On April 11, Beijing time, it was reported that the 2023-24 Snooker World Championship qualifying tournament continued. In the first round of qualifying, Hong Kong's Fu Jiajun defeated women's world champion Seri Papong 10-1. In another highlight match, 19-year-old Chinese player Gao Yang of China shot a 100-shot break and 50+ shots to defeat India's Ishpriit Singh Chadha with an aggregate score of 10-6.
After a season of competition, the 2023-24 Snooker Tour has entered the final stage, and the Snooker World Championship Qualifying Tournament has been released. In the first round of qualifying, 19-year-old Gao Yang, who qualified for the Pro Tour for two seasons in 2020, was disqualified from the Pro Tour after two seasons.
At this year's World Championships, Gao Yang qualified as a wild card, and he cherished this opportunity very much and looked forward to a good performance. Gao Yang's opponent in the first round of qualifying is India's Ishpriit Singh Chada, who is ranked 88th in the world.
In the past, Gao Yang and Ishplit have only met once, and the match occurred in the 2023 Snooker UK Championship qualifying round, where Gao Yang won 6-3.
In the first round of the World Championship Qualifying Tournament, Gao Yang came up and shot one shot to break 100 and two shots of 50+, and soon took a 4-0 lead and ended the first stage with 7-2.
Regarding Gao Yang's performance in the game, the official Weibo of the World Snooker Tour wrote: "In the 2024 Snooker World Championship Qualifying Tournament 144 into 112 rounds, Gao Yang played a single stroke of 135 and 2 strokes of 50+ (56,63), of which the single stroke of 135 in the second game refreshed the highest single stroke score in the current event and won four games in a row. ”
The official Weibo of the World Snooker Tour continued: "...... Then in the sixth game, Chada played a single stroke 105 to pull back a game, and Gao Yang scored 63 points in a single stroke in the eighth game, and finally Gao Yang led Chada 7-2 to end the first stage, and the second stage of the two will start at two o'clock in the morning. In the second stage, Gao Yang's state was still hot, and after the thirteenth game, he won 5 match points 9-4 and won 10-6 to advance, congratulations to Gao Yang!