On April 23, 2024, Beijing time, the World Snooker Championship continues, and the competition for the top 16 seats continues on this match day. The World Championships is the highest level of snooker competition, and there are very few non-British Isles players who have won the World Championships in history, including Neil Robertson and Brecel, but unfortunately Robertson was eliminated directly in the qualifying tournament this season, and Brecel suffered a round of defeat.
The best result in the World Championships in the history of the Chinese Legion is Ding Junhui's runner-up, and Si Jiahui, a professional newcomer in the last competition, won the best result in the semifinals. The few 1/16 matches that have been concluded have produced 8 places in the round of 16. Bingham, Joe O'Connor, Marquewen, Jack Jones and David Gilbert defeated seeded players Gary Wilson, Selby, Ali Carter, Anda Zhang and Brecel respectively to advance to the round of 16, while only three seeded players, Judd Trump, Tom Forde and Shaun Murphy, made it through.
In this competition, 5 members of the Chinese Legion appeared in Crucible, and in the game that has ended, Zhang Anda and Lu Haotian were defeated, Si Jiahui fell behind Mark Williams 4:5, and Pang Junxu led Milkins 5:4. On this match day, Ding Junhui, Si Jiahui and Pang Junxu played one after another to compete for a place in the top 16.
Ding Junhui 4:5 Lisovsky
Ding Junhui is ranked 7th in the world and Lisowski is ranked 17th. China's No. 1 brother Ding Junhui is the best player in Asia, winning 14 ranking tournaments in his career, including three major tournaments in the British Championships, one in the Masters, and the World Championships to complete the Grand Slam. Ding Junhui has been in stable form this season, reaching the finals of the British Championship and the World Open in a row, but unfortunately he was the runner-up.
Lisowski has been ranked in the top 16 in the world for a long time, and although he has not won the ranking championship in his career, he has reached the finals of the tournament 6 times, and is known as the "second of the millennium" by fans. Lisowski has been in consistent form this season, having reached the semi-finals of the Northern Ireland Open. The two have played each other three times in history, Ding Junhui has won all of them, and Ding Junhui has a high probability of advancing in this game.
In the first game of the game, Ding Junhui scored 127 points in a single stroke to win the game and got off to a good start. In the second game, Ding Junhui scored twice, and with a single stroke of 60 points, he won the next game with 83:1. In the third game, Lisowski scored 71 points in a single stroke and pulled back a game with 102:0. In the fourth game, Lisowski took advantage of the victory to chase after him, scored 91 points in a single stroke, won 92:2, and tied 2:2. In the fifth game, Ding Junhui scored 98 points in a single stroke and won the game 102:2. In the sixth game, the two scored piecemeal alternations, and finally Lisowski won the game 66-39, and the score was tied again at 3-3. In the seventh game, Ding Junhui won with a single stroke of 90 points. In the eighth game, Lisowski scored 69 points in a single stroke to pull back a game. In the ninth game, Ding Junhui made an offensive mistake, Lisowski smiled and accepted the gift, scoring 67 points in a single stroke to win the game, leading 5:4.
Kyren Wilson 8:1 Dominic Dyer
Kyren Wilson is ranked 12th in the world, and the veteran Dale is ranked 40th, Kyren Wilson has won 5 ranking tournaments in his career, and was once the best player of the post-90s. Kyren Wilson has been in a slump in form for the last two seasons, with his best result of the season being the semi-finals of the German Masters. The veteran Dell has been in the ranking twice in his career, but his form has declined as he has aged. Although Kyren Wilson has not been in good form this season, he still has an advantage against veteran Dale.
In the first game of the game, Kyren Wilson quickly got into the groove and scored 52 points in a single stroke, winning the game 72:22 and getting off to a good start. In the second game, Kyren Wilson scored several times and finally won 88-12. In the third game, Dale scored 30 points to hand over the ball, and Kyren Wilson seized the opportunity to win the game with 75 points in a single stroke. In the fourth game, Dale scored 120 points in a single stroke to win the game. In the fifth game, Kyren Wilson scored 123 points in a single stroke. In the sixth game, Kyren Wilson won with a single shot and won 96:0, leading 5:1. In the seventh game, Kyren Wilson received the last black ball and won the game 74:70. In the eighth game, Kyren Wilson scored 77 points in a single stroke and won the next game 77:0. In the ninth game, Kyren Wilson played accurately from a distance and won the game with a single stroke of 73 points, leading 8:1.
Milkins 4:5 Pang Junxu
Veteran Milkins is the last seeded player, a late bloomer in 1976, winning his first career ranking title at the Gibraltar Open in 2022 and then winning the Welsh Open snooker last season. This season's Milkins are in a sluggish state, and there is no top 8 in the ranking competition, and there is a high probability that the world ranking will fall out of the top 16 at the end of this season. After reaching the final of the ranking tournament for the first time last season, Chinese teenager Pang Junxu has been in poor form this season and has not achieved outstanding results.
At the beginning of the game, in the first game, Pang Junxu won the first game with 70:60 with a single stroke of 57 points and made a good start. In the second game, Pang Junxu scored many times, and finally won the next game with 95:32. In the third game, Pang Junxu scored piecemeal, and finally won 67:14, leading 3:0. In the fourth game, Milkins pulled one back at 64-3. In the fifth game, Milkins scored 83 points in a single stroke and won with a single stroke. In the sixth game, Pang Junxu scored 84 points in a single stroke and won 89:22. In the seventh game, Milkins scored 91 points with a single stroke and pulled back a game with 115:5, and the big score was 3:4 behind. In the eighth game, the two scored piecemeal alternately, and finally Pang Junxu won the game 66:49. In the ninth game, Milkins won 73-0 and fell behind 4-5.