On April 27, 2023, the World Snooker Championship continued, with China's dark horse Si Jiahui challenging Belgium's Luca. Brecel, competing for the first place in the final, the first eight games ended, Scarlet led Brecel 5-3, smashed two shots to break the hundred, Brecel missed the chance to tie the score, the second stage of the game will be played tomorrow at 17 o'clock, the result is full of suspense at the moment.
Scarlet is only 20 years old, his world ranking is only 80th, no one expected the youngster to last until now, after coming to Cruzburg from the qualifiers, Scarlet won consecutive victories over Sean. Murphy, Milkins and McGill became the third Chinese players to reach the last four of the World Championships, bringing unexpected surprises, setting a number of new records, and about to attack the final spot.
The opponent is the famous player Luca of the 90s. Brecel, ranked 10th in the world, just in the last round, Brecel came down 6-10 down, won seven consecutive games to defeat O'Sullivan, and reached the last four of the World Championship for the first time, so no matter who can make it to Scarlet and Brecel, it will be new history for Cruzburg, and both will fight hard to play at their best.
Scarlet and Brecel have no record of each other before, the first time the two met was in the semifinals, directly related to the entire career, Brecel has rich experience, has won ranking tournaments many times, and has always been the leader of the post-90s players, second only to Karen. Wilson, whose previous best result was the quarter-finals of the Gibraltar Open, does have a clear gap between him and his opponent.
The game was played in a best-of-33 game system, divided into four stages, and now only the first stage of eight innings was played, in the first game Brecel scored a single 50 to take the lead 72-19, in the second game Scarcel was not to be outdone, he shot a single 125 points, in the third game Brecel took the lead and scored 33 points to interrupt the attack, Scarcel shot a single 102 points, breaking 100 in two consecutive games, putting pressure on the opponent.
In the fourth game, Brecel's form did not improve much, Scarlet played a single 97 to win another game, in the fifth game both sides made mistakes, Scarcel led 64-3 and turned into defense, there were 67 points left on the table, Brecel missed the ball, Scarlet was accurate, and won the game again, in the sixth game, Scarlet hit a single 53 to interrupt the attack, and Brecel scored a single 72 to complete a one-game reversal.
In the following seventh game, Scarcel made another mistake and interrupted the attack with only 33 points, Brecel shot a one-shot 69, and in the eighth game Brecel led 60-49 to lose the pink ball, Scarlet cleared the stage 62-60, and Scarlet led 5-3 to end the first stage.