Summary

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  • Last 16, best of 11 frames

  • RESULT: Mark Selby 6-1 Ali Carter

  • RESULT: Mark Williams 5-6 Ding Junhui

  • Taking place at Alexandra Palace

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  1. Dominant Selby thrashes Carter to reach Masters quarter-finals

    Mark Selby produces a superb display to thrash Ali Carter 6-1 and advance to the last eight of the Masters at Alexandra Palace.

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  2. Selby advances with dominant display

    Selby 6-1 Carter

    Mark Selby on this form looks like he could be a handful for anyone. He seals his win with a half century that never looked in doubt.

  3. Dominant Selby closes in on victory

    Selby 5-1 Carter

    Mark Selby knocks in a break of 126 to pick up where he left off a couple of frames back.

    The Jester from Leicester is delivering the performance of the first round so far.

  4. Carter gets on the board

    Selby 4-1 Carter

    Ali Carter is on the board. Albeit he is relieved have taken the fifth frame with Mark Selby getting the snooker he needed but then failing to knock in a difficult blue.

  5. Selby in complete control

    Selby 4-0 Carter

    Ali Carter has been completely frozen out. Mark Selby is in complete command at the mid-session interval with a break of 93 putting him four frames up.

  6. Selby 3-0 Carter

    Mark Selby is looking very good indeed here.A superb 108 clearance allows him to put another frame on the board. This is looking ominous for Ali Carter.

  7. Shaun Murphy
    2005 world champion on BBC Four

    Mark Selby now knows that Ali did not fancy that shot. Sometimes you have to fake it even if you don't fancy it to send the right message.

    Mark does seem to win more than his fair share of those types of frames. There were some very clever safety shots played by both players. I would not say it is worrying times for Ali Carter yet but that frame will hurt.

  8. John Parrott
    1991 world champion on BBC Four

    Mark Selby did what Mark Selby does. Pinch a frame that he had no right to win.

  9. Selby extends his advantage

    Selby 2-0 Carter

    A long drawn out frame goes Mark Selby's way (don't most?) after Ali Carter is unable to nudge the brown off the top cushion to while potting the green.

    What a steal from Selby.

  10. Selby takes early lead

    Selby 1-0 Carter

    A decent start for Mark Selby, who makes a break of 62 on his way to winning the first frame.

    When the four-time world champion is in the mood he is difficult to stop.

  11. 'Nightmare' decision to withdraw came after O'Sullivan 'lost the plot'

    Before we get too much into this contest, Ronnie O'Sullivan has been speaking on Eurosport about his decision to withdraw from the Masters this year.

    O'Sullivan, who has won the tournament a record eight times said: "It was a nightmare decision really to make.

    "If you had asked me on Sunday if I was ready to play I’d probably have been okay to play. It is such a massive tournament, I’ve obviously been on this three-week trip, away playing and I think I just exhausted myself.

    "[There was] A lot of pressure while I was away and the build up of all that kind of got too much. I lost the plot on Thursday and snapped my cue so that’s unplayable, so I just knew at that moment in time the right decision was not to play.

    "It’s such a big tournament I felt whoever was going to come in should at least have a couple of days notice."

  12. Selby v Carter

    Mark Selby & Ali Carter head to headBBC Sport

    Right here we go again. The first frame is under way and Mark Selby v Ali Carter could be an absolute cracker.

  13. Ding advances past Williams

    Williams 5-6 Ding

    A wonderful break of 90 allows Ding Junhui to advance past Mark Williams.

  14. Ding takes contest to decider

    Williams 5-5 Ding

    Snooker is a crazy game at times. Ding Junhui smashes the reds everywhere with a wild shot but then ends up the beneficiary of his own mistake as Mark Williams is not left with a pot.

    Ding then returns to the table and enjoys a run of 76 to set up a final-frame decider.

  15. Williams closes in on victory

    Williams 5-4 Ding

    What a frame of snooker. Ding Junhui makes a break of 66 and then misses a black off its spot.

    Mark Williams needs blacks with all five reds remaining and gets them before going on to pinch the frame by a point.

  16. Williams knocks in sublime century

    Williams 4-4 Ding

    Mark Williams plays a shotPA Media

    Mark Williams take a bow. The Welsh potting machine knocks in a sublime break of 136 to level the contest again. You would not bet against there being a decider in this contest.

  17. Ding within two frames of victory

    Williams 3-4 Ding

    The finish line is in sight and Ding Junhui takes the seventh frame of the match to move within two of victory.

    Neither player has hit top form so far and a break of 60 just about gets the player from China over the line there.

  18. Ding levels

    Williams 3-3 Ding

    We are down to a best-of-five encounter as Ding Junhui draws level thanks largely to a break of 64.

    Mark Williams got in first there but missed a very difficult red to the middle pocket to allow his opponent a chance, which he took.

  19. Williams goes through the gears

    Williams 3-2 Ding

    Just signs that Mark Williams has found his groove. The two-time winner enjoys a run of 70 as he goes into the lead for the first time in the match.

  20. Williams 2-2 Ding

    Stephen Hendry
    Seven-time world champion on BBC Two

    The way Mark Williams surgically goes through these breaks even when he is not playing well is the ultimate. It doesn't bother him if the balls are awkward. He puts everything into his clearances.

    Ding would have been thinking, 'I am going to get back to the table' but he didn't get another chance.