 Nyorai mberi kweiyi ndima - OSullivan akatanga mutambo wake uchipesana naDott nebhureki yemakumi matanhatu nematanhatu ndokuzoita zana rake ramakore makumi maviri nerimwe remwaka wa20042005 ne130 mune yechipiri. Dott akaenzanisa mutambo pa 33 aine 41 clearance. OSullivan akabva atora mafuremu matatu akatevera aine mabhureki e72 ne85 aine nzvimbo ye51 kuti akunde 63. John Higgins, shasha yeMasters ya1999, akatarisana nomumwe wake wokuScotland Chris Small. Higgins akakunda mafuremu mana okutanga nemakundano 106, 60, 47 uye 48. Muduku akadzivisa kuchenesa kupfurikidza nokutora furemu rechishanu. Higgins akarasikirwa nomukana wokuputsa zvikuru mufuremu rechitanhatu paakarasikirwa nebhora rechitanhatu dema paakanga ari pamapoinzi 65. Iye ipapo akakunda furemu nomwe uye mutambo 61. Pazera ramakore 17 Ding akava mutambi muduku zvikurusa wemakota emagumo munhau yeMasters paakakunda Ken Doherty, shasha yenyika ya1997Doherty akabatwa nechirwere munzeve mazuva matatu apfuura. Doherty akahwina mufananidzo wechipiri sezvo Ding akatora mufananidzo wekutanga, wechitatu uye wechina nekuputsa kwakanyanya kwemutambo kuburitswa kwe141 uye mamwe makumbo e81 ne52. Doherty akarasikirwa nefirimu rechishanu pashure pokupotsa bhora dema uye ipapo rechitanhatu nokupotsa kupfura papinki. Akabva amanikidza bhora dema rakaonekwazve kuti ripere mufuremu rechinomwe iro Ding akakunda. 