The World Championships have been an upset! 5 major seeds and 1 round, the last champion and runner-up were eliminated, and 8 people advanced to the round of 16
After the first three match days, among the top 16 in the world, the five top seeds were eliminated in one round, among which the last champion and runner-up Brecel and Selby were eliminated, and the other three seeded players who were eliminated in the first round were Gary Wilson, Zhang Anda and Ali Carter. Up to now, 8 people in this World Championships have taken the lead in advancing to the top 16.
On the first match day, the defending champion Brecel broke a super upset, leading 9-6 in the opening game but losing the last four games in a row, squandering 4 match points, and finally 9-10 was overturned by Gilbert, which kicked off the upset of this Snooker World Championship.
On the second match day, the two top seeds, the world No. 9 Ali Carter and the world No. 11 Zhang Anda, were eliminated! Ali Carter lost to Maguire 7-10, and Zhang Anda was upset 4-10 by qualifier Jack Jones.
On matchday three, Selby and Gary Wilson were two of the world's top 10 first-round tours. Selby 6-10 O'Connor, Gary Wilson 5-10 Bingham. So far, the champions and runners-up of the last World Championships, Brecel and Selby, have been eliminated in the first round.
The 8 players who have reached the round of 16 are Trump, Murphy, Bingham, Gilbert, Tomford, Maguire, O'Connor, and Jack Jones, of which only Trump, Murphy, and Tomford are seeded players, and the remaining 5 are all qualifiers.
Chinese Snooker Army, a total of 5 people entered the main match of this World Championships, Zhang Anda took the lead in the upset, Lu Haotian lost to Murphy and was also eliminated, Si Jiahui and Pang Junxu both completed their first stage of the game, Si Jiahui 4-5 behind Mark Williams, Pang Junxu is 5-4 ahead of the seeded star Milkins brewing another upset!
On the next matchday, the last Chinese player, Ding Junhui, will also be on the field, against Lisowski. At the same time, the second phase of the decisive battle between Pang Junxu and Milkins, Si Jiahui and Mark Williams will also be completed, hoping that Chinese snooker can usher in the first player to advance to the top 16 and usher in the first victory in this Snooker World Championship.