Lisowski condemns concentration after Masters defeat

Lisowski was playing in just his second Masters tournament

Jack Lisowski believes that he ‘lost the plot’ in his first-round Masters defeat after Kyren Wilson won six frames on the bounce to triumph 6-2.

Lisowski had started in inspired form, building assured breaks and enjoying a perfect long pot percentage in the opening frames as he built up a 2-0 lead.

But the 2018 Masters finalist switched on the class from then on in, and after levelling things following a crucial missed pink by Lisowski in the fourth, it was to be one way traffic.

“I made a really good start and then in the fourth frame we both had quite a few chances,” he said.

“I think that spurred him on, after the interval he was a much stronger player. I don’t really know what happened in those four frames after the interval, I never really felt in the game.

“I was missing a few weird shots. I missed a ball at 4-2, the balls were everywhere. My safety wasn’t very good, my potting wasn’t very good after the interval, so it was a shame, because I started really well.

“It was the one that got away, that fourth frame, but it was pretty poor mentally to lose the plot after that - it was a big frame I guess.

“I wasn’t really getting into any of the frames - apart from the seventh when I missed that red - I just had bits and pieces to go at. I think I wasn’t getting him in any trouble with my safety.”

Lisowski looked a beaten man after the interval, with Wilson dominating table time, despite the Cheltenham native making a number of starts.

Breaks of 68, 67 and 70 for Wilson proved the telling contributions, and his 28-year-old opponent had no answer for a combination of scoring and tricky safety play.

Lisowski’s afternoon was summed up in the seventh when he called himself on a push shot, handing Wilson the initiative at an inopportune time and leaving him to curse his luck.

“I’ve been ill for like five days, put a new tip on four days ago and my touch just wasn’t there today,” he continued.

“You saw it with that double-hit, push shot and that was because I couldn’t get my tip out of the way in time, it was a bit fatter, and I just didn’t have time to knock it in.

“My preparation hasn’t been great for this tournament and it’s caught up with me in the end.”

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