On the evening of April 29 and the early morning of the next day, Beijing time, the semi-finals of the Snooker World Championship continued. Marvel had previously trailed Teresa Jr. 1-7 in the first stage of the match. In the second stage, Marvel trailed Xiaote 5-11. Just when everyone thought that Ma Wei's trip to Crucible had come to an end, Ma Wei "came back to life" from the reverse in the third stage, and won 6 sets in the 8 innings of the third stage, chasing the score to 11-13, and the game became more and more exciting. The final stage of the competition will be played at 21:30 on the 30th.
In the first stage, The Little terrier led 7-1. In the second stage, in the ninth set, Ma Wei scored 72 points on multiple occasions and recovered a set 72-7. But then Xiaote blasted out a single shot 114, once again extending the lead. In the eleventh set, the small special that still felt online, broke through the hundred again, scored 100 points, and made two consecutive sets of clean sheets ma Wei to take a 9-2 lead.
In the twelfth inning, Ma Wei was not far behind, and also exploded a hundred, with a single score of 119 points to chase back a set. In the thirteenth set, Ma Wei scored 61 points on several occasions, and the score came to 9-4. In the fourteenth set, the little one shot 50 points to establish the advantage, 93-0 clean sheet opponent won another set. In the fifteenth set, the two sides fought fiercely, each with a 50+ performance.
Marvel scored 52 points and unfortunately lost to the little one-shot 79 points, and the score came to 11-4. In the sixteenth inning, Ma Wei scored 70 points to chase back the first set, and the second stage ended with an 11-5 score. At this time, many fans felt that this would be a crushing victory.
However, at the beginning of the third stage, Ma Wei found his form again, frequently blasting out 50+, step by step to chase the score to 11-13. In the seventeenth inning, Ma Wei opened with a 120-point clean sheet, but soon, Ma Wei fought back in the eighteenth set with a high score of 137 points, and in the nineteenth set, Ma Wei blasted two 50+, (58, 53), and again kept a clean sheet.
The score came to 12-7. In the twentieth set, the two sides began to fight, and after several attacks and defenses, Ma Wei had a slight advantage, and chased another set 64-50. The situation is starting to move in a good direction. In the twenty-first set, Marvel scored 57 points, followed by the twenty-second set, Marvel scored 77 points, two consecutive sets of clean sheets, to chase the score to 12-10.
In the twenty-third set, The Little shot a single shot with 113 points to win 113-1. In the twenty-fourth set, Ma Wei scored 63 points several times, and chased another set 63-14. The third stage ended with a score of 13-11 on the pitch. Tonight the duo will begin the final stage of the battle.
Semi-final results date:
17:00 John Higgins 6-10 Ronnie O'Sullivan (Third Stage)
21:30 Mark Williams 11-13 Judd Trump (Final Stage)
2:00 John Higgins vs Ronnie O'Sullivan (Final Stage)