Masters: Kyran Wilson beats Zhang Anda in a tight match

The 33-year-old Zhang from China was making only his second appearance at the Masters and had exited in the first round both times.

However, the world number 10 will leave the tournament wondering how he lost against Wilson.

Apart from the match score, almost every important statistic related to safety play, table time and potting was in their favor.

However, Zhang also managed seven of Wilson’s three unforced errors, and they ultimately proved extremely costly.

Given the few opportunities that came his way, he could, and perhaps should, have been the player to step up with a good lead at halftime.

And as he fought back, moments of misfortune and carelessness kept coming.

In the seventh frame he missed the red, putting the red in the same right middle pocket, and in the ninth he missed the black, when it looked like he might steal the frame from Wilson to advance for the first time. match.

“Kieren is a very strong opponent. I needed a very strong performance and I was a little unlucky,” Zhang said.