The first round of the 2024 World Snooker Championship continues, and so far, 8 people have advanced to the round of 16, and 5 seeded players have been carried away: 10th seed Gary Wilson, 5th seed Selby, 9th seed Carter, 11th seed Zhang Anda, and 1st seed Brecel.
In the first round, so far, the biggest upset should be Selby's 6-10 loss to Joe O'Connor, as the 4-time champion of the World Championships, now Selby seems to be a little powerless, perhaps, is he really going to retire?
Today's schedule (Beijing time April 23 afternoon - 24 early morning) has also been released, on this match day, "China's first brother", No. 7 seed Ding Junhui is finally going to appear, but his challenge is also relatively big: Lisowski, who was once also a TOP16 player, has a sharp attack, and is also the top seed in the qualifying round. In addition, it should be pointed out that Ding Junhui has suffered a round in the main draw at the World Championships in a row.
Of course, looking at the battle record, Ding Junhui is not so worried. According to statistics, the two have played each other a total of 3 times before, and Ding Junhui has won all of them, to a certain extent, Ding Junhui has a psychological advantage, and in the long-game game, Ding Junhui still has the upper hand.
Today's schedule is as follows - (all Beijing time)
23rd at 5 p.m.: Kyren Wilson VS Dominic Dyer (Phase 1), Ding Junhui VS Lisowski (Phase 1)
21:30: Mark Allen vs. Robbie Williams (1st stage), Si Jiahui vs. Mark Williams (2nd stage)
24th 2 a.m.: Pang Junxu vs. Robert Milkins (Phase 2), Hawkins vs. Ryan Day (Phase 1)
On this match day, the Chinese double star Si Jiahui and Pang Junxu will join hands to hit the top 16, from now on, Si Jiahui is slightly behind 4-5 in the first stage, and Pang Junxu is 5-4 ahead, and they all have every chance to advance.