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The 2024** Gram Players Championship is in full swing. The tournament carries a total prize fund of £385,000, with £125,000 for the winner, £50,000 for the runner-up and £30,000 for the semi-finalists. The top 16 players in the world rankings of the season are eligible. In addition to Chinese players Ding Junhui, Zhou Yuelong, and Zhang Anda, there are 13 people, including Judd Trumm, Chris Wackerin, John Higgins, Mark Williams, Mark Allen, Gary Wilson, Hussein Wafai, Ronnie O'Sullivan, Tom Forde, Alister Carter, Barry Hawkins, Mark Selby, and Nopong Sancam.
So far, six people have advanced to the quarterfinals.
Top seed Trump played against Chris Wakelin, who was ranked 16th in the season, Wakelin scored 120 points in a single stroke to get off to a good start, and after a 2-2 draw, Trump performed well, winning four games in a row, especially in the sixth game, he scored 139 points in a single stroke, and defeated Wakelin, the champion of the single-game limited-time tournament, 6-2 to advance to the quarterfinals.
Higgins and Ding Junhui have played 29 times, with each side winning 14 times and drawing once. In the game, Ding Junhui scored a single stroke, and Higgins scored 102 and 100 points in a single stroke, defeating Ding Junhui with a score of 6-4 to advance to the quarterfinals.
Wilson and Hussein Wafai have played each other four times, with Wilson winning three and losing one, with the most recent meeting coming at the 2022 Welsh Open, which Wilson won 4-3.
At the beginning of the game, the two did not give in to each other, and the score rose alternately, until it was a 3-3 draw, a 4-4 draw, and in the final stage, Wilson scored two consecutive cities, and scored 95 points in the tenth game to clean up the opponent, and the total score was 6-4 to defeat Wafei to advance to the quarterfinals.
Carter vs. Tom. Forde, the first four innings were evenly matched, Carter blasted out a single stroke of 116 points, 97 points, Tom. Forde replied with 113 points and 65 points in a single stroke, and then Carter scored 69 points and 66 points in a single stroke to win four games in a row and beat Tom 6-2. Forde advanced to the quarterfinals.
Ronnie O'Sullivan, the world's No. 1 41-time ranking champion, scored 136, 73 and 62 points in a single stroke, won five games in a row, and eliminated the world's No. 21 Chinese post-90s star Zhou Yuelong 6-2 to advance to the quarterfinals.
The most intense was the clash between world No. 3 Mark Allen and world No. 7 Mark Williams.
In the first game, Mark Allen played high and scored 146 points in a single stroke to win directly, and also set a record for the highest single stroke score in this Players Championship, and is expected to receive an additional prize of 10,000 pounds.
In the second game, Mark Williams was penalized for four consecutive release errors and was penalized for 16 points, and Mark Allen seized the opportunity to score 112 points in a single stroke to win 128-1. In the third game, Allen continued his hot hand and scored 102 points in a single stroke, leading 3-0. In the fourth game, Allen made a mistake on the hand, and Williams hit a single shot of 71 points to pull one back at 71-45.
In the fifth game, Williams seized the opportunity of Allen's mistake to spell the red ball and successfully got started, scoring 69 points in a single stroke and winning with a clean sheet. In the sixth game, Williams took the lead in scoring the red ball but only scored 4 points, Allen made a high-quality defense after getting started, Williams made a mistake in solving the ball, Allen seized the opportunity to score 94 points in a single stroke, won 95-4, and led 4-2. In the seventh game, the two were locked in a state of entanglement, and Mark Williams had a slight advantage to win the game 59-7. In the eighth game, Allen scored 70 points in a single stroke, 76-5, and the big score was 5-3 to take the lead in getting the match point. In the ninth game, Allen took the lead in scoring 68 points with the red ball, and finally ended the game 69-0, defeating Williams with a total score of 6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals.
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