On April 23, 2024, Beijing time, the World Snooker Championship continued! The two games that began in the afternoon of this match day have ended, and finally Lu Haotian lost to Murphy 5-10 to stop the first round of the main event, Bingham led the double champion Gary Wilson 6-3 to end the first stage of the game! The two games that started at 9:30 p.m. have just ended, and finally the four-time World Championship champion Mark Selby lost 6-10 to Joe O'Connor, the dark horse of this World Championship. Continental up-and-coming star Si Jiahui drew 4-4 with Mark Williams to end the first stage of the competition!
Joe O'Connor 10-6 Mark Selby
Mark Selby is ranked No. 5 in the world and has won 22 ranking tournaments in his career, including 4 world championships, and is worthy of being the first person born in the 80s! Selby's form has declined this season compared to his peak, but he has also reached the top 8 in many events! Joe O'Connor is ranked 30th in the world, and he has reached the main draw for the first time in this World Championships, and he is an out-and-out dark horse. Joe O'Connor defeated Assassin Selt 10-8 in the final round of qualifying to advance! Joe O'Connor has been in excellent form this season, hitting a 147 in the Champions League and finishing first in his group.
The game is divided into two stages, the first stage Joe O'Connor scored 122 points, 67 points, 101 points, 74 points, 61 points and a wave of 5 consecutive wins, with a total score of 7-2 to take the lead Selby! The whole first stage Selby was in a sluggish state, only playing a single stroke of 60 points! In the second stage, Mark Selby scored 112 points in a single stroke in the tenth game to pull back a game! In the eleventh game, Joe O'Connor got started many times and won 70-0! In the twelfth game, Mark Selby seized the opponent's mistakes and scored 81-5 many times! In the thirteenth game, Selby scored 91 points in a single stroke to win! In the fourteenth game, Joe O'Connor scored 57 points in a single stroke to win 71-1, and the total score was 9-5 to take the lead in getting the match point! In the fifteenth game, Mark Selby scored 67 points in a single stroke to save a match point! In the sixteenth game, the two sides made mistakes with each other, and finally Joe O'Connor made many starts to end the game 70-39, and defeated Mark Selby with a total score of 10-6 to advance to the round of 16! Next up will be the winner between Kyren Wilson and Dominic Dyer!
Si Jiahui 4-4 Mark Williams
Si Jiahui is ranked 23rd in the world, and he reached the semifinals of the World Championships last season and became famous! This season, he reached the final of the German Masters and lost to Trump, and reached the final of the ranking tournament for the first time in his career and made a breakthrough! In this World Championships, Si Jiahui continued his outstanding performance in the last World Championships and continued to play wonderful games to advance to the main event! Mark Williams is ranked 6th in the world, has won 26 ranking tournaments in his career, and has won the British Open and Tour Championships this season, and he is still in excellent form!
In the first stage of the game, Mark Williams scored 142 points in a single stroke in the first game to win the first game! After the two sides were entangled in the second game, Mark Williams won 77-30 many times, leading 2-0 in the opening game! In the third game, Si Jiahui scored 52 points in a single stroke to pull back a game at 75-24! In the fourth game, Si Jiahui made high-quality snooker, and Mark Williams solved the ball until Si Jiahui overscored, and finally Si Jiahui won 128-30! The two sides drew 2-2 and entered the halftime break! After returning from the break, both sides made mistakes in the fifth game, and finally Mark Williams seized the opportunity to win 55-44, and in the sixth game, Si Jiahui seized Mark Williams' mistakes and made many moves to tie the score at 79-23! In the seventh game, Si Jiahui seized Mark Williams' mistakes and won 58-21 many times, with a total score of 4-3! In the eighth game, Mark Williams scored 57 points with a single stroke and won 93-1, and the total score of the two sides was 4-4 and entered the last game of the first stage!