On April 24, Beijing time, it was reported that the 2024 Snooker World Championship continued. In a key match in the first round, Si Jiahui, the top 4 of last year's World Championships, defeated the three-time world champion "Golden Left Hand" Mark Williams 10-9. In the other two games, "China's first brother" Ding Junhui temporarily trailed Jack Lisowski 4-5, and teenager Pang Junxu was reversed by Robert Milkins 9-10.
After a season of competition, the 2023-24 Snooker Tour has entered the final stage, and the Snooker World Championship Qualifying Tournament is hotly staged. In this year's World Championships, a total of 5 Chinese players including Ding Junhui competed.
In the first two match days, the national champions Zhang Anda and Lu Haotian had a bad start, and they were eliminated 4-10 and 5-10 successively. Such a start, for the Chinese snooker army, is very much looking forward to the subsequent appearance of Si Jiahui, Pang Junxu, and Ding Junhui can bring a turnaround.
In terms of matchups, Pang Junxu, who was once the Rookie of the Year award, will face the lowest-ranked seeded player (No. 16 seed) Robert Milkins, and he seems to have a better chance of winning.
Last year's World Championships semi-finals were against three-time world champion Mark Williams, who won the Tour Championship with a win over seven-time world champion Ronnie "Rocket" O'Sullivan before the World Championships.
Ding Junhui's opponent is Jack Lisowski, ranked 17th in the world, and he is also the top seed in the World Championships qualifying tournament, which means that Ding Junhui's opponent is the strongest of the 16 seeded players, and it is very difficult to win.
Coming to the game, it was Si Jiahui who brought a surprise to the fans, and he beat Williams 10-9 after falling behind 4-5 in the first stage. Pang Junxu won the match point 9-8, lost two games in a row and was reversed by Milkins 9-10. And Ding Junhui temporarily fell behind 4-5 in the first stage of the match with Lisowski. Later today, Ding Junhui will start the second phase of the battle with Lisowski, looking forward to his good news!