In the early morning of April 18, Beijing time, the 2024 Snooker World Championship Qualifying Tournament continued. In a Chinese derby in the promotion round, Pang Junxu, who had won the Rookie of the Year, and Cao Yupeng, who had scored 147 points in a single stroke, faced off, and after the 16th game, he won 2 match points 9-7.
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 a fierce battle, world No. 27 Pang Junxu and world No. 38 Cao Yupeng met in the promotion round.
Pang Junxu is a powerful rising star, while Cao Yupeng is a very experienced veteran. Pang Junxu won the Rookie of the Year award in his rookie season, while Cao Yupeng once scored a perfect score of 147 points in a single stroke and reached the final of the ranking tournament.
In this year's World Championships qualifying round, both of them had byes in the first two rounds, and in the third round of the qualifying round, Pang Junxu defeated Oliver Brown 10-7. Cao Yupeng defeated Ma Hailong 10-4.
Specific to the competition in the qualifying round of the World Championships, Pang Junxu made a poor start and fell behind 1-3, and then launched a strong counterattack, and after the ninth game, won the first stage of the scoring lead 5-4.
Regarding the overall performance of the two players in the first stage of this Chinese derby, the official Weibo of the World Snooker Tour wrote: "The 2024 Snooker World Championship Qualifying Tournament has 48 into 32 rounds, and in another 'Chinese derby', Cao Yupeng scored 72 points in a single stroke and took a 3-1 lead in the first four games. ”
The official Weibo of the World Snooker Tour continued: "Then Pang Junxu won four games in a row, 5-3 overtook the score, Cao Yupeng scored 81 points in a single stroke in the 9th game, and is currently 4-5 behind to end the first stage, and the second stage starts at 0 o'clock." In the second stage, Pang Junxu continued to exert his strength, and after the tenth game, he won 2 match points 9-7.