In the early morning of April 27, Beijing time, the 2023 World Snooker Championship ended the 1/4 final competition at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England, and the final 4 were released. China's Si Jiahui and Scotland's McGill fought until late at night, Si Jiahui struggled to catch up after falling behind 9-11, and won the tiebreaker, and finally won the dark horse journey 13-12, advancing to the last four of the World Championships, setting a new personal ranking record. In the semi-finals, Scarlet will face out Belgian Brecel, who eliminated defending champion O'Sullivan.
The 20-year-old Scarlett, ranked only 80th in the world before the World Championships, made his Cruzburg debut after three qualifying rounds. From the first round of the main draw, he eliminated No. 4 seed Murphy and No. 13 seed Milkins in succession to become a dark horse. In the quarterfinals against Scottish titan McGill, he still has a good chance to move on, after all, in the past record of the two head-to-head records, Scarlet has won all three games, and the psychological advantage is fully displayed.
In the first 8-game battle between the two, Scarlet won a 4-1 start with a 1-100 and a 2-under 50+, but then exposed problems in defense and was won by McGill for three consecutive games, ending 4-4. In the second eight games, McGill once overtook it, but Scarlet resisted the pressure at key moments and chased the big score to 8-8. The two sides saved the suspense of the match until the final third stage, which turned into a 9-inning, 5-win battle.
After the start of the third period, McGill took the lead again, taking a 10-8 lead in two consecutive sets, and then the two men won one game each, and Scarlett still trailed by two sets. From the 21st inning, Jia Hui showed his long-range accuracy, grabbed the chance ball in succession, gained a chance in the grappling, and won three consecutive games to win the match point 12-11 line. McGill was not soft at the crucial moment, breaking 100 with a single shot and a clean sheet of 130 to tie the big score, dragging the game into the tiebreaker!
In the tiebreaker, the two began a defensive battle, and Si Jiahui won many on-the-phone meetings and finally completed the super score. In the end, the big score was fixed at 13-12, and Si Jia Hui directly ended the match, advanced to the last four, and once again set a new career ranking match.
In the semi-finals, Scarlet will continue to challenge the seeded against the No. 9 seed and Belgium's Brecel, who also staged a comeback in the quarter-final, and after falling behind 6-10 after two stages, won seven consecutive games in the third period, and finally won 13-10 on aggregate, also refreshing his personal best of the World Championship. The first phase of the two-player competition will begin on April 27 at 8 p.m. Beijing time.