On the evening of April 16, Beijing time, on the first day of the decisive round of the 2024 Snooker World Championship Qualifying Tournament, eight games started at the same time, and the first stage of the competition has ended.
He Guoqiang 4-5 Dominic Dyer. He Guoqiang is China's post-00 youngster, and he is not ranked high in the world to attack Crucible! However, his opponent Dale in the decisive round is not bad, at least the game experience is still above He Guoqiang. In the first stage, the two actually played inextricably, He Guoqiang won three games in a row after 0-2 at the beginning, and then continued to see-saw, He Guoqiang lost two games in a row after 4-3, and fell behind 4-5 to end the first stage.
Zhou Yuelong, a famous player born in the 90s and "Sichuan Ding Junhui", played against Jack Jones, Zhou Yuelong had reached the final of the ranking tournament, and swept James Cahill 10-0 in the last round of qualifying, and he was in excellent form! Jones is ranked 44th in the world, below Zhou Yuelong (No. 21). However, after the first stage, Zhou Yuelong fell behind 4-5, Zhou Yuelong hit one shot to break 100 and two shots of 50+, and Jones played five shots of 50+.
Post-00 teenager Yuan Sijun fell behind Stephen Maguire 4-5, this result is also expected, after all, Maguire's comprehensive strength is obviously above Yuan Sijun, and it can even be said that Yuan Sijun played well, and in the second stage, there is still hope for a comeback.
Post-90s star Lu Haotian 4-5 Jenson Kendrick, this is more or less "upset", you know, Kendrick is ranked outside the 100 in the world, and Lu Haotian is ranked 26th, Lu Haotian is going to come on.
In addition, Bingham, the world champion and "second brother", trailed Louis Hayscott 4-5.