On the morning of March 6, the 2024 Saudi Riyadh Carnival Season Masters ended all 1 4 finals, Allen, Brecel, Trump, and O'Sullivan entered the semifinals one after another!
First 1 4 finals, "Mark's Battle", Allen vs Selby. At the beginning of the game, Selby, the four-time champion of the World Championships, achieved a single-game reversal when he was behind in the first and fourth games, and scored 84 points in the second game, leading Allen 3-1. Then the plot began to reverse, and Allen hit two consecutive 50+ shots to drag the game into a tiebreaker. In the deciding game, the two sides fought to the last black ball, and finally Allen turned over the bag and scored the black ball to defeat Selby 66-57 and advance to the semifinals.
In the second 1 4 finals, the "bullet" shot down the "captain". Carter was out of form, Luca Bresel played relatively easily, Luka shot two shots in the game), Carter scored a 67, and finally Luka defeated Carter 4-1 to advance to the semifinals, where he will face Mark Allen in the semifinals.
In the third 1 4 finals, the "ace" reversed and killed the "magician" after falling behind 0-2. At the beginning of the game, Shaun Murphy felt good, hitting two consecutive shots to break the 100 points and lead 2-0. Judd Trump won the third game and scored a 75 to tie the score 2-2. Then Murphy scored 82 points in a single stroke to reach the match point first.
In the 6th game, when Murphy took the lead in scoring 58 points in a single stroke and was about to overscore, he made a mistake in hitting the red ball, and Trump cleared the table to achieve a single-game reversal. The game came to the deciding game, and after several confrontations, Trump fought into the middle pocket red ball to achieve a super score, and finally successfully reversed 4-3 to advance to the top 4 after falling behind 0-2.
In the last 1 4 finals and the last 75 3 Jie battle, Ronnie O'Sullivan showed his extreme state, hitting three consecutive shots to break 100 points in the first three games (the total number of 100 breaks has reached 1247), and he scored 82 points in a single stroke in the fourth game, defeating his old opponent John Higgins with a score of 4-0 and advancing to the semifinals! Higgins failed to score a goal (two blanks) throughout the game and only scored four points through penalties in the third inning. O'Sullivan will face Trump after advancing to the semifinals, and tonight's "Special Olympics" will be staged again!