In the early morning of April 3rd, Beijing time, in the first round of the 2024 Snooker Tour Championship, Barry Hawkins and Ali Carter played a magical game with ups and downs. After falling behind 1-7 in the first stage, Barry Hawkins catches up and is very tenacious! They frantically saved 3 match points to catch up to 8-9. In the 17th game, Barry Hawkins even fought for the ultimate victory in the desperate situation of being overtaken by 2 strokes. However, the hole dug in the first stage was too big. In the end, Barry Hawkins still lost to Ali Carter with a total score of 8-10, and another player will be eliminated! With Ali Carter advancing, all the top 8 players of this tournament were born: Trump, O'Sullivan, Zhang Anda, Ding Junhui, the top 4 seeds who received a bye in the first round, plus Mark Allen and Gary who won the first round and advanced. Wilson, Mark Williams, Ali Carter.
Ali Carter and Barry Hawkins are both players born in the 1970s. They have played against each other many times in professional games, and each has their own victories and defeats. They are old rivals and are very familiar with each other. In terms of career honors, Ali Carter has won 5 ranking championships, and Barry Hawkins has won 4 times. However, Ali Carter has reached the World Championship finals twice, but unfortunately he lost to O'Sullivan twice. Just missed the world championship honor. Currently, Ali Carter and Barry Hawkins are both ranked in the top 16. Ali Carter is ranked 9th in the world, and Barry Hawkins is ranked 16th. Both of them have locked up the seed seats for the next World Championships, but the specific ranking is It still needs to be determined after the end of this Snooker Tour Championship. In the single-season ranking list, Barry Hawkins ranked 7th and Ali Carter ranked 10th. Barry Hawkins won the European Snooker Masters championship this season, and Ali Carter entered the Wuhan Open and Snooker Open. In the Masters finals, I lost both finals and won two runner-ups.
In the first stage, Barry Hawkins scored 84 points in a single stroke and took the lead. Ali Carter scored 80 points, 51 points, 83 points, 135 points, 94 points in a row and won 7 consecutive games, with a total score of 7 -1 is way ahead.
In the second stage, Barry Hawkins used multiple shot opportunities to chase one round 66-19, and then scored 56 points on a single shot to chase another round 62-29. After catching up two rounds, Barry Hawkins still scored 3- 7 behind Alicat, the disadvantage is still quite obvious. In the 11th game, the two experienced a long and fierce battle. Ali Carter seized the opportunity and won 64-37. He won the first game of the second stage and promptly interrupted Barry Hawkins' continuous pursuit momentum. In the 12th game, Barry Hawkins won with 80 points in a single stroke, catching up to 4-8. After the break, Barry Hawkins continued to chase points, breaking 118 points in a single stroke to win, and chased the total score to 5-8. In the 14th game, Alicat fell behind 8-60 and completed a single-game comeback, narrowly winning 65-60 and taking the lead in getting the match point 9-5. Subsequently, Barry Hawkins saved 2 match points in a row to catch 7-9! In the 17th game, Barry Hawkins miraculously survived being overshot by 2 strokes, winning the game and winning the match! In the 18th game, Alicat finally fulfilled his match point and advanced to the quarterfinals.
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