In the early morning of April 24, Beijing time, the 2024 World Snooker Championship continued. In a key match in the first round, last year's World Championships top four Si Jiahui challenged three-time world champion Mark Williams. In this game, Si Jiahui once again showed his excellent form at last year's World Championships, and after the 16th game, he won 2 match points 9-7.
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 had just defeated world No. 1 "Rocket" Ronnie O'Sullivan in the tour tournament before the World Championships to win the championship.
Williams is the No. 6 seed at the World Championships, while world No. 23 Si Jiahui has a two-round qualifying win to challenge Williams. He played in the third round of the World Championship qualifier against Belgian teenager Ben Mertens. In the first game of this game, Si Jiahui got started several times. 73-8 to take a 1-0 lead. Second inning. Si Jiahui won another game 73-35 to take a 2-0 lead.
In the third game, Mortensen pulled one back 97-32, and the score was tied at 1-2. After losing two games in a row in the opening game, in the fourth game, Mortensen won another game 61-22, and the score was 2-2. Fifth inning. After returning from a short intermission, Si Jiahui took another lead 3-2 with a piecemeal 82-0 clean sheet Mortensen.
In the sixth game, Mortensen scored 124 points in a single stroke, won easily 124-1, and equalized the score again 3-3. In the first stage, Si Jiahui led his opponent 5-4. In the end, he advanced to the tournament with a 10-9 stunner.
In the next promotion round, Si Jiahui and Wu Yize staged a Chinese derby, and he won 10-4 to advance to the World Championships. In the first round of the World Championships with Williams, he fell behind 4-5 in the first stage, and after returning in the second stage, Si Jiahui made a strong effort, and after the sixteenth game, he won 2 match points 9-7.