In the second round of the just-concluded World Snooker Championship on May 18, 2023, Beijing time, China's post-00s teenager Si Jiahui and Liu Hongyu, who has good strength, played a wonderful showdown. In this game, Liu Hongyu, who has just obtained his professional qualification, played well. He scored 64 points from 0-1 behind Scarlett to win three consecutive games and quickly took a 3-1 lead to take the match point. But immediately afterwards, Si Jiahui shot a 62-point performance to win two consecutive games to draw 3-3 with Liu Hongyu. In the end, Liu Hongyu's 120-shot tiebreaker allowed him to defeat China's Si Jia Hui 4-3 to advance to the round of 16.
Si Jiahui won by one shot to lead Liu Hongyu 1-0
In the first game, Liu Hongyu took the opportunity of Si Jiahui's mistake to score a red goal to get the chance, but he only scored 9 points and made a mistake. Due to the unsatisfactory position, the two players directly opened a defensive showdown. In the defensive duel, Liu Hongyu made the first mistake, and then Si Jiahui tried to fight the left top bag red ball and made a serious mistake. Liu Hongyu scored a red ball in the left top bag to successfully get the upper hand, scored 6 points again and made a simple mistake, and then chose the cue ball to sink the top library to defend. Si Jia Hui seized the opportunity to score the red goal to get the chance, and directly shot a 74-point performance and won the game 74:15 to lead Liu Hongyu 1-0 to usher in the opening of the match, it seems that Si Jia Hui is in good shape.
Liu Hongyu pulled back Yicheng to draw 1-1 with Si Jiahui
In the second game, the two players started a defensive duel as soon as they came up, and in the defense, Si Jia Hui made the first mistake and left Liu Hongyu with a red ball attack opportunity in the right bottom pocket. Liu Hongyu made a mistake in his attempt to attack, and after scoring 24 points, he hit a difficult red ball and missed, but did not give Liu Hongyu a good chance. Liu Hongyu played away the top ku red ball to make a defense, Si Jiahui made a defensive mistake, Liu Hongyu missed the ball to leave Si Jiahui with a mobile phone meeting. Si Jia Hui scored a red goal and casually chose a simple defense, but left the opponent with a good opportunity to be snooker. Liu Hongyu played a high-quality defense, but Si Jia Hui successfully solved the ball but leaked a good opportunity. Liu Hongyu scored a red goal and scored 48 points. Si Jia Hui scored a red goal but missed a black goal, Liu Hongyu scored 8 points but did not call a red ball, and then made a defensive error. Si Jia Hui scored a red goal, but there was a defensive error. In the end, Liu Hongyu won the game 65:39 and drew 1-1 with Si Jiahui.
Liu Hongyu won two consecutive games to eliminate Si Jia Hui 4-3
In the third game, Si Jia Hui scored 15 points and missed, and Liu Hongyu scored 4 points and also missed. Si Jiahui scored a red ball and scored another 7-point error, and Liu Hongyu scored a red ball on the left bottom bag to get a 34-point error. Si Jia Hui tried to make an offensive mistake, and Liu Hongyu chose to defend after scoring another 21 points. Si Jia Hui was penalized for 4 points, and after many offensive and defensive confrontations, Liu Hongyu won the game 96:23 to take a 2-1 lead. In the fourth game, Si Jia Hui took the lead with 19 points and made a mistake, and then Liu Hongyu shot a 64-point performance and won the game 64:19, thus leading Si Jia Hui 3-1 and taking the match point first. In the fifth game, Si Jia Hui won the game 81:10, trailing Liu Hongyu 2-3 and narrowing the gap to one game. In the sixth game, Si Jia Hui shot a single shot of 62 points to win the game 89:29 and draw 3-3 with Liu Hongyu. In the seventh game, Liu Hongyu shot 120 points to win the game 4-3 to defeat Si Jia Hui to advance.