{"id":826,"date":"2024-01-08T05:31:14","date_gmt":"2024-01-08T05:31:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.24hscore.com\/?p=826"},"modified":"2024-01-08T05:31:20","modified_gmt":"2024-01-08T05:31:20","slug":"lisowski-cruises-past-brecel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/24hscore.net\/news\/other-sports\/lisowski-cruises-past-brecel\/","title":{"rendered":"Lisowski begins his Masters campaign by strolling by Brecel, while Murphy watches"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/news.24hscore.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">24hscore news<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jack Lisowski, aged 32, kicked off his Masters campaign at Alexandra Palace with a dominant 6-2 victory over 28-year-old world champion Luca Brecel. Lisowski secured a 4-0 lead by the interval, propelled by three breaks over 50 and a century, putting Brecel in a challenging position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although the second seed Brecel won two in response, his comeback was short-lived as Lisowski claimed the final two frames with breaks of 63 and 68. Lisowski will now face Shaun Murphy or Zhang Anda in the quarter-final. <a href=\"https:\/\/24hscore.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">24hscore<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I felt great,&#8221; Lisowski shared with the BBC after the win. &#8220;You never know what it will be like coming out here. I started well straight away and felt like I couldn&#8217;t miss it. Just in rhythm, had a bit of luck at the end, a really good break, brilliant.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Jack Lisowski opens his 2024 Masters campaign with ??????? over world champion Luca Brecel! ??<br><br>A 6-2 win against the Belgian Bullet secures his spot in the quarter-final!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WeAreWST?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">@WeAreWST<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/TheMasters?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#TheMasters<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/wiTXdAyDkK\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/wiTXdAyDkK<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Eurosport (@eurosport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/eurosport\/status\/1744016628730200334?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 7, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Although Lisowski has had a challenging campaign thus far, he feels that his form has improved after making it to the final of an exhibition event in Macau over the Christmas break.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;I think I found something in China,&#8221; he said. &#8220;I felt great, so I think something happened in China. Thank god because I was really struggling. To be honest, I was really scared to come here today because I didn&#8217;t know what Jack was going to turn up.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">&#8220;You can get really nervous coming into this, for me it&#8217;s the scariest tournament to play in and I just started well and it turned into a great place to play, I started enjoying it.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Murphy advances<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Shaun Murphy (41) of the world ranking easily defeated Zhang Anda (32) of China 6-2 in the day&#8217;s second match.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the quarterfinals, Murphy and Lisowski will play each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">???????? ???????? ?????? ????? ?<br><br>2015 Masters champion Shaun Murphy safely dispatches International Champion Zhang Anda 6-2!<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/MastersSnooker?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">#MastersSnooker<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9m0fbC9q1p\" rel=\"nofollow\">pic.twitter.com\/9m0fbC9q1p<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Live Snooker (@Livesnooker) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Livesnooker\/status\/1744118074796569036?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">January 7, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>24hscore news Jack Lisowski, aged 32, kicked off his Masters campaign at Alexandra Palace with a dominant 6-2 victory over 28-year-old world champion Luca Brecel. Lisowski secured a 4-0 lead by the interval, propelled by three breaks over 50 and a century, putting Brecel in a challenging position. 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