On April 29, 2023, the World Snooker Championship continued, and the first final seat was released, Luca Snooker Championship. Brecel eliminated Scarlet 17-15, went 5-14 behind and won 11 consecutive games, withstood the pressure to complete a super comeback, and then faced Selby and Mark. Alan's winner.
Chinese teenager Si Jia Hui is only 20 years old and ranked 80th in the world, he is the biggest dark horse of this World Championship, starting from the qualifying round, winning six consecutive games to advance to the semifinals, eliminating Shaun. Murphy, Milkins and McGill have set a number of records, and Jia Hui's best result in the past was the quarterfinals, or the Gibraltar Open, which is less golden, and this performance is indeed far beyond expectations.
In the semifinals, he challenged Belgium's Luca. Brecel, who holds four ranking titles, has been at the top of the post-90s players, second only to Karen. Wilson, just before the game, Brecel overcame the disadvantage of being 6-10 behind, winning seven consecutive games to reverse world No. 1 O'Sullivan, attracting the attention of outside fans, and the defensive quality of the two is average, both are attack-oriented players.
It is worth mentioning that Brecel has a lot of experience, once lost to Zhao Xintong, won the British Championship runner-up, Scarlet is the first time to come to Cruzburg, so it is normal to feel nervous, but this young player dares to fight, shows tenacious struggle in the face of difficulties, and forges ahead competitively, which is worth learning, and both sides are going all out to attack the final spot.
The game was played in a 33-game 17-win format, divided into four stages, just in the three stages that ended before, Scarlet Hui can be described as experiencing ups and downs, from 5-3 to 11-5, he completed multiple single-shot wins to extend the lead, Scarlet is very accurate, the long stage success rate is good, and the ability to score consecutive points is strong, but his movement and defense need to be improved, which is the case for most young players.
In the third stage, Scarcel once opened the point difference to 14-5, but did not expect Brecel to be resilient, withstood the pressure for five consecutive games, and then in the final stage, Brecel shot a single 70 in the 25th game, Brecel won the grappling 76-26 in the 26th game, Brecel scored a single 81 in the 27th game, Brecel completed the overscore 64-40 in the 28th game, and trailed 5-14 to chase 14 draws.
At the end of the intermission, Brecel played many times in the 29th game to win another game 81-0, in the 30th game Scarcel had a mental problem, missed two chances, only 10 points to interrupt the attack, Brecel played a single 73 points, won 11 consecutive games to get the match point, in the 31st game Scarcel returned a single 91 points, in the 32nd game Brecel scored an overscore, and finally reversed Scarlet 17-15 to advance to the final first.