On April 24, Beijing time, it was reported that the 2024 Snooker World Championship continued. In a key match in the first round, last year's World Championships top 4 Si Jiahui created a shocking upset, he defeated the three-time world champion Mark Williams 10-9. Earlier, defending champion Luca Brecel and four-time world champion Mark Selby were upset.
After a season of competition, the 2023-24 Snooker Tour has entered the final stage, and the Snooker World Championship was grandly staged at the Crucible Theater. In this World Championships, the "753 Heroes" O'Sullivan, Higgins, and Williams all played, and the "80 Five Tigers" all played except for Neil Robertson, the "Melbourne Machine" who fell out of the TOP16.
Defending champion Luca Brecel is the No. 1 seed at the World Championships. After the start of the World Championships, Brecel took the lead in the upset, he had a strong start of 2-0 in the game with "Brother Potato" David Gilbert, and won three match points 9-6, but was hit by the opponent with a wave of 4-0 counterattacks, and the total score was reversed 9-10, breaking the first big upset in this year's World Championships.
Subsequently, the four-time world champion Mark Selby created the second big upset of this year's World Championships, and he won 2-7 in the first stage of the match with qualifier Joe O'Connor, and it was already very difficult to advance.
In the second stage, Selby's form improved slightly, but he still lost 6-10. At this point, the second big upset of the 2024 World Championships broke out. And the third big upset came from the three-time world champion "Golden Left Hand" Williams.
The three-time world champion took a narrow 5-4 lead in the first stage against Si Jiahui, who reached the semifinals at last year's World Championships. In the second stage, Si Jiahui launched a strong counterattack, won two match points 9-7, and narrowly defeated Williams 10-9. In this way, the third big upset of the 2024 World Championships is coming. So, who will be the next protagonist of the upset?