In the early morning of April 23, Beijing time, the 2024 Snooker World Championship continued to start the first round of the focus battle, in the other two games that have ended, the former world champion Bingham swept Gary Wilson to advance to the round of 16;
Gary Wilson VS Bingham
The match was unexpected, and it was one-sided, and Bingham, the world champion and world No. 29, hit 1 shot to break 100 and 6 strokes of 50+ firepower throughout the whole game, easily beating the season's double champion and 10th seed Gary Wilson.
In the first stage, "Shark" Bingham beat Gary 4-0 in the opening game, and then ended the first half 6-3, and in the decisive stage, Gary hit a single stroke of 86 and 57 points in a row to chase the score to 5-6.
However, the good times did not last long, Bingham lost 4 games in a row with a strong 4:0 offensive frenzy, ended the battle with a total score of 10-5 and advanced to the round of 16, and the next game was the winner between Director Ding and the little driver.
Double champion Gary Wilson is also the fifth seeded player to be eliminated after Luka, Anda Zhang, Carter and Selby.
Pang Junxu VS Milkins
Pang Junxu, who came out of the qualifying round, challenged 16th seed Robert Milkins to take a 3-0 dream advantage in the opening game, and Lao Mi then fought back with 83 points to win two games in a row to chase the score to 2-3.
Lao Mi fell under Si Jiahui's pole last year and missed the top 8
In the next game, Pang Junxu scored 84 points in a single stroke to stretch the score to 4-2, and Milkins immediately counterattacked with a single stroke of 90+ to bite the score to 3-4.
In the 8th game, Lao Mi had a chance to chase the score to 4-4, but Xiao Pang missed and changed the score to 5-3; In the 9th game, Milkins opened the situation with a high-quality snooker and won the game smoothly, and finally ended the first stage of the competition with a total score of 4-5.
In addition, at 17 o'clock on April 23, Beijing time, the much-anticipated Chinese snooker brother and No. 7 seed player Ding Junhui accepted the challenge of fast gunner Jack Lisowski.