On March 22, 2024, Beijing time, the Snooker World Open entered the fifth competition. This tournament is a major ranking tournament, and there are only two tournaments left in the season, the Tour Championship and the World Championship, and only the top 12 players in a single season are eligible to participate in the Tour Championship, so all the top 16 players in the world will participate.
The two favorites in this competition are undoubtedly Rocket O'Sullivan and Trump, who won 5 and 4 championships respectively this season, but O'Sullivan was eliminated by Iran's Hussein Wafi 5:4 in the 1/8 game, breaking the biggest upset of this competition. In addition, only Trump is still fighting among the top eight players in the world, and the other players have been eliminated. Among the quarterfinals, there are four players: Trump, Ding Junhui, Kairen Wilson and Neil Robertson.
In terms of the Chinese Legion, all the professional players of the Chinese Legion participated in this competition, but unfortunately in the 32-16 game, only Ding Junhui was promoted by 8 players. Fortunately, Ding Junhui withstood the pressure and defeated the strong opponent Sean Murphy 5:3 in the 1/8 match to advance to the top 8, retaining the hope of the Chinese army winning the championship.
The 1/4 match matches are as follows: Trump vs Kairen Wilson, Ding Junhui vs Hussein Wafai, Neil Robertson vs Barry Hawkins, Jackson Page vs Slessor. Among them, Trump and Jackson Page played two games in the first half of this match day, and the specific results are as follows.
Judd Trump 5:2 Kyren Wilson
Trump, who ranked No. 1 in a single season, has been in hot form this season, winning four championships and having three runners-up. Judd Trump has surpassed Mark Williams to occupy fifth place in history in the number of career ranking tournaments, and is getting closer and closer to Higgins' 31 titles. Trump once set a great record of six championships in ranking matches in a single season, and there are only 3 races left this season, and there is basically no hope of making a breakthrough, but it is still possible to win another championship.
Kairen Wilson is a leading post-90s player, winning 5 ranking tournaments in his career. Its form has declined seriously in the last two seasons, with no results last season, and still no improvement in form this season, with the best result in the semi-finals of the German Masters, and the world ranking has been declining. Facing Trump in this game, judging from the whole game, the state is still not very good, and the luck is indeed a little worse than Trump. However, Trump was not in good shape in this game, and he did not break 100 performances in the whole game.
In the first game of the game, Trump scored three times, and finally won the game 105:4 and got off to a good start. In the second game, the two scored piecemeal, and finally Trump seized the opportunity to play the next game 66:55, leading 2:0. Subsequently, Kairen Wilson found his form, scored 66 and 70 points in a row, and equalized the score in two consecutive games. In the fifth game, the two entered a tug-of-war that lasted for more than 1 hour, and Trump made a miracle and dribbled twice, and finally won the game 64:58. In the sixth game, Trump won the game with a single stroke of 59 points, and the big score was 4:2 to take the lead in the match point.
Jackson Page 5:2 Lessers
Jackson Page is Mark Williams' apprentice, and he has played a dark horse role in this tournament and Slessor, especially Jackson Page has upset world champions Higgins and Selby in succession, and is in hot form. Slessor has had an average season, reaching the semi-finals of the Welsh Open.
After the start of the game, Jackson Page quickly entered the state, scoring 90 and 140 points in a row, and won two games in a row, leading 2:0. In the third game, Slessor started from afar and scored 77 points in a single stroke to pull back a game. In the fourth game, Slessor won in the chaos and drew 2:2. Subsequently, Jackson Page took off again, scoring 78, 76 and 87 points in a single stroke in a row, winning three games in a row, and advancing to the semifinals with a big score of 5:2.