In the early morning of February 24, Beijing time, the 2024 ** Croatian Players Championship continued. In a key match in the 1 4 finals, the national champion Zhang Anda eliminated the 4-time world champion "The Wizard" John Higgins 6-4 and easily advanced to the semifinals. In another high-profile match, the world's No. 2 "Accuracy King" Judd Trump lost 4-6 to "Captain" Alister Carter. Earlier, the world's No. 1 O'Sullivan was also eliminated 0-6, and Zhang Anda ushered in the biggest benefit of winning the championship!
*Prior to the Croatian Players Championship, 2024 has already produced a fourth championship event. Among them, Trump, the world's second-ranked "King of Accuracy", won the ** German Masters championship, and so far, his number of championships this season has increased to 4.
In this competition, Zhang Anda, who is ranked third in the world in a single season, is the No. 3 seed in the event, and he ushered in a big explosion this season, winning the first ranking championship of his career at the ** Ke International Championship in November last year.
In excellent form this season, Trump played in the 2024 Players Championship. He comfortably defeated Chris Wakelin 6-2 in the 1 8 finals and "Captain" Carter in the 1 4 finals, who comfortably beat Tom Forde 6-2 in the 1 8 finals.
Trump and Carter have had many head-to-head records, and not long ago in the final of the Wuhan Open, Trump defeated Carter 10-7 to win the championship. The men's championship battle between "King of Accuracy" Trump and "Captain" Carter was very domineering.
Although they fell behind Carter 4-5 in the first period, it wasn't much of a problem. In the second stage, Trump launched a wave of 6-2 counterattacks and defeated Carter 10-7 to win the championship. And this championship is also his 25th ranking match.
Coming to the 2024 **G Players Championship 1 4 finals, Carter opened the game with a single stroke of 50 and led 1-0. Trump won two games in a row to overtake the score 2-1, Carter won two games in a row to lead 3-2 again, and after Trump tied the score again 3-3, Carter won two games in a row, and the total score was 6-4 to knock Trump out of the game. So far, the world's first.
1. The world's second runners were eliminated, and Zhang Anda ushered in a big win for the championship!