The first day of the World Snooker Championship report on the 21st schedule: The Crucible curse reappeared, and Da Tsai was lost 2-5

At 6:01 a.m. Beijing time on April 21, the first round of the 2024 World Snooker Championship was played at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield City, ending the competition for a total of six sections in three periods on the first day.

The biggest highlight of the first day of the first round: Crucible's 19th first champion, the defending champion Brecel vs. Gilbert, through two periods of competition, the winner was decided, the Crucible curse continued, the defending champion held four match points, suffered a brutal reversal of four consecutive whips, Gilbert as a qualifying player, won the tiebreaker, and took the lead in the round of 16.

In the other four stage games, in the first half of the four games, Zhang Anda was in a sluggish state, falling behind Jack Jones 2-5, Trump played a bad single game reversal and took Hussein Wafai 6:3, two-time World Ya Arister Carter led Maguire 5:4, and Tom Forde ended the first half of the first half with Rich Wharton 6:3.

On the next second match day, Lu Haotian appeared in the big mouth Murphy, which is worth paying attention to.

2024 Snooker World Championship main match 32 into 16 rounds 20 days panoramic results

April 20th

Two matches at 5 p.m

(1) Luca Brecel 6:3 David Gilbert

The two players had only met once at the Shanghai Masters nine years ago, with Xiaobu winning;

This is Brother Tudou's tenth trip to Crucible; at the beginning of the two sides, the defending champion Luca Brecel scored 91 points and 134 points in a single stroke to go down to the first two cities, David Gilbert scored 70 points and 77 points in a row to equalize the score, and after the break, Brecel scored 73 points and 104 points in a single stroke to break 100, and won three more games, and the score came to 5-2;

In the eighth game, Gilbert scored 115 points in a single stroke and pulled another game, and in the ninth game, Brecel won with a super score, ending the first period of contention, Brecel temporarily led with a score of 6-3, and the second period between the two sides will start at 2 o'clock in the morning.

(1) Anda Zhang 2:5 Jack Jones

Zhang Anda, who played the best season of his career, returned to the Crucible Theater, Zhang Anda, who had reached the World Championships three times before, has not won in Crucible, but his debut at the World Championships in 2010, challenging the king of Crucible at that time, billiards emperor Hendry, Zhang Anda grabbed the match point 9-7, but was finally beaten by Hendry three games in a row, 10-9 reversal, it is a pity, Zhang Anda has since lost to Joe Perry and Barry Hawkins in the first round in 2015 and 2016 respectively. In the first round of this tournament, Jack Jones, who was drawn to the final round of the qualifying round for eight consecutive whips to abuse Zhou Yuelong, is not a good sign, you must know that Jones is still the quarterfinals of the last session.

This is the fourth real meeting between the two sides, the two met for the first time in the 2010 Shanghai Masters qualifying tournament 15 years ago, when the 17-year-old Da Tsai defeated the Welsh teenager Jack Jones, who was two years younger, 5-4, and in 2018 and 2024, Jack Jones defeated Zhang Anda at the World Open and the Welsh Open respectively, and the all-time record was 2-1 to take the lead;

At the beginning of this game, Jack Jones scored 55, 75, and 58 points with a single stroke of 50+, Zhang Anda was in a sluggish state, and his hand was also a little cold, and he won the third and seventh games with many hands;

In the first period, only 7 games were played due to overtime, and Zhang Anda temporarily fell behind with a score of 2-5 and waited for the second half of the same period on the next match day.

Results of the two matches in the 21:30 slot

(1) Alister Carter 5:4 Stephen Maguire

The two sides have met 20 times before, with Carter holding a slight 12-10 advantage, but the horses have won their last four games and they haven't seen each other on the table since 2019. The most famous meeting between the two came in Crucible in 2012, when Carter defeated Harry Maguire 17-12 in the semi-finals.

Carter has been quite eye-catching this season, reaching the finals of the Wuhan Open and Masters respectively, and is ranked ninth in the world ranking and single-season rankings, respectively, Carter Sr. made his Crucible debut in 2003 and came to Kerburg every year except for 2020 and 2022, but is embarrassed not to have tasted a win since 2019. Carter, a two-time runner-up in the World Championships, lost to Ronnie O'Sullivan in both rounds, and Carter scored a 147 in Kerburg in 2008.

