The quarter-finals of the 2025 Saudi Arabia Snooker Masters will happen on Thursday on the Inexperienced Halls in Jeddah.
What started with 144 contenders has been whittled right down to the final eight, with three wins separating the remaining gamers from the £500,000 high prize.
Some large names crashed out on Wednesday, together with world champion Zhao Xintong along with Mark Selby and Ding Junhui.
However there’s nonetheless loads of firepower left within the match, so let’s check out the 4 quarter-finals within the Saudi Arabia Masters draw.
Ali Carter vs Neil Robertson
Ali Carter continued his nice begin to the 2025/26 snooker season with a 6-3 victory over Oliver Traces within the final 16.
It wasn’t fairly as dramatic as a few of his different comebacks from this time period already, however the Captain did handle to overturn a 3-1 deficit to securely attain the final eight.
Carter wasn’t purported to be concerned within the current Shanghai Masters however benefited from Mark Allen’s withdrawal and duly reached the ultimate.
He wasn’t even meant to be a seeded participant in Saudi Arabia however was bumped up after Xiao Guodong as a substitute selected to take part within the World Video games.
The 46 year-old will look to increase his good run when he takes on Neil Robertson subsequent, the Australian having crushed Mark Selby 6-4 to succeed in this stage.
Robertson received the higher of an extended battle together with his outdated rival by taking the final three frames – together with an excellent 137 break within the remaining body – to maneuver by way of.
The Melbourne man boasts a far superior head-to-head report in opposition to Carter, successful 18 of their 26 total encounters.
When is it? Thursday, August 14th at 11am UTC+1 (BST)
Elliot Slessor vs Mark Williams
Elliot Slessor represents the one contender left within the Saudi Arabia Masters draw who isn’t one of many high 16 seeds.
The Englishman, who has been steadily bettering and rising up the ranks in current campaigns, adopted up his glorious overcome John Higgins with a 6-5 success in opposition to Stuart Bingham in spherical six of the competitors.
Slessor has assured himself a good-looking payday price £50,000, earnings that can already assure him a brand new world-ranking excessive place of quantity 26.
Subsequent up for the 31 year-old is Mark Williams, who memorably reached the ultimate twelve months in the past solely to be denied glory in a black-ball deciding body thriller.
The Welshman is again difficult once more within the Kingdom after orchestrating a complete 6-1 thumping of Shaun Murphy within the final spherical.
Williams and Slessor have crossed paths on 4 events on the World Snooker Tour previously, with the previous rising because the victor thrice.
When is it? Thursday, August 14th at 11am UTC+1 (BST)
Kyren Wilson vs Ronnie O’Sullivan
Kyren Wilson and Ronnie O’Sullivan will conflict within the quarter-finals for the second successive match, this time on the Saudi Arabia Masters.
On the finish of final month, the pair met on the identical hurdle of the Shanghai Masters with Wilson successful 6-3 on his approach to claiming the celebrated invitational title in China.
The world quantity two – arguably essentially the most formidable participant on the planet at current – reached the final eight right here courtesy of a 6-3 overcome Si Jiahui.
O’Sullivan endured a a lot harder time of it as he was pressured to scramble his method again from 5-2 right down to deny Chang Bingyu in a deciding body.
The Rocket regarded lifeless and buried within the occasion however saved his hopes alive with assistance from two terrific tons, together with a trademark 125 on the finish.
At one time, O’Sullivan held all of the playing cards in opposition to Wilson and even received three items of silverware at his fellow Englishman’s expense.
However the latter has received their final six affairs in all competitions and would be the favorite to advance to the final 4 once more right here.
When is it? Thursday, August 14th at 5:30pm UTC+1 (BST)
Barry Hawkins vs Chris Wakelin
“Even when I received this match, individuals wouldn’t suppose that I’m a high participant.”
These had been the phrases of Chris Wakelin after he orchestrating one other eye-catching victory to knock Zhao Xintong out of the working in Jeddah.
Wakelin has represented a quickly improved pressure within the recreation since capturing the 2023 Snooker Shoot Out crown, and the one factor lacking from his rising record of achievements is a much bigger piece of silverware to boast about.
The 33 year-old has put himself into one other place to problem after successful the final three frames to pip the world champion.
Wakelin’s subsequent opponent survived his last-16 fixture in related vogue, with Barry Hawkins reversing a late two-frame deficit to disclaim Ding Junhui in one other 6-5 thriller.
In some methods, Hawkins will perceive the present profession trajectory of Wakelin – the Hawk was additionally into his thirties earlier than establishing himself as an everyday presence on the enterprise finish of occasions.
Hawkins and Wakelin have met solely 4 instances previously with the previous rising triumphantly on three of these events.
When is it? Thursday, August 14th at 5:30pm UTC+1 (BST)
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