On April 24, 2024, Beijing time, the main match of the World Snooker Championship came to the fourth match day! Ding Junhui, the first person in Chinese snooker, appeared on this match day, and finally Ding Junhui fell behind the top seed Lisowski in the qualifying round 4-5 to end the first stage of the competition! The second stage of the game between the two sides will continue at 17:00 this afternoon, and the two sides will decide the final winner! The Chinese army has 5 people in this World Championship to enter the main match, with the exit of Lu Haotian and Zhang Anda, only Ding Junhui and Si Jiahui and Pang Junxu, of which Pang Junxu led Milkins 5-4 to end the first stage of the game! In the just concluded game, China's new star Si Jiahui played bravely, with the fourth consecutive whip in the second stage, the total score was 10-9 to defeat the three-time champion Mark Williams of the World Championships and advance to the round of 16! In the other game, Mark Allen temporarily led Robbie Williams 6-2 in the first stage!
The World Snooker Championship is the heaviest event in the snooker ranking tournament, in which the championship prize money is 500,000 pounds, and the general ranking tournament champion will not exceed 150,000 pounds, and some even only 50,000 pounds, such as a single-game limited-time tournament! Before that, some ranking tournament champions only had a pitiful 20,000 pounds, such as the Paul Hunter Tournament, the Gibraltar Open, etc.! The championship prize of a World Championship is about 10 times the prize money of the general ranking tournament champion, so the weight can be imagined! At present, the most world champions are billiards emperor Hendry and Rocket O'Sullivan, both of whom have won 7 world championships! The World Championships are divided into qualifying rounds and main competition stages, of which all the qualifying rounds adopt a 19-game 10-win system! The 1/16 finals of the main competition adopt a 19-game 10-win system, the 1/8 finals and 1/4 finals use a 25-game 13-win system, the semi-finals use a 33-game 17-win system, and the finals use a 35-game 18-win system! The long-game system of the World Championships is a double test of the players' mental and physical, requiring not only superb skills but also super stamina!
Si Jiahui 10-9 Mark Williams
Si Jiahui is ranked 23rd in the world, and he reached the semi-finals of the World Championships last season and became famous! This season, Si Jiahui reached the final of the German Masters, and reached the final of the ranking tournament for the first time in his career! The results have made a breakthrough again! Si Jiahui was a pure offensive player before, with a sharp attack, but this season, Si Jiahui's defensive ability has also been significantly improved, especially from the perspective of this World Championships, Si Jiahui's offensive and defensive ability is becoming more and more balanced and stable! Mark Williams is ranked 6th in the world, has won 26 ranking tournaments in his career, including 3 world championships, and although he is almost 50 years old, he is still in very good shape, winning the British Open and Tour Championships this season, and is a top opponent that many players do not want to meet!
The game is divided into the first stage and the second stage, in the first stage, Mark Williams came up and scored 142 points in a single stroke to get off to a good start! After the two sides were entangled in the second game, Mark Williams played many times and won another game 77-30! In the third game, Si Jiahui scored 52 points in a single stroke to pull back a game at 75-24, and in the fourth game, Si Jiahui seized Uncle Ma's mistake and won another game 128-30 many times! The two sides drew 2-2 and entered the halftime break! After returning from the break, after the two sides were entangled in the fifth game, Uncle Ma won 55-44. After the entanglement between the two sides in the sixth and seventh games, Si Jiahui finally won 2 games in a row 79-23, 58-21! Then Uncle Ma seized Si Jiahui's mistake in the eighth and ninth games, scored 57 points in a single stroke, won 2 games in a row with 63 points, and ended the first stage of the game with a total score of 5-4!
In the second stage, Si Jiahui scored 63 points, 61 points, 67 points and a wave of 4 consecutive whips, and the total score was 8-5 to overtake the score! In the fourteenth game, Mark Williams won 69-0 many times, and in the fifteenth game, both sides got a chance to get a layup, and finally Mark Williams won another game with 73-28! In the sixteenth game, Si Jiahui grabbed Mark Williams' mistakes and won 81-4 many times, with a total score of 9-7 to take the lead in getting the match point! In the seventeenth game, both sides made mistakes, and in the end, Mark Williams seized the opportunity to save a match point at 68-39! In the eighteenth game, Mark Williams scored on the long platform and got many layup opportunities, scored 51 points in a single stroke, and tenaciously dressed the score as 9-9 with 89-0! The two sides entered the tiebreaker! In the decisive game, Si Jiahui withstood the pressure and scored 77 points in a single stroke to end the game! The total score was 10-9, and Mark Williams became the first player in the Chinese army to reach the round of 16! The next 1/8 final will be against Jack Jones!
Mark Allen 6-2 Robbie Williams
Mark Allen is ranked No. 3 in the world, but after deducting the 2021-22 World Championship prize money, Mark Allen has risen to No. 1 in the world rankings. This season, Mark Allen has won three championships, the championship of the champion, the single-game limited-time tournament and the Players Championship, and his form is very good, and his offensive and defensive ability has been upgraded again! Robbie Williams is ranked 45th in the world, and his performance this season is average, and he has not had too many outstanding performances! But the strength of the World Championships to reach the main match should not be underestimated!
In the first stage of the game, Mark Allen scored 70 points in a single stroke in the first game to win the first game! After the two sides were entangled in the second game, Mark Allen's offensive and defensive ability was obviously superior, and finally won another game 87-9! In the third game, Mark Allen won 76-27 many times, and won a wave of three consecutive wins to take a 3-0 lead in the total score! In the fourth game, Robbie Williams scored 86 points in a single stroke to pull back a game! In the end, Mark Allen led 3-1 and entered the halftime break! After returning from the break, Mark Allen fully demonstrated his ability to fight in the fifth game, and won 64-51 reversal between offense and defense many times! In the sixth game, Robbie Williams made a mistake with a single stroke of 68 points, and after a long period of entanglement between the two sides, Mark Allen seized the opportunity to get started many times and won 77-68! In the seventh game, Mark Allen scored 80 points with a single stroke to win, and once again played a wave of 3 consecutive wins! In the eighth game, Robbie Williams scored 105 points in a single stroke to pull back a game, and Mark Allen led 6-2 in total!