In the fourth match of the first round of the just-concluded Snooker World Championship on April 22, 2024, Beijing time, Tom Ford defeated Wharton, the triple crown champion of the ranking tournament, 10-6 with a single-stroke performance of 83 points, 50 points, 79 points, 53 points, 85 points, 83 points, and 54 points.
In the fifth game of the first round of the World Snooker Championships, Carter staged a very close match with Maguire. After 17 rounds of competition, Maguire successfully advanced to the round of 16 with a single stroke of 134 points, 114 points, 93 points, 80 points, 55 points, 69 points, and 55 points, and reversed Carter 10-7.
Next, Tomford will face Trump in the quarterfinals. Harry Maguire, on the other hand, will face the winner between Murphy and China's Lu Haotian.
Tom Ford came back strong to beat Wharton 10-6
In the game between Tomford and Wharton, both players were in good form. In the first stage of the game between the two sides, Tom Ford led Wharton 6-3 with a single shot of 83, 50, 798 and 53 points.
After entering the second stage, Tomford took the lead to win the 10th game and take a 7-3 lead with a single-shot performance of 85 points. Then Wharton scored 56 and 80 points in a single stroke to win two games in a row and fell behind Tom Ford 5-7.
Immediately afterwards, Tomford won two games in a row with a performance of 78:52 and a single stroke of 82 points to take a 9-5 lead. Although Wharton recovered a game with a 57-13 performance in the next game, trailing Tomford 6-9.
But Tom Ford then sealed the victory with a single stroke of 54 points, defeating Wharton 10-6 to advance to the round of 16.
Ali Carter suffered a 7-10 defeat to Harry Maguire
In the match between Ali Carter and Maguire, the match between the two players can be described as very close. In the first stage of the game between the two sides, Maguire, who scored 114 points, 134 points, 93 points, and 55 points in a single stroke, fell behind 4-5 Carter, who scored 79 points and 94 points in a single stroke.
After entering the second stage of the competition, Maguire still maintained a good hand. As soon as the game came up, Maguire completed the single-game reversal with a 65-64 performance and drew 5-5 with Carter. Carter then won two of the next three games to take a 7-6 lead.
Subsequently, Maguire won three games in a row with a single stroke of 55 points, 80 points and 81:10 and led Carter 9-7 to take the lead in getting the match point. While Carter had a chance to get his hands on in the next game, he missed it. In the end, Maguire seized the opportunity to seal the victory with a 73-1 performance, defeating Carter 10-7 to enter the round of 16.
Tom Ford and Harry Maguire deserved to win
Judging from the combined performances of the two games, Tom Ford and Maguire deserved to win the games. In the match between Tomford and Wharton, Tomford showed strong competitive form.
Although Wharton scored 142 points in a single stroke and a four-shot 50+ performance in the game, Tom Ford's seven-shot 50+ performance was still enough to put a lot of pressure on Wharton.
Tom Ford won at least four of the 16 rounds, but Wharton only had two. So whether it is from the perspective of competitive form or overall performance, Tom Ford is the one who should win the game more.
In the other match, Maguire and Carter played a stalemate. Throughout the game, Carter's form was not very good. Carter was able to take the lead in the first stage because Maguire gave him too many opportunities.
But after entering the second stage of the competition, Maguire almost finished crushing Carter. After 17 rounds of competition, Maguire finally defeated Carter 10-7 with four consecutive games to complete the promotion.