On April 13, 2024, Beijing time, the World Snooker Championship continued to qualify, and another upset was born. In a Chinese derby, ranking champion Fan Zhengyi missed a 6-2 lead and lost to Jiang Jun 8-10 and was eliminated. In another game, Wonder Boy Fu Jiajun eliminated world champion Ken Doherty 10-6, continuing his good form since the start of the tournament.
A number of Chinese players appeared on this match day, and the overall state was more wins and fewer losses. Facing the 54-year-old Ken Doherty, Fu Jiajun came from behind and won 10-6 to advance to the next round. The two world champions came out in quick succession, with Ken Doherty coming down and Graeme Dott coming out on top, knocking out Mustafa Dolgme 10-5 and still in good form as a veteran.
Teenager Ma Hailong also played well, knocking out Martin Odenel 10-7. There is also a Chinese derby match between Fan Zhengyi and Jiang Jun, Fan Zhengyi is the champion of the ranking competition, Jiang Jun is a newcomer to the professional competition, and it is obviously Fan Zhengyi who is more optimistic. In the first stage of the match, Fan Zhengyi took a 6-2 lead and looked like he was sure to win. However, Jiang Jun did not give up, first won four games in a row when he was 2-6 behind, and then won four games in a row when he was 6-8 behind, and eliminated Fan Zhengyi 10-8, causing a big upset. Jiang Jun hit one shot to break 100 and five strokes to 50+, and his performance was really good.
Another Chinese player, Long Zehuang, did not play well and ended the season with a 2-10 defeat to Andy Hicks. In addition, Peng Yisong is 4-5 behind David Lilly, Gao Yang is 3-6 behind Zak Shuldi, Xu Si is 3-6 behind Alfie Boden, and Tian Pengfei is 5-4 behind Mohammed Shehab.
On the next match day, Peng Yisong, Gao Yang, Xu Si, and Tian Pengfei will all finish the second stage of the competition and strive to advance to the seats. In addition, Liu Hongyu challenged Jack Lisowski, Guoqiang faced Anthony McGill, and Lu Haotian faced Daniel Wells, and there are more and more strong dialogues, hoping that Chinese players will give it a go and achieve more victories!