In the early morning of April 18, Beijing time, the 2024 Snooker World Championship Qualifying Tournament continued. In a Chinese derby match in the promotion round, Si Jiahui, the top 4 in last year's World Championships, won 9 games in a row after falling behind 0-4 at the beginning of the game with Wu Yize, and won 5 match points 9-4 after the end of the thirteenth game.
After a season of competition, the 2023-24 Snooker Tour has entered the final stage, and the Snooker World Championship Qualifying Tournament is hotly staged. In this competition, a total of 24 players from the Chinese Snooker Army competed for a total of 16 places in the World Championships. After fierce competition, Si Jiahui, ranked 23rd in the world, met Wu Yize, ranked 42nd in the world, in the promotion round.
Wu Yize defeated Tian Pengfei 10-8, and Si Jiahui reversed Ben Mertens 10-9 in the third round of qualifying. Among them, in the match between Wu Yize and Tian Pengfei, the latter gave the opponent a shot at the beginning of 3-0, Wu Yize did not show weakness, he won two games in a row to chase 2-3. In the sixth game, Wu Yize and Tian Pengfei started a tug-of-war, and in the stalemate game, he won 70-56 and equalized the score 3-3.
In the seventh game, Tian Pengfei felt cold, and Wu Yize continued to exert his strength, and he easily won 83-4 and overtook the score 4-3. In the eighth game, Tian Pengfei responded immediately after being overtaken by the score, and he won 69-26 to tie the score 4-4.
In the ninth game, which was also the last game of the first stage, Wu Yize won 65-45 and ended the first stage of the competition with a 5-4 lead. After a few hours of rest, Wu Yize and Tian Pengfei started the second stage of the competition, and he blasted a wave of 5-4 offensive and reversed 10-8 to advance to the promotion round.
In the promotion round, Wu Yize's opponent was Si Jiahui, the top 4 at last year's World Championships. In this game, Wu Yize is very much looking forward to defeating Si Jiahui to advance to the main event of the World Championships and replicate Si Jiahui's miracle in 2023 in the main event of the World Championships. And he took a 4-0 lead at the start of the game, and the Crucible ticket seemed to beckon him. However, Si Jiahui then fought back 9-0 and won 5 match points 9-4.