That is all from today's action with Mark Allen and Zhao Xintong the latest two men to record 6-2 wins at the Masters.

Thanks as always for joining us and your comments. We're back at 13:00 GMT on Tuesday. See you then.

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Tuesday, 13 January (first round, best of 11 frames)

13:00 GMT – Kyren Wilson (England) v Si Jiahui (China)

19:00 GMT – John Higgins (Scotland) v Barry Hawkins (England)

Zhao Xintong, who battled through four qualifying matches and then five more at the Crucible to become the first Asian player to win the world title in May, became the third Chinese player to make it into this year's Masters quarter-finals.

A break of 76 gave Wilson the opening frame as the Englishman looked to win a Masters match for the first time after losing in the opening round in 2021 and 2024 against Kyren Wilson and Shaun Murphy respectively.

But Zhao ruthlessly punished loose safety shots from Wilson to win four frames in a row, thanks to breaks of 50, 51, 54 and 72, while Wilson only collected 10 points in that time.

However, Wilson battled to win the sixth frame to reduce the deficit to 2-4, only to then let a 51-0 advantage slip in frame seven.

Zhao made his fifth half-century break of the match, a 67 in frame eight, to seal a 6-2 victory - bizarrely the same score that has now been seen in all four completed matches.

Zhao will now play either four-time world champion Higgins or two-time world runner-up Barry Hawkins in the next round.

Some quotes from Zhao Xintong after his 6-2 win over Gary Wilson: "I enjoyed the might. This is my second time at Alexandra Palace so I really enjoyed it.

"I know he is a very good player so I just wanted to have big breaks and didn't want him to come back so I just try to get better.

"Hopefully in the final we have two Chinese players. Tonight I could see a lot of fans supporting me so I feel very confident and I didn't want to lose. This is my first win at Alexandra Palace."

Zhao becomes the third Chinese player into the quarter-finals and seals it with a break of 67.

Remarkably, all four games at this year's tournament have ended 6-2.

Oohs and aahs from the Alexandra Palace crowd in that seventh frame as Gary Wilson misses, then Zhao Xintong misses, before he wraps the frame up.

Hot and cold from Gary Wilson. A stunning long plant to down a red, followed by a miss on the yellow into right middle. He's 22-0 ahead, but that might be the Englishman's last shot of this year's Masters.

That's going to hurt Gary. A misjudged safety on the green, which nudged the pink into the pocket proved to be his final shot of the frame.

Zhao had been 51-0 behind in that frame but takes it 61-53 on the pink.

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This is now a massive frame. If Zhao wins it he's odds on to go to the quarter-final. If Gary Wilson can win it, it's match on.

A second chance for Wilson when this frame looked done and dusted. Zhao closes the gap to 37-51 but then misses a pink just as he was about to attack the colours.

Wilson gets 51 points ahead in frame seven but then misses a cut on the red and it stays on the cloth, with 75 points still in play for Zhao to shoot at.

This would be a painful frame for Wilson to lose having done so much of the hard work.

Good character from Gary Wilson as he battles through a tough table to get over the line in frame six.

We have had three matches end 6-2, Wilson will now be hoping to buck that trend.

Zhao still two away but Wilson has ended a rotten hour on the table for him.

The kind of layout you might see at your local club. Messy.

After only scoring 10 points in the past four frames, Wilson gets 25 on the board in this frame before missing a double on a red into right middle.

Gary Wilson's safety success is at 59%, but that's never going to be enough against the world champion.

This time another error only costs him one point at the start of frame six.

No century as Zhao falters at the 72-point mark, missing a black off the spot, although that is his best frame of the match and it came in six minutes. Breaks of 50, 51, 54 and now 72.

He's getting better and better. This is going to take something special from Gary Wilson to turn this match around,