John Parrott, a three-time Masters runner-up, played the world number five Stephen Lee. Breaks of 88 and 109 gave Lee a 3–1 lead before Parrott drew level at 4–4. The following two frames were shared, forcing a final frame decider. Parrott took the half-hour final frame to win 6–5 in his first victory in the United Kingdom since the first round of the 2000 World Snooker Championship. Parrott quipped the game could be broadcast on the BBC's "A Question of Sport", "What happened next – John Parrott won a snooker match." There were 2,374 spectators watching Ronnie O'Sullivan play White, which was the largest crowd for a Masters game that was not the final in 18 years. O'Sullivan won frame one on a 101 break before White took the next five frames to be within one of victory. O'Sullivan took frame seven before White's 117 clearance gave him a 6–2 win. Post-match, O'Sullivan questioned whether he had the temperament, to continue playing snooker. Fergal O'Brien achieved breaks of 54, 88, 102, 99 and 53 in defeating Williams 6–5, and Ken Doherty beat Anthony Hamilton 6–1 with breaks of 52, 107, 51, 47 and 48; Hamilton compiled a 119 break in the third frame.