Remember the six generations of boasting, even the return of the Jiang Ling, and the jade tree has no flowersThe singing of the merchant girl, the view of Taicheng, the hookah sand. Ask Jiang Zuo to flow home, but the sunset fades the grass jackdaw. Faintly reflected in the remnants of the sun, the sails fell away, and the whimpering chirping.
The 2023 Macau Masters Invitational Tournament kicked off at the Wynn Palace Ballroom. O'Sullivan, Trump, Mark. Williams, Kayren. Wilson, Ding Junhui, Fu Jiajun, Si Jiahui and Lisowski were invited to participate in the competition. This high-standard event has not only been officially recognized by the International Taiwan Federation as an official and compliant high-quality invitational tournament, but the champion will also be qualified for the championship of champions, with a prize of 150,000 pounds, which is higher than the prize money of most ranking tournaments.
The first to be played was an exhibition match between Rocket O'Sullivan, a 40-time ranking champion and world No. 1, and Ding Junhui, a Chinese star who is a 14-time ranking champion and ranked No. 11 in the world.
The two have played each other 32 times before, and O'Sullivan has achieved 22 wins, 3 draws and 7 losses, occupying an absolute advantage. The last time the two met was in the just-concluded British Championship final, where O'Sullivan defeated Ding Junhui 10-7 to win the championship.
In the first 6 games, O'Sullivan felt like a rainbow, had firm confidence, made bold moves all the way, scored again and again, and led 5-1. In the seventh game, Ding Junhui broke the kettle and fought against the water, taking advantage of the opportunity of the opponent's mistake, quickly got started, and scored 128 points in a single stroke. In the eighth game, O'Sullivan scored 109 points in a single stroke and won the exhibition match with a total score of 6-2.
The tournament opener saw Si Jiahui take on star Mark Williams.
Born in 2002, Si Jiahui has a brave and decisive style of play, daring to challenge, especially in the long platform attack. He performed well in this year's World Championship and successfully reached the semi-finals of the World ChampionshipsIn the round of 16 of the Scottish Open, Si Jiahui lost 2-4 to Zhang Anda and ended his matchIn the qualifying round of the German Masters, Si Jiahui won 5 games in a row after losing 4 games first, staged a super reversal, and successfully advanced to the main event.
Mark Williams, O'Sullivan and Higgins, known as the "75 Three Masters", is known for the accuracy of a single ball, and is known as "the most accurate man in the world", nicknamed "Golden Left Hand". He has won a total of 25 ranking tournaments so far in his career, including 3 World Championships, 2 British Championships and 2 Masters titles, and is the sixth player in the history of the company to win a Grand Slam.
This game is the first time that Si Jiahui and Williams have played each other, after the start of the game, Williams is in a brave state, full of firepower, easily leading the big score of 3-0, the fourth game, Si Jiahui fought tenaciously, scored 101 points in a single stroke, and successfully pulled back a game. In the subsequent game, Williams played steadily, step by step, won two games in a row with accurate starts, defeated Si Jiahui with a big score of 6-3, and successfully advanced.
Ding Junhui once again competed with Trump. Trump is ranked second in the world, has won 39 championships in his career, scored a wonderful score of 945 strokes to break 100, and scored an enviable 147 points eight timesDing Junhui is ranked 11th in the world, has won 23 world championships, shot 635 single-stroke to break 100, and scored the highest score of 147 points 6 times.
The two have played each other 18 times in their careers, winning nine times each, and the most recent meeting was in the semifinals of this year's British Championships, where Ding Junhui defeated Trump 6-4, and this was the 19th meeting between the two sides.
After the start of the game, Ding Junhui successfully ran for a long time, got started to play to a super score, and easily took the next city. But in the next game, Trump broke out in an all-round way, feeling hot, bold and bold, like a bamboo, leading the score all the way, a wave of six consecutive attacks, and a big score of 6-1 defeated Ding Junhui to lock the semi-finals.
So far, three Chinese players have played in this Macau Masters, and Ding Junhui and Si Jiahui have been eliminated. And Fu Jiajun has been in poor form recently, and it is almost difficult to break through O'Sullivan, Kyren Wilson and Lisowski to win the championship!
Ask Qiantang Belle who is on the side?Let's not talk about poets, Bai Fu Poxian. Victory will be a feast, the river tide is advocated, and the sky is cloudy. The willow outside the green building painted the boat, in front of the West Lake Su Xiaomen. Singing and dancing, perching more and more swallowing Wu, paying and forgetting words.