Si Jiahui staged a decisive moment, 10-9 eliminated the triple crown champion Williams and advanced to the round of 16 of the World Championships

Late at night on April 23, the first round of the 2024 World Snooker Championship ended at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. Although Si Jiahui fell behind 4-5 in the first stage, he fought hard in the second stage, and finally after a hard battle in the tiebreaker, the big score was 10-9 thrilling and "upset", breaking through the first round for two consecutive years and advancing to the top 16.

21-year-old Si Jiahui, is the new force that emerged in the Chinese army in the past two seasons, last year's World Championships, he passed the qualifying test, made his debut in Crucible, and became a super dark horse, reaching the top 4 in one fell swoop, but unfortunately facing the Belgian star Brecel in the semifinals, he led by a score of 14-5, but suffered a big reversal, lost 15-17, and unfortunately missed the final. But Si Jiahui, who soared to the sky at the World Championships, made the world remember this young generation from China.

This season, Si Jiahui's overall performance has declined, but he still reached the final at the German Masters, but unfortunately lost to Trump in the end and missed the breakthrough of zero championships in the ranking tournament. At the World Championships at the end of the season, Si Jiahui, ranked 23rd in the world, started from the third round of the qualifying round and faced Belgian player Mertens, who won two games in a row to complete a big reversal after falling behind 8-9. In the final decisive round, he defeated compatriot Wu Yize 10-4 and entered the main draw of the World Championships for two consecutive years.

In the first round of the draw, Si Jiahui met Williams, the No. 6 seed in excellent form this season, who won the 26th ranking championship in the pre-World Championship Tour Championships, defeating Trump, Allen and O'Sullivan in a row to win the 26th ranking tournament title. But in the face of such an opponent, Si Jiahui was strong when he was strong, although he fell behind 0-2 in the first stage, he still bit the opponent with a score of 4-5.

In the second stage, he came up and won 4 games in a row and achieved an 8-5 overtake, although Williams then played a wave of 4-1 small climax, directly dragging the game into the deciding game. At the critical moment, Si Jiahui's big heart was revealed, he took advantage of Williams' mistakes, continued to surround the ball, and finally scored 77 points in a single stroke, sealed the opponent cleanly, and completed the fatal kill, so as to "send away" the three-time champion Williams with a big score of 10-9.

Si Jiahui, who has beaten the first-round hurdle at Crucible for the second year in a row, will meet another Welshman in the second round, Jack Jones, who also pulled off an upset in the first round with a 10-4 victory over China's 11th seed Anda Zhang. However, Jones, who is ranked 44th in the world, had an average overall performance, and it was only when he met Zhang Anda, who was in worse form, that he had a chance to cause an upset. In terms of head-to-head records, Si Jiahui has played Jones three times before, but is at a disadvantage with 1 win and 2 losses, and has played each other at the Wuhan Open and Tianjin International Championships this season, with each winning one. In this World Championships meeting, it is worth looking forward to who can win again.