I want.
“I have a look at the scoreboard and now all of a sudden I’m pondering, ‘have I miscalculated?’ It’s simply utterly put me out of my rhythm.
“I thought I’ve got to pot the brown to be able to draw. I don’t know how it worked out but I’m looking at the blue and all of a sudden the ref said I’m on 41 and I’m 22 behind or something. It just completely threw me.”
Carter was additionally sad with the four-hour await his match to begin after Selby and Allen went lengthy.
Judd Trump got here from behind to beat an unfortunate Shaun Murphy 4-3. Murphy had opened up with breaks of 126 and 105 to storm into a 2-0 lead however Trump got here via a tough third body earlier than levelling it with a break of 75 within the fourth.
Murphy nosed again in entrance and seemed to be heading for the ultimate 4 as he took an enormous lead within the sixth body, solely to clip a purple and permit Trump a means again in – one which he duly took with break of 69 earlier than he bossed the ultimate body.
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