In the early morning of April 24, Beijing time, the 2024 World Snooker Championship continued. In a key match in the first round, Si Jiahui, the top 4 in last year's World Championships, showed his big heart, and in the match with the three-time world champion "Golden Left Hand" Mark Williams, the total score was 10-9 to advance to the round of 16.
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. At this year's World Championships, Si Jiahui challenged three-time world champion Mark Williams in the first round, who is ranked 6th in the world and is the No. 6 seed in this World Championships.
As for Si Jiahui, ranked 23rd in the world, he won two qualifying rounds to get a chance to challenge the world champion. Si Jiahui defeated Mortensen and Wu Yize 10-9, 10-4 in the qualifying round of the World Championships earlier.
In the first round of the World Championships against three-time world champion Williams, Si Jiahui fell behind at the beginning of the first period, and after the ninth game, he fell behind 4-5.
Regarding the performance of the two in the first stage, the official Weibo of the World Snooker Tour wrote: "The 2024 World Snooker Championship has 32 into 16 rounds, and Mark Williams won two games after the opening and scored 142 points in a single stroke in the first set.
The official Weibo of the World Snooker Tour continued: "Then Si Jiahui pulled back two sets and scored 52 points in a single stroke in the third game, Williams won the fifth game after the break, and then Si Jiahui won two more games to overtake the score, and then Williams scored 57 points and 63 points in a single stroke to win two games in a row."
At the end of the first period, Williams temporarily led Si Jiahui with a score of 5-4, and the two sides entered the halftime break. After a few hours of rest, Si Jiahui ushered in the second stage of the battle with Williams. In the second stage, the game entered the white heat, Si Jiahui was in a brave state, 9-7 won 2 match points, after Williams played the score to 9-9, Si Jiahui showed a big heart in the tiebreaker, and the total score was 10-9 to advance, congratulations to Si Jiahui!