On the evening of April 12, 2024, Beijing time, the qualifying round of the World Snooker Championship continued, and Chinese player Xu Si faced Alfie Burton, ranked 106th in the world, to compete for a place in the top 80.
Xu Si and Alfie Burton
Throughout the game, Xu Si's form was not good, and Alfie Burton scored a 113 points in the last game of the first half to lead Xu Si 3–1. After halftime, Xu Si pulled back a game, and then Burton won two more games, and the score came to 5–2; in the eighth game, Xu Si scored 51 points in a single stroke, 75–6 to win this game; in the ninth game, Burton always held the initiative, four starts, and won another game 67–0 to expand the lead.
Xu Si
The scores of the first stage are as follows (Xu Si vs Burton):
24–45；63–52；47–72；7–113（113）；76–53；56（56）–73（67）；12–63；75（51）–6；0–67。
Alfie Burton temporarily led Xu Si 6–3 at the end of the first stage of the second qualifying round, which will begin at 9:30 p.m. on April 13. This season, Xu Si scored a 147 in the British Championship qualifying round, and I hope he can create another perfect score in the World Championships, come on!
Alfie Burton