The 2024 World Snooker Championship continues to compete for the first round of matches, and the upset is the main theme of the first round so far, with five seeded players being eliminated in the eight first-round matches that have ended, including two high-ranked seeds such as the two world champions Brecel and Selby. World No. 5 Selby followed suit and was eliminated 6-10 in the first stage of his match against O'Connor. On this matchday, Gary Wilson, the No. 10 seed in the tournament, who has been an eye-catcher this season, suffered a 5-10 defeat to former world champion Bingham in the first round, and was also knocked out in the first round. On the last match day, the No. 11 seed of the tournament, China's Zhang Anda and the No. 9 Carter of the tournament were also eliminated in succession.
Former world champion Bingham is battling out 10th seed Gary Wilson, a former world champion who has fallen to No. 29 in the world rankings after a year or so of poor form. However, Bingham broke out at the beginning of the game, while seeded Gary Wilson was not in good form. In the first game, Gary Wilson took the lead but quickly handed over the right to attack, Bingham scored 98 points in a single shot to win the first place, and in the second game, the two sides competed fiercely, both of them had the opportunity to win the game, Bingham repeatedly attacked 71-64 and won the next city, and then Bingham still took the initiative on the court in the next two games, Gary Wilson did not have many opportunities to get started, Bingham won two more games and led Gary Wilson 4-0. After a short break, Gary Wilson's state has picked up, in the fifth game he repeatedly attacked 72-2 to pull back a game, Bingham was not to be outdone and scored 117 points in a single stroke to win another game, and then the two sides won a game I next city, after the end of the second stage of the game, Bingham led Gary Wilson 6-3.
At the beginning of the second stage of the game, Gary Wilson quickly entered the state, he scored 86 points and 57 points in a row, and then chased two games in a row to chase the score to 5-6, and the two almost returned to the same running line. However, Bingham, who has always had a stable performance in the World Championships, won four games in a row after hitting two 60+ shots, defeated Gary Wilson with a total score of 10-5, and advanced to the second round strongly, breaking out a big upset. Selby, the world champion and the No. 6 seed in the tournament, did not play well in this competition, and fell behind 2-7 in the first stage of the game with O'Donnell, but Selby is known as the reversal king of the World Championships, although the score is behind, but there are still many people who believe that Selby can reverse O'Connor. At the beginning of the second stage of the game, Selby scored 112 points in a single stroke to take the lead, O'Connor was not to be outdone, and then won a game to stabilize his position, the backward Selby played a single stroke 90+ and then chased two games in a row to close the score to 5-8, O'Connor withstood the pressure in the 14th game after scoring 57 points on a single stroke and won and took the lead to get the match point, Selby recovered a game and lost 39-70 in the 16th game, and lost to O'Connor with a total score of 6-10, and was eliminated in the first round, causing a big upset.
Elsewhere, China's Si Jiahui took on world champion Mark Williams, who had just won the Tour Championships, after a stunning semi-final at the last World Championships, but also set a personal best in the World Championships. At the beginning of the game, Mark Williams blasted out a single stroke of 142 points, showing good strength and state, he won two games in a row to take the lead, Si Jiahui was not to be outdone and then chased two games in a row to equalize the score, and then the two sides went back and forth fiercely, after the end of the first stage of the game, Si Jiahui temporarily fell behind 4-5. Teenager Pang Junxu faced the No. 16 seed Milkins, at the beginning of the game Pang Junxu quickly entered the state, although he only played a shot of 50+, but with a stable play to win three games in a row with a big score of 3-0 lead, Milkins launched a crazy counterattack, he won two games in a row to close the score, the sixth game Pang Junxu blasted out a single stroke of 84 points to take a 4-2 lead, and then the two sides fell into a hard battle, Pang Junxu lost the ninth game when he was 5-3 leading, the first stage of the game ended, Pang Junxu led Milkins 5-4.