On April 23, Beijing time, the third match day of the 2024 World Snooker Championship ended, and Shaun Murphy, O'Connor, and Bingham advanced to the next round one after another. The No. 5 seed Selby and the No. 10 seed Gary Wilson are out, and the Chinese player Lu Haotian has not been able to usher in the first victory of the Chinese players in the main draw! At present, 8 seats have been produced in the round of 16!
Latest Reports:
1, Lu Haotian lost to Shaun Murphy, and the Chinese player is out of the game again!
Challenging No. 8 seed Murphy in the first round of the main event, Lu Haotian looked a lot immature. The first six games of the first stage were tied 3-3, and Murphy then won three games in a row to establish a big score advantage. Entering the second stage, Murphy completed a 3-1 start and got the match point early, although Lu Haotian completed a single stroke of 117 points to recover a point, Murphy finally scored 81 points in a single stroke to lock up the victory and advance to the next round.
In the whole game, Murphy contributed 8 strokes of 50+ in a single stroke (1 shot to break 100), in comparison, Lu Haotian only had two strokes of 50+!
2. Four-time champion Selby was unable to return to the sky and was out of the first round!
Four-time world champion and No. 5 seed Selby faced O'Connor, who qualified for the World Championships for the first time, in the first round, but he never thought that he would end up losing. In the first stage, Selby lost five games in a row and ended 2-7, which became the defeat of the whole game. Even though his form improved in the second stage, Selby was still out of the tournament 6-10!
For O'Connor, five games in a row in the first period was the key to his first win over Crucible!
3, Bingham picked off Gary Wilson and waited for Ding Junhui's results!
Bingham took on No. 10 seed Gary Wilson in the first round, and a 4-0 start was a sign of Bingham's strength, with Bingham leading 6-3 at the end of the first period. Entering the second stage, Gary Wilson first won two games in a row to close the score, and Bingham then completed four consecutive strikes to lock up the victory with 10-5!
4, Si Jiahui and Pang Junxu ended the first stage with a worry and a joy!
Si Jiahui challenged No. 6 seed Mark Williams! In the opening game, Williams scored 142 points in a single stroke to give Si Jiahui a dismount, and the two sides drew 2-2 in the first four games; at the end of the first stage, Williams won two games in a row, and finally temporarily led Si Jiahui with a score of 5-4.
Pang Junxu faced No. 16 seed Milkins and won three games in a row to take a 3-1 lead into a timeout, and then the two won alternately, and finally Pang Junxu ended the first period with a temporary lead of 5-4.
Chinese players Zhang Anda and Lv Haotian failed to advance, and Si Jiahui and Pang Junxu both ended the first stage of the competition, and the final result was difficult to predict in terms of score. The second phase of both will take place today!