At 21:30 on the evening of April 21, Beijing time, the second match day of the 23/24 World Snooker Championship entered the second period. There were two matches in this period, and the No. 3 seed Trump ushered in the second stage of the decisive battle with Wafei, and as a result, Trump continued his strong performance in the first stage, defeating Wafei 10-5 and advancing to the round of 16. In the other match, the tournament's No. 8 seed Shaun Murphy faced China's Lu Haotian, but the first stage ended up, and Lu Haotian temporarily trailed his opponent 3-6.
Judd Trump
The tournament's No. 3 seeds, England's Judd Trump and Iran's Hossein Wafi, have actually met 11 times since 2012 (and one without a fight), with "The Quasi-God" holding the upper hand 7-4. The last time the two sides met was in the quarterfinals of the 2023 Snooker 6 Red Ball World Championship last season, when the "Prince of Iran" narrowly won 6-5. This is also the second time that the two sides have met at the World Championships after the #2022斯诺克世锦赛正赛首轮之后, and the previous small extra-large score was 10-4 to advance.
In the first stage of the duel between the two sides, Judd Trump reversed twice in the first half to lead Hussein Wafi 3-1 into the break. After returning from the break, Trump reversed again with a single stroke of 56 points, Wafei blasted out a single stroke of 138 points and returned to color, Trump scored 77 points with a single stroke and continued to expand the lead again with two games of 6-2, and Wafei scored 74 points with a single stroke to pull back a game. In the end, Trump led Wafi 6-3 to end the first stage.
Hussein Wafi
In the second stage, Wafei won the tenth game at the beginning, and then Trump won three games in a row, leading Wafei 9-4 and taking the lead to get the match point into the rest stage.
After returning from the break, Trump felt hot and took the lead, but unfortunately the red ball did not go in, and then both sides made mistakes, and finally Wafi came to save a match point through the key pink ball. In the fifteenth game, Trump played a long table combination ball and scored consecutive points to occupy the advantage after the two sides changed hands many times. In the end, Trump defeated Wafei 10-5 to advance to the round of 16.
Sean Murphy
The second period of the second day of the main draw saw the first stage of the first round between No. 8 seed Sean Murphy and China's Lu Haotian. The two sides have played each other 3 times before, and Lu Haotian is at a disadvantage with 1 win and 2 losses. The last time the two sides met was at the 2022 Snooker Turkish Masters, where the "magician" swept 5-0 to advance. This match is also the first time that the two sides have met in a two-stage long game format.
Lu Haotian
In the first game, Shaun Murphy walked through Yang in 100 steps, won the first game with a single stroke of 50+, 71-23. In the second game, the "magician" was bombarded with accuracy, winning with a single stroke of 71 points, and then the next city. Lu Haotian pulled one back 95-4 in the third game. In the fourth game, Murphy scored 90 points in a single stroke and led 3-1 into halftime.
After the break, 58-58 in the fifth game, the two sides competed for the last black ball, and finally Lu Haotian succeeded in fighting for the black and chased the score to 3-2. In the sixth game, Lu Haotian won with a single stroke of 82 points, with a score of 3-3. Then Murphy won three games in a row and hit a single stroke of 111, temporarily leading Lu Haotian 6-3 into the second stage.
The second phase of the match between the two sides will start at 17:00 on April 22.