In the ninth match of the first round of the just-concluded Snooker World Championship on April 24, 2024, Beijing time, Chinese snooker teenager Si Jiahui and Mark Williams staged a very dramatic match. In this game, Chinese teenager Si Jiahui played a very strong competitive state.
Although Mark Williams took the lead many times in this game, after 19 rounds of competition, Si Jiahui still defeated Mark Williams 10-9 with a single stroke of 52 points, 63 points, 61 points, 67 points, 77 points and four consecutive wins to successfully advance to the round of 16 of this tournament. Next, Chinese teenager Si Jiahui will face Jack Jones for a place in the quarterfinals.
Si Jiahui won two games in a row to draw 2-2 with Williams
In the first four games between the two sides, both players were in average form, and this performance also allowed the two players to remain evenly matched in the game.
In the first game, Williams scored a red ball with his excellent long-range offensive ability, and directly hit a single-stroke performance of 142 points and took a 1-0 lead, ushering in a good start to the game.
In the second game, Williams scored 77 points with multiple opportunities to get started, and recovered a game with a 77:30 performance, thus leading Si Jiahui 2-0 and expanding the gap between the two sides to two games.
In the third game, Si Jiahui played a good competitive state, he won the game with a single stroke of 52 points and won the game 75:24, falling behind Williams 1-2 to narrow the gap between the two sides. In the 4th game, Si Jiahui won the game with a performance of 128:30 and drew 2-2 with Williams.
威廉姆斯再胜三局以5-4领先斯佳辉
After returning from the break, the two men entered the second half of the first phase of the game. In the fifth game, Williams scored 55 points with his excellent ability to seize opportunities and won the game 55-44 to continue to lead Si Jiahui 3-2.
In the 6th game, Si Jiahui won the game with 79 points and 79:23 with multiple opportunities, and drew 3-3 with Williams, once again pulling the two sides back to the same running line.
In the 7th game, Si Jiahui won the game with a performance of 58:21, thus overtaking Williams 4-3 and taking the lead in the game for the first time.
In the 8th game, Williams scored 57 points with a single stroke and won the game 93:1 to draw with Si Jiahui 4-4. In the 9th game, Williams scored 63 points with a single shot and won the game 81:0, thus surpassing Si Jiahui 5-4.
Si Jiahui sealed the win and defeated Williams 10-9
After the second stage of the competition, Si Jiahui gradually found his form. The game came to the 10th game, and Si Jiahui won the game with a performance of 77:34 to determine a 5-5 draw with Williams. In the 11th game, Si Jiahui scored 63 points with a single shot and won the game 77:35, overtaking Williams 6-5 and taking the lead.
In the 12th game, Si Jiahui scored 61 points with a single stroke and won the game 89:0 to take a 7-5 lead. In the 13th game, Si Jiahui scored 67 points with a single shot and won the game 88:25, thus leading Williams 8-5. In the 14th game, Williams won the game with 69:0 and trailed Si Jiahui 6-8.
In the 15th game, Williams won the game with a 73-28 performance, 7-8 behind Si Jiahui. In the 16th game, Si Jiahui won the game with a performance of 81:4, thus leading Williams 9-7 and taking the lead to get the match point. In the 17th game, Williams won the game 68:39 and trailed Si Jiahui 8-9.
In the 18th game, Williams scored 51 points and 89:0 with a single stroke to win the game and drew 9-9 with Si Jiahui, and in the 19th game, Si Jiahui won the game with a single-stroke performance of 77 points, thus defeating Williams 10-9 to advance to the round of 16.