In the first round of the 2024 World Snooker Championship, a focus battle that attracted the attention of Chinese fans, Pang Junxu and Robert Milkins competed for a place in the top 16, and Milkins defeated Pang Junxu 10-9 and took the bus to the top 16. In the latest report, 10 seats have been released for the round of 16.
Milkins is the No. 16 seed in the tournament, and he had a great performance last season, which can be described as a late bloomer, but this season's "Old Man" has not performed well, and his best result is only the top eight of the Shanghai Masters and the Champion of Champions, and in the ranking round, Milkins' best result is the third round of the Welsh Open.
Pang Junxu is China's post-00 youngster, and he has also had a poor season this season, and this year's World Championships also broke through to qualifying, and the world No. 27 advanced to the main draw after beating Oliver Brown and Cao Yupeng in succession. Judging from the ranking of the two, Pang Junxu is obviously going to be at a disadvantage! However, considering that there have been many upsets and many TOP16 first-round tours in the first round of this year's World Championships, Pang Junxu is also very promising to create upsets as well.
In the first stage, the two actually didn't play very well, and it was difficult to solve, and they couldn't open the gap, and Pang Junxu took a 5-4 lead after nine games. In the first stage, both of them only shot two 50+, which is not a good feeling. came to the second stage, Milkins just overtook him, Pang Junxu quickly returned the color, and Pang Junxu took the lead in getting the match point 9-8. Milkins made a strong save to make it 9-9. In the crucial tiebreaker, Pang Junxu still failed to win, and Milkins killed 10-9.
The 10 who have already advanced to the round of 16: Si Jiahui, Bingham, Joe O'Connor, Murphy, Maguire, Tom Forde, Trump, Jack Jones, David Gilbert, Milkins
China's post-00s star Si Jiahui brought a surprise as he knocked out No. 6 seed Mark Williams 10-9. So far, 6 seeded players, including Brecel, have all suffered 1 round of tours.