It was also Maguire's 20th trip to Crucible. He made his debut in 2004 and only failed to qualify last year, with his best result being two semi-finals at the World Championships.

At the beginning of this game, Stephen Maguire was in a hot state, playing a single stroke of 114 and 93 to play the first two games. Carter returned 79 points with a single stroke, tied two games in a row, entered the break, and came back from the break, Maguire once again blasted out a single stroke of 134 points to break 100, and the score came to 3-2; Carter scored 94 points in a single stroke, three cities in a row, 5-3 overtook to establish an advantage, Maguire played a single stroke 55 in the 9th game, pulled back a game, and approached the score, Carter led Maguire 5-4, ending the first period, and the second phase of the two sides will start at 2 o'clock in the morning on the 22nd.

① 贾德·特鲁姆普 6:3 侯赛因·瓦菲

The two sides have played each other 12 times before, Xiaote first won a five-in-a-row, Wafei returned to a three-in-a-row, Xiaote played another wave of three in a row, the most recent one was last year's six-red ball, Hussein Wafi, won the game and pulled the head, Trump temporarily led the all-time record of 8-4, the two played one game here, Wafei's debut in 2022, Xiaote 10This is the fifteenth time that Xiaote has come to Kebao, winning one championship and one runner-up and three quarterfinals, and the single-game limited-time champion Iranian Xiaoge won the Crucible ticket for the third time in a row, and got his first win in Kebao last year;

At the start of this game, Judd Trump played a single-game reversal twice in the first four innings and entered the break with a 3-1 lead;

After the break, Trump scored 56 points in a single stroke and reversed the single game again, Wafei scored 138 points in a single stroke to express dissatisfaction, Trump scored 77 points in a single stroke, and two cities in a row expanded the lead 6-2;

In the last game of the first half, Wafei scored 74 points in a single stroke to recover a point, Trump led 6-3 to end the first period, and the second half of the two sides will start at 21:30 on the evening of the 21st.

April 21

Results of the two matches in the 02:00 period

(2) Luca Brecel 10:9 David Gilbert

Brecel led Gilbert 6-3, came to the second period, the second half began, the two of you come and go, plum blossoms, each other has wins and losses, the first six games each take three games, the fifteenth game Brecel played a single stroke 85 points, to 9-6 to take the lead to get the match point, if the dying Gilbert has divine help, he played four consecutive shots of 50+ single-shot victory, a wave of four consecutive whips, to complete the Jedi reversal, looking back at where there is divine help, the probability is still the curse of Crucible.

David Gilbert played a 115-point break 100 and 70, 77, 50, 57, 65, 81, 53, 65 a total of 8 single-shot wins, Luca Brecel played 134, 104 out of two shots to break 100 and 91, 73, 50, 58, 85 points five single stroke 50+, Gilbert if he has superpowers, 10-9 over the defending champion Brecel, fulfilled the magic of the snooker temple, advanced to the round of 16, waiting for the winner between Lao Mi and Xiao Pang.

After the last World Championships, Luca Brecel stumbled throughout the season and came to Kerburg, where he was dismal in the first round, becoming the sixth first-round winner to win the championship for the first time.

(1) Tom Forde 6:3 Rich Wharton

The two sides have met nine times before, with Wharton leading by one win, but three of them were in the six-ball tournament that did not enter the stream, Tom Forde came to Crucible three times before, and one win was hard to find, only the most recent one in 2020, which caused a little trouble for Xiaote, this is Forde's fourth trip to Fort Crucible, and it is also the first time that Tom Forde, who has reached the peak of his career this season, appears on the table of Crucible as a seed;

The two sides kicked off, and Forde scored 83, 50, 79, and 53 points in four single-stroke 50+, and Ricky Wharton, who had reached the semifinals here, scored a 142-point large 100 and two single-stroke 50+;

Fude temporarily led 6-3, ending the first half of the first round between the two, and the second period of the game between the two sides will be played at 2 a.m. Beijing time on the 22nd.

The first round of the 2024 Snooker World Championship is 32 into 16 rounds, complete schedule + viewing guide

32 into 16 rounds, using 19 rounds and 10 wins, divided into two periods, the following times are Beijing time, all rounds of the schedule (1) is represented as the first period of the game, (2) represents the second period of the game, (3) represents the third period of the game, (4) represents the fourth period of the game.

April 21