In the first round of the 2024 Snooker World Championships, Zhang Anda played against Jack Jones, and in terms of the latest report, Zhang Anda fell behind 3-9 and sent the match point, with many mistakes, and he was almost certain to be out! Another round of 16 is about to come out.
In this season, Zhang Anda won the runner-up of the English Open and the championship of the National Championships, which also made his ranking enter the top 16 for the first time, but after winning the championship, Zhang Anda's form was up and down, and the results were naturally not too good, and he played as the No. 11 seed in the World Championships, avoiding the cruel qualifiers.
Although Jones's ranking is not as high as Zhang Anda's, he showed a very strong performance in the qualifying round, especially in the face of Zhou Yuelong, Jones even staged a good show of eight consecutive whips after 2-4! Before the game, Zhang Anda said in an interview: Keep a normal heart, not too nervous or not nervous, to master a degree. The first round is still a 19-game and 10-win format, divided into two stages, looking forward to Zhang Anda winning the first game!
The two who were originally going to play nine rounds in the first stage, because it took a long time, only played seven rounds and "ended hastily", Zhang Anda was in a sluggish state, completely lost the style of winning the championship at the beginning, after the first stage, Zhang Anda fell behind 2-5, from the score point of view, although it is not particularly big, but from the perspective of the process, some fans can not see hope.
In the second period, Jones won two more games in a row to take a 7-2 lead. In the tenth game, Zhang Anda finally stumbled back to 3-7. In the eleventh game, Jones took a 60-0 lead! Zhang Anda chased 38 points and lost the red ball. Zhang Anda passed snooker, causing Jones to be penalized in a row, chasing 63-65. But then Jones also did snooker, Zhang Anda released the ball and dropped the white ball directly into the bag, Jones completed the super score 83-63, Zhang Anda failed to catch up, Jones won another game, 8-3 lead. After a short break, in the 12th game, Jones took the lead again and easily won the match point 9-3.