On April 23, 2024, Beijing time, the World Snooker Championship continues! Today, snooker China's first person Ding Junhui ushered in the debut of this World Championships, the Chinese army has 5 people into the main game, with Zhang Anda and Lu Haotian out, there are currently 3 people left in the Chinese army, including Si Jiahui 4-5 behind Mark Williams in the first stage, Pang Junxu 5-4 ahead of the veteran Milkins in the first stage, Ding Junhui temporarily 2-2 in the first stage of the little driver Lisowski!
The World Championships is the finale of every season, and it is also the heaviest event in snooker! There are three major events in snooker, namely the British Championships, the Masters Championships, and the World Championships, of which the World Championships are the first of the three major tournaments! It can be said that it is the most important thing! As long as you win the World Championships, you can basically guarantee that you will not fall out of the top 16 in the world rankings for at least two years! At present, the most won World Championships are Rocket O'Sullivan and billiards emperor Hendry, both of which are 7 times!
Ding Junhui is currently ranked 7th in the world, has won 14 ranking tournaments in his career, and is only one World Championship away from the Grand Slam! However, since winning the British Championships in 2019, Ding Junhui has fallen into a championship drought of more than 4 years! The state is getting worse, Ding Junhui's state has recovered this season, and he has reached the final of the British Championship again after last season, but unfortunately lost to Rocket O'Sullivan and won the runner-up again! In addition, Ding Junhui reached the final of the Tour Championship again, but unfortunately lost to the world No. 3 Mark Allen and was relegated to the runner-up again! Judging from the state of this season, Ding Junhui has gotten better and better!
Lisowski is ranked 17th in the world, is the top seed in the qualifying round, and has reached the final of the ranking tournament 6 times in his career, but unfortunately he has won the runner-up 6 times! Lisowski is in a sluggish state this season, and the ranking match has not been scored! Therefore, the ranking fell out of the top 16 before this World Championships, and he must start from the qualifying round, but Lisowski is in good form in the qualifying round, first defeating Liu Hongyu 10-4, and then defeating Welsh Dragon Stevens 10-3 to successfully advance to the main event!
Ding Junhui and Lisowski have played each other 3 times before, Ding Junhui has won all! In the first game of the first stage of the game, Lisowski had a poor hand and took the lead in making mistakes on the defensive end, Ding Junhui seized the opportunity to start playing 127 points with a single stroke to get off to a good start! In the second game, Lisowski's state was still sluggish, Ding Junhui hit the black ball too hard and made a mistake, but Lisowski immediately returned a mistake, and finally Ding Junhui scored 60 points with a single stroke and won 83-1! In the third game, Lisowski's state picked up, and he scored 71 points with a single stroke to win 102-0 in the fourth game! The two sides drew 2-2 and entered the halftime break!