On the evening of January 7, Beijing time, the first game of the first round of the 2024 Snooker Masters, the duel between the two post-90s, Brecel vs. Lisowski, the latest report, Lisowski easily won 6-2 and became the first player to advance to the top 8.
Brecel is the new world champion and the No. 2 seed at the Masters, while Lisowski is the No. 16 seed. After winning the World Championship, Brecel even had a feeling of "giving up" and played very poorly, and the overall performance of the two this season was also mediocre, Brecel only reached the final of the Shanghai Masters, and the rest of the tournaments were early exits, while Lisowski's best result was only a semi-final at the Northern Ireland Open.
It is enough to see that both of them have not been in good form recently! Judging from the record of the two in this case, Lisowski is almost equal with 5 wins and 4 losses, and it is more of a short-game game like the Champions League, and the only game with 11 rounds and 6 wins (2023 Snooker Players Championship) was won by Brecel at that time. Therefore, the outcome of this game is still relatively unpredictable.
In the first game, although Brecel was the first to score points, he was not in good shape, and Lisowski scored 70 points in a single stroke and easily took the lead 92-21. In the second game, Brecel had no chance, and Lisowski scored 100 points in a single stroke, 134-0 and another clean sheet, with a big score of 2-0. In the third game, Brecel still couldn't find his form, and Lisowski scored 96 points in a single stroke and won 100-28 again, expanding his advantage 3-0. In the fourth game, Lisowski scored 69 points in a single stroke to complete the super score, although Brecel did not give up, but still failed to reverse, Lisowski won another game 74-24, and in the first half, he led Brecel 4-0.
After the break, Brecel's state improved, scoring 80 points in a single stroke and 72 points in a single stroke, 95-4 in a row, 103-0 in two consecutive games, 2-4. In the seventh game, Lisowski scored 63 points in a single stroke, won 86-1, and won the match point 5-2. In the eighth game, Lisowski successfully won and won 6-2 to advance.