In the early morning of April 23, Beijing time, the first round of the 2024 Snooker World Championship ended with another competition, Bingham defeated Gary Wilson 10-5 and took the shuttle bus to the top 16.
Bingham is known as the "second brother" by fans, and was once a long-time TOP16 player and former world champion, Wilson has performed well this season, winning two ranking tournaments in the Scottish Open and the Welsh Open, and he is also the No. 10 seed in this year's World Championships. Although Bingham has the upper hand in terms of past head-to-head records, Wilson has a good chance of qualifying given their recent form.
In the first stage, Bingham led Wilson 6-3, which was quite obvious, and in the second stage, Bingham continued to maintain the pressure and successfully advanced 10-5. In the whole game, Wilson hit three shots of 50+, and Bingham hit a shot to break 100 and six strokes of 50+.
So far, eight have advanced to the round of 16: Bingham, Joe O'Connor, Shaun Murphy, Maguire, Tom Forde, Trump, Jack Jones, David Gilbert. It was a surprise that defending champion Brecel and defending runner-up Selby were all out.
No. 10 seed Gary Wilson, No. 5 seed Selby, No. 9 seed Carter, No. 11 seed Anda Zhang, and No. 1 seed Brecel are out in the first round.
In addition, Zhang Anda and Lu Haotian, two Chinese players, were all eliminated, and the Chinese army lost 2 consecutive defeats.