On April 22, 2024, Beijing time, the World Snooker Championship continued. The World Championships is the most important event in snooker, not only with the most luxurious lineup, but also with the most generous prize money. The prize money for the winner of this tournament is still £500,000, but the perfect score prize has been greatly increased, with a 147 in the main draw and £40,000 in the main draw and £147,000 if you hit two 147s in the three major tournaments this season. In the Masters before, Ding Junhui had already played a 147, and if he played another shot in this competition, he will get a high bonus.
In this competition, 5 members of the Chinese Legion appeared in Crucible, of which Ding Junhui and Zhang Anda played as seeds, and Si Jiahui, Lu Haotian and Pang Junxu broke through from the qualifying round. In the several 1/16 matches that have ended, 5 players have taken the lead in qualifying. Among them, two seeded players, Trump and Tomford, successfully broke through, and three seeded players, Zhang Anda, Brecel and Ali Carter, were out of the tournament. Here's a look at the matchday report.
Lv Haotian 5:10 Shaun Murphy
Lu Haotian is ranked 26th in the world, and Shaun Murphy is ranked 8th. Shaun Murphy is one of the "80 Tigers", winner of 12 ranking tournaments in his career and a Grand Slam player. Shaun Murphy won the Champions League at the beginning of this season, and then his form fell into a slump, directly missing out on several red envelope welfare tournaments such as the Players Championship. Lu Haotian has not had particularly bright results in his career, and his form this season is stable, with his best result being the semifinals of the Wuhan Open.
At the beginning of the game, Shaun Murphy quickly entered the state, scoring 53 and 71 points in a single stroke in a row, and won two games in a row, leading 2:0. In the third game, Lu Haotian scored many times, and finally won a game with 95:4. In the fourth game, Shaun Murphy won the game with a single stroke of 90 points. In the fifth game, the two fought for a long time, and finally Lu Haotian scored a black ball and won the game 65:58. In the sixth game, Lu Haotian scored 82 points in a single stroke and won the game 90:19, with a big score of 3:3.
In the seventh game, Murphy scored several times and finally won 114-5. In the eighth game, Shaun Murphy scored piecemeal, and finally won the next game 64-0. In the ninth game, Lu Haotian broke 111 points with a single stroke and won the game 111:20. In the 10th game, the two alternated scores piecemeal, and finally Shaun Murphy won the game 63-58. In the 11th game, Shaun Murphy scored 60 points in a single stroke and won the next game with 95:7, leading 8:3. In the 12th game, Shaun Murphy scored 53 points with a single stroke, but unfortunately the key ball was wrong, and finally Lu Haotian pulled back a game with 63:59.
In the 13th game, Shaun Murphy scored 55 points in a single stroke and won 80:15, taking the lead in winning the match point with a big score of 9:4. In the 14th game, Lu Haotian scored 117 points in a single stroke to win the game, and the big score was 5:9 behind. In the 15th game, Shaun Murphy played accurately from afar, and won the game with a single shot and directly overscored, and advanced to the round of 16 with a big score of 10:5.
Bingham 4:0 Gary Wilson
Bingham is ranked 29th in the world and Gary Wilson is ranked 10th. Bingham won the World Championship in his career, but unfortunately he was banned due to gambling, and his results have been tepid since his comeback, and his best result this season is the Champions League semi-finals. Gary Wilson, who had been tepid until last season, exploded last season to win the Scottish Open, and this season defended his title and won the Welsh Open to become a single-season double.
In the first game of the game, Bingham scored 98 points in a single stroke and won the first game with 98:32 and got off to a good start. In the second game, Gary Wilson had a chance to win the game, but unfortunately missed the overscore and lost 64-71. In the third game, Bingham scored several times and finally won 69-1. In the fourth game, the two fought for a long time, and in the end, Bingham won the next game 74:38, leading 4:0.