Judd Trump started his defence of the Masters with a nervy 6-5 victory over Kyren Wilson on Tuesday in London.

The reigning champion fought again from 3-0 all the way down to beat his fellow Englishman on the ultimate black on the Alexandra Palace.

A dramatic encounter that was typically low on high quality ebbed a technique after which the opposite, earlier than Trump’s cool clearance of 65 clinched victory.

“It was an actual topsy-turvy recreation I assumed,” Judd Trump advised the World Snooker Tour after reaching the quarter-finals.

“At 3-0, I felt like I wasn’t out of it, however it’s good to go to the interval at 3-1. The sport managed to alter after that.”

“I managed to go 5-3 up and I’m pondering I’ll have a few good probabilities to recover from the road.

“It type of turned out to be the case at 5-4, I had an awesome probability and I didn’t capitalise on that – a whole lot of the instances you get punished and he made an unbelievable clearance.

“He appeared good in that final body as properly, however issues occur on this event for me, the identical as final 12 months.

“When it appears to be like like I’m going out, one thing occurs and I’m capable of recover from the road.

“I assumed I used to be on my method residence. I used to be pondering whether or not to go residence tonight or within the morning.

“It was a little bit of a shock to me, it was simply that final probability he needed to discover place for yet another purple, and it was all completed and dusted.

“He didn’t end excellent. He performed an attacking shot, and fortunately for me he left a spot.

“It’s essential to not get too carried away. Final 12 months, it was superb to get by means of, and I wasn’t taking part in my best possible.

“I really feel I want to enhance from that. Ali [Carter] performed nice in his first recreation, and I really feel like I have to up my recreation.

“For me, I’m somebody who’s an actual momentum participant, so getting that recreation out of the best way is sweet. I’ll rather more relaxed within the subsequent recreation.

“Ali is among the gamers that should get fired up, he actually enjoys it and loves the struggle on the market.

“I’m somebody who tries to be slightly bit extra relaxed. I can’t play beneath that fireplace in my stomach, I believe I’d disintegrate if I used to be that offended across the desk.

“He’s had an incredible final couple of seasons, he’s gained a few large occasions. It’s a recreation that, between us, is generally fairly shut.

“We’ve had some nice battles, and I’ll stay up for it once more.”

Judd Trump and reigning German Masters champion Ali Carter will face one another within the final eight on Friday afternoon.

Barry Hawkins, in the meantime, grew to become the sixth participant by means of to the quarter-finals courtesy of a 6-3 conquer Neil Robertson on day three.

The latter produced one other lacklustre efficiency that has been the hallmark of his 2023/24 marketing campaign thus far.

Two-time former runner-up Hawkins took full benefit to achieve the final eight of the distinguished invitational for a sixth time.

On Wednesday, the primary spherical will attain its conclusion with the remaining couple of fixtures.

Mark Allen and John Higgins will battle in a blockbuster afternoon affair earlier than three-time Masters champion Mark Selby faces Robert Milkins.

2024 Masters
– draw, dwell scores, outcomes –

Final 16 (bo11)

Matches to be performed from Sunday, Jan 7 to Wednesday, Jan 10. Occasions in UTC.

Judd Trump 6-5 Kyren Wilson
Mark Williams 4-6 Ali Carter
Mark Selby vs Robert Milkins
(Wed, 7pm)
Mark Allen vs John Higgins
(Wed, 1pm)
—
Ronnie O’Sullivan 6-3 Ding Junhui
Neil Robertson 3-6 Barry Hawkins
Shaun Murphy 6-2 Zhang Anda
Luca Brecel 2-6 Jack Lisowski

Quarter-Finals (bo11)

Matches to be performed on Jan 11 and Jan 12

Judd Trump vs Ali Carter
(Fri, 1pm)
Selby/Milkins vs Allen/Higgins
(Fri, 7pm)
—
Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Barry Hawkins
(Thurs, 1pm)
Shaun Murphy vs Jack Lisowski
(Thurs, 7pm)

Semi-Finals (bo11)

Matches to be performed on Jan 13

Ultimate (bo19)

Match to be performed on Jan 14

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