In the early morning of April 17, the first round of the Snooker World Championship ended, and the defending champion Mark Selby was in excellent shape, bursting 3 shots to break 4 50+ in the whole game, beating qualifier Jamie Jones 10-7 with a 6-3 lead at halftime, waiting for the winner between Yan Bingtao and Chris Wakelin. In the other matches that ended matchday 1, Zhao Xintong led Clark 7-2 at halftime, O'Sullivan, Jackson Page, and Maguire all took a 6-3 lead, while Gilbert, Hawkins and Murphy trailed.
Jamie Jones is ranked 37th in the world, qualifying for consecutive defeats to Joyce and Forde to qualify for the main tournament, Selby has been closed since losing the first round of the Welsh Open at the end of February, adjusting his mentality to prepare for the World Championships, this game shows that the "retreat" effect is good. In the first stage of the game, Master Sai sacrificed two large hundreds and 3 shots of 60+ to take a 6-3 lead at halftime! At the beginning of the second stage, in the 10th set, Master Seyched played a single 55 points under the entanglement, 7-3! The subsequent one-set reversal left Jones' one-shot 50s a figment, 8-3 on aggregate! Jones scored a piecemeal win in 3 straight sets in the face of adversity to make it 6-8! In the 15th inning, Master Sey went on to blast a single shot of 137 points to shoot the 3rd 100th of the game, and the 100th shot of his career in Crucible, an achievement that only rockets, wizards and Henson have achieved, and in the 16th inning, Jones won, and in the 17th set, Master Se ended the game.
The first Round of 16 of this World Championship was born! Next, Selby will face the winner between mainland players Yan Bingtao and Wakelin. In other competitions, Zhao Xintong was in excellent shape, playing 2 strokes to break the 1004 50+, almost ending the suspense at halftime 7-2, and only needed to take 3 more innings in the second half to reach the round of 16 for the first time! Debut player 00 after the rising star Page blasted 1 hundred and 50+ to lead Hawkins 6-3 at halftime, with an upset rhythm! A pair of old rivals Maguire and Murphy also made it 6-3, with Maguire taking the lead temporarily. The 2nd matchday fixtures are as follows, on April 17, 17:00 Beijing time, Zhao Xintong's Second Stage, McGill and Hayfield Stage 1, 21:30, O'Sullivan's Stage 2, Williams and Little White's Stage 1, April 18, 02:00, Hawkins Stage 2, Murphy and Maguire Stage 2, stay tuned.