On April 18, Beijing time, the "trial round" of the 2024 Snooker World Championship Qualifying Tournament continued, plus the seeded players Ding Junhui and Zhang Anda, there are currently 3 Chinese players in Crucible, and the last 8 seats have 6 Chinese players participating in the competition, including 2 derbys, and it takes two foreign battles to win all the games to make history, which is obviously quite difficult: in 2017 and 2019, there were six Chinese players who broke into the main competition, creating the most in a single competition, I wonder if Chinese snooker players can break through history in this competition?
侯赛因·瓦菲 10-5 江俊
There are two Chinese rookies in this World Championships into the "trial round", the best rookie He Guoqiang lost 5-10 to the 52-year-old two-time ranking champion Dominic Dyer, from the perspective of the strength of the match, He Guoqiang is also the most optimistic rookie among Crucible, after all, Jiang Jun's opponent is Wafi, this is an encounter, Jiang Jun opened three consecutive whips, scored 51 points in a single stroke in the first game, and played three single-stroke 50+ in the whole game, of which two single-stroke broke 110+ in a single stroke. Wafei played a wave of five consecutive whips under 0-3 behind, including four consecutive rounds of single-stroke 60+, and 7 single-stroke 60+ in the whole game, one of which broke 120 points in a single stroke and advanced to the main match 10-5.
Jiang Jun's exit means that the previous 46 World Championships, the record of a newcomer appearing in Crucible every year has ended.
Si Jiahui 10-4 Wu Yize
In the past four years, Si Jiahui has gone from the top 16 on the tour to the top 8, and then to the top 4 of the first post-00 in the history of the World Championships, and even once infinitely close to the final, but unfortunately suffered the biggest reversal in history. and the runner-up of the German Masters, losing to Trump in the final. He is also the 7th Chinese player to advance to the finals this season, except for Zhang Anda who won the championship, all the opponents who lost in the finals are TOP3!
Wu Yize also broke a new career high this season, reaching the semifinals of the tour for the first time: Wuhan Open lost to Trump.
This duel is a new showdown of Chinese snooker players, Wu Yize opened four consecutive whips, and played a single stroke of 50+ in five consecutive rounds, one of which broke 100 and won 135 points with a single stroke, but unfortunately the blue ball mistake in the fifth game, 71-75 lost under the 50 points of a single stroke, and suffered a wave of 10-0 consecutive whips 10-0 reversal, Si Jiahui played six single strokes 50+, two of which broke 101 strokes to win, especially in the 7th game 1 point narrowly won, with 63-62 to continue the winning streak! This is not the first time Si Jiahui, there was also such an extreme moment in the last round: in the 18th game against Mertens, the big score was 8-9, and the game score was also significantly behind, and finally with snooker and a pole flip bag to score the Tieku blue ball to complete the extreme reversal, as for whether it is a seasickness bag, it is up to everyone!
Xiao Guodong 6-10 David Gilbert
Xiao Guodong did not have any breakthroughs and highlights in the season, but the world ranking has always remained around 30, which is quite rare. The same has been true for Gilbert's season, with the two sides meeting 10 times on tour, with Xiao holding a 6-4 advantage, the first time the two sides have met in a best-of-19 match.
In this duel, "Brother Potato" opened two consecutive rounds with a single stroke of 50+, and then played a wave of five consecutive whips, Xiao Guodong played seven single-stroke 50+ under 0-5 behind, and played a single-stroke 50+ in three consecutive games under 4-9 behind, of which the only single-stroke break 100 in the 14th game, and failed to save two match points in a row, and the 16th game scored 58 points with a single stroke and still lost 58-72. Gilbert hit a six-shot single stroke of 50+ and advanced to the main match 10-6.
There is also a Chinese derby between Pang Junxu and Cao Yupeng, but it is certain that only 5 Chinese players are in the Crucible and have no chance to make history!
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