On March 24, Beijing time, the 2024 Snooker World Open ended the competition for the semifinals. "China's First Brother" Ding Junhui reversed "Melbourne Machine" Neil Robertson 6-5, and defending champion Judd Trump eliminated Jackson Page 6-2. On the prize money list of the event, Ding Junhui and Trump each received 73,000 pounds, and if they won the championship, they would receive 170,000 pounds.
Founded in 1982, the World Open Snooker is a long-established professional ranking tournament. In 2016, the World Open began to be held in Yushan, Jiangxi, and Ding Junhui, the "first brother of China", was the champion of the event in 2017.
The 2024 Yushan Snooker Open will have a very generous prize money, with the champion being £170,000 (about RMB 1.55 million), the runner-up being £7.3 (about RMB 670,000), and the highest prize in a single stroke being £5,000.
This competition attracted 19 Chinese players including Ding Junhui, Zhang Anda, and Yuan Sijun. In terms of world celebrities, there are world champions such as the world's No. 1 "Rocket" Ronnie O'Sullivan, the world's No. 2 "Quasi-King" Judd Trump, and the "Melbourne Machine" Neil Robertson, who has rebounded strongly recently.
There is no doubt that world No. 1 O'Sullivan, who has won five titles this season, is the biggest favorite to win this competition. However, in the 1/8 finals, he was eliminated by Wafi Ayuri 4-5, and he received 14,000 (about 127558 yuan) pounds on the prize list.
After fierce competition, Ding Junhui, Judd Trump, Neil Robertson, and Jackson Page advanced to the top 4. In the first semifinals, Trump, who has won 4 championships this season, easily defeated "Little Pig" Page 6-2 to advance to the final, and at the same time received a bonus of 670,000 yuan.
In the second semi-final, Ding Junhui was fighting his old rival "Melbourne Machine" Robertson. In this game, he showed a big heart, won two games in a row when he was 4-5 and got the match point, and the total score was 6-5 to advance to the finals, and he won 670,000 yuan while advancing to the finals, and if he can win the championship, he will receive a bonus of 1.55 million yuan!