On March 5, 2024, Beijing time, the 2024** Keshat Masters continued to be in full swing. As a high-quality invitational tournament, the tournament brings together the world's top 10 players and two homegrown wildcard players, and the championship prize money is up to £250,000, second only to the World Championships. A new gold ball with a score of 20 will only be hit by a player who has scored a single stroke of 147, and will receive a full score of $500,000 if successful.
At the beginning of the tournament, it was originally planned to invite only the world's top 8 players and two local wildcard players, but before the start of the tournament, it was suddenly announced that the squad would be expanded to include world No. 9 Ding Junhui and No. 10 Higgins. The new Golden Ball rules and prize money were also finally announced two days before the tournament.
After a fierce battle, Higgins and Ali Carter managed to advance to the quarterfinals. Higgins advanced with a score of 4:2 in the match against Mark Williams, although he missed the opportunity to hit 167. And Ali Carter experienced ups and downs in the contest with Ding Junhui, and finally won 4:3.
In the quarterfinals, O'Sullivan will face Higgins, and the two "75 Three Heroes" will meet again, which is eye-catching. In addition, Brecel will compete with Ali Carter for another semi-final spot, while the "80 Tigers" civil war between Trump and Shaun Murphy is also highly anticipated.
As the competition progresses, the players will be in a fierce battle for a place in the semi-finals, and it will be interesting to see who will advance.