Snooker World Championships: 10 seats will be decided in the round of 16! The Chinese teenager lost 9-10, and the six seeds were eliminated
On April 24, 2024, the World Snooker Championship continued, and 10 places have been decided in the round of 16, and the Chinese teenager broke the upset, Si Jiahui defeated Mark Williams 10-9, Pang Junxu lost to Robert Milkins 9-10, and the six seeds were eliminated in the first round.
Chinese player Pang Junxu is ranked 27th in the world, the runner-up in the best result of his career, lost to Selby at that time, Pang Junxu lost to O'Sullivan at the World Championships last year, this time it was lucky, and met the relatively weak seeded player Milkins, who has won two championships and is ranked 16th in the world, and this season's results are mediocre, of course, in general, the strength is still more than the current Pang Junxu.
After the start of the game, Pang Junxu scored 57 points in a single stroke in the first game, and then won two games in a row 95-32 and 67-14, Milkins won the grappling 69-18 in the fourth game, Milkins scored 83 points in a single stroke in the fifth game, Pang Junxu scored 84 points in a single stroke in the sixth game, Milkins scored 91 points in a single stroke in the seventh game, Pang Junxu narrowly won 66-49 in the eighth game, and Milkins pulled back a game 73-0 in the ninth game.
In the second half, the competitive state of the two was even worse, in the 10th game Milkins completed the super score with 70-51, in the 11th game Milkins scored 58 points in a single stroke, and won another game with 65-24, Pang Junxu won two games in a row with 66-25 and 75-20, and then the two sides won three games each, only Milkins scored a 76 points, and Milkins ended the game 65-31 in the decisive game, and finally Pang Junxu lost 9-10 and lost to Milkins.
Si Jiahui is the first Chinese player to advance to the top 16, playing a single stroke of 77 points, 67 points, 63 points, 61 points, 52 points 10-9 victory over Mark Williams, upset eliminated the world's sixth, the last World Championships Si Jiahui advanced to the semifinals, the overall performance is very strong, now from the qualifying round to the present, bringing unexpected surprises, is expected to achieve another good result, back against Jack Jones, Si Jiahui has a great chance of winning.
The round of 16 will determine 10 spots: Gilbert, Milkins, Maguire, Shaun Murphy, Joe O'Connor in the top half, and Trump, Tom Forde, Si Jiahui, Jack Jones, Bingham in the bottom half. The top six players are out in the first round: Luca Brecel, Selby, Mark Williams, Carter, Gary Wilson, Anda Zhang, and there may be others left behind.
In addition, Mark Allen leads Robbie Williams 7-2, Kyren Wilson leads Dominic Dale 8-1, the advantage is very obvious, there is no problem to continue to move forward, Ding Junhui is 4-5 behind Lisowski, Hawkins is 4-5 behind Ryan Day, there are variables in the predicament, the Chinese player only Si Jiahui has passed for the time being, Ding Junhui is in the second stage at 17 o'clock, let us look forward to his performance.