The world champion suffered a heavy defeat in the first round, and O'Connor ended a five-game losing streak to enter the round of 16

On April 23, 2024, Beijing time, in the seventh match of the first round of the just-concluded World Snooker Championship, the world's fifth-ranked Selby and the powerful Joe O'Connor ended the eighth meeting between the two sides in their careers.

In this game, O'Connor's performance can be described as excellent. After 16 rounds of competition, Joe O'Connor defeated Selby 10-6 to complete the promotion with a single stroke of 122 points, 101 points, 74 points, 61 points, 67 points, 57 points and five consecutive wins.

After this match, O'Connor ended a five-game losing streak against Selby. Next, Joe O'Connor will face the winner between Kyren Wilson and Dale for a spot in the quarterfinals.

Selby won two games to draw 2-2 with Joe O'Connor

In the first four games between Selby and Joe O'Connor, both players were in very average form, and neither side bargained for anything at this stage of the game.

In the first game, although Selby scored 50 points in this game, O'Connor still won the game with his excellent ability to grasp the opportunity 64:50 and successfully took a 1-0 lead to take the lead.

In the second game, Selby scored 60 points with a single shot and recovered a game 98:0, thus drawing 1-1 with O'Connor and pulling the two sides back to the same running line.

In the third game, O'Connor scored 81 points with his excellent ability to grasp opportunities, and won the game with a performance of 81:6, continuing to lead Selby 2-1 and winning another game.

In the fourth game, Selby won the game with a 62-1 performance with multiple layups and drew O'Connor 2-2 again.

Joe O'Connor won five games in a row to take a 7-2 lead over Selby

After returning from halftime, O'Connor quickly regained his form in the game and won five games in a row to directly open up the gap between himself and Selby.

In the fifth game, Selby took the lead in scoring 16 points and made a mistake, and then O'Connor scored 122 points with a single shot to win the game with a performance of 122:16 to take a 3-2 lead.

In the 6th game, Selby took the lead in scoring 40 points and made a mistake, and then O'Connor scored 67 points with a single shot to win the game 67:40, thus leading Selby 4-2 to extend his advantage in this game.

In the 7th game, O'Connor scored 101 points with a single shot and won the game 134-4 to lead Selby 5-2.

In the eighth game, O'Connor scored 74 points with a single shot and won the game 93-5, thus leading Selby 6-2. In the 9th game, O'Connor scored 61 points and 72:5 with a single shot to win the game and lead Selby 7-2.

Selby missed a great opportunity to lose 6-10 to Joe O'Connor

After entering the second stage of the match, Selby gradually regained some form, but the huge margin still allowed him to lose the game in the end. In the 10th game, Selby won the game 118-8 with a single shot of 112 points, thus trailing O'Connor 3-7.

In the 11th game, O'Connor won the game 70-0 through multiple shots to continue to lead Selby 8-3. In the 12th game, Selby won the game with a performance of 81:5 and fell behind O'Connor 4-8.

In the 13th game, O'Connor scored 31 points and made a mistake, and then Selby scored 91 points with a single shot and won the game with a 91-31 performance to fall behind O'Connor 5-8.

In the 14th game, O'Connor scored 57 points with a single shot and won the game 71:1, leading Selby 9-5 and taking the lead to get the match point. In the 15th game, Selby scored 67 points and 68:4 in a single stroke to win the game, 6-9 behind O'Connor. In the 16th game, O'Connor won the game 70-39 and defeated Selby 10-6 to advance.