On the evening of April 22, 2024, Beijing time, the first round of the Snooker World Championship continued, with Chinese player Si Jiahui facing "Golden Left Hand" Mark Williams, and Mark Selby facing Joe O'Connor.
Mark Williams and Jiahui Si
Match between Si Jiahui and Mark Williams:
In the first game, Williams scored a long red ball, scored 142 points in a single stroke, cleared the table and won, leading Si Jiahui 1-0. In the second game, both sides played multiple times, and Williams defended well, winning another game 77–30. In the third game, Si Jiahui got started three times and scored 52 points to recover a game. In the fourth game, Si Jiahui made high-quality snooker, Williams failed to solve the ball many times, Si Jiahui achieved super points, chased another game, and equalized the score.
Si Jiahui
After the intermission, in the fifth game, Si Jiahui made a mistake when he scored 40 points in a single stroke, and Williams cleared the stage and reversed to win the game. Next, the two made more mistakes, and Si Jiahui won two rounds of grappling and overtook the score. In the eighth game, Williams scored a 57 to tie the score at 4–4. In the ninth game, Williams scored 63 points in a single stroke and won the game 81–0.
Mark Williams
Detailed scores of the first nine games (Si Jiahui vs Williams):
0–142（142）；30–77；75（52）–24；128–30；44–55；79–23；58–21；1–93（57）；0–81（63）。
At the end of the first stage of the first round of the main event, Si Jiahui temporarily trailed Mark Williams 4–5, and the two will play the second stage of the match on the evening of the 23rd (starting at 9:30).
Another game: O'Connor, ranked 30th in the world, scored 2 shots to break 100 and 4 strokes of 50+, defeated Selby, ranked 5th in the world, with a score of 10–6, and advanced to the round of 16, Selby also scored 60 points, 112 points, 91 points, and 67 points in a single stroke in the game.
Mark Selby