【World Championships】Ding Junhui fell behind 4-5, Wilson created the largest point difference! Si Jiahui beat Williams, Pang Junxu lost match points in a row!

On April 23, 2024, the first round of the World Snooker Championship continued. Si Jiahui withstood Williams' counterattack and scored a high-quality 77 in the deciding game to win 10-9, while Pang Junxu lost to Milkins 9-10 after losing two match points in a row. Ding Junhui fell behind Lisowski 4-5, Wilson 8-1 Dale created the largest point difference in the first stage, Allen 7-2 Robbie Williams, and Hawkins 4-5 Ryan Day.

Si Jiahui started the duel with Williams in the second stage with a score of 4-5, and with 3 shots of 60+, he won four games in a row and overtook the score 8-5. In the next five rounds, Williams won four of them with just one shot of 50+, and the score became 9-9. In the deciding game, Si Jiahui grabbed half of the mobile opportunity, withstood the pressure and scored a number of difficult balls, won directly with a single stroke of 77 points, and beat Williams 10-9.

Williams became the sixth seeded player to go out of the tournament after suffering his fifth round trip to Crucible. Si Jiahui maintained his unbeaten record in the first round at Crucible. In his post-match interview, Si Jiahui said: "I'm very happy to beat Williams, a legend in the sport and one of the most in-form players. I was very relaxed in the last game because I thought to myself, what's going to be the worst case scenario? I lost and I saw my family? Like last year, I booked a flight back to China the day after the game (Wednesday), so I had to rebook again. I am happy. “

Pang Junxu, who led 5-4 in the first stage, was overtaken by Milkins 6-5 at the start of the second period. After that, Pang Junxu once won the match point 9-8, and Milkins chased it to a 9-9 draw with a single stroke of 76 points, and finally reversed Pang Junxu 10-9. Milkins is in the second round of Crucible for the fifth time, and a win over Gilbert would see the 48-year-old reach the quarterfinals for the first time. It was the second year in a row that he won the opening round at Crucible with a score of 10-9. The £30,000 ranking bonus also greatly increased his chances of retaining the top 16.

The first stage of the contest between Ding Junhui and Lisowski was very exciting. After the opening, Ding Junhui scored 127 and 60 points in a single stroke and took a 2-0 lead. Lisowski returned with 71 and 91 points in a single stroke to chase down a 2-2 draw. After returning from the break, Ding Junhui added another 2 shots of 90+, leading 3-2 and 4-3 twice. Lisowski hit two consecutive 60+ shots at the last minute to end the first stage with a 5-4 lead.

The 53-year-old Dale returned to Crucible for the first time in 10 years and became the oldest competitor in the tournament. However, Kyren Wilson did not show the spirit of "respecting the elderly" at all, and took a 3-0 lead after the opening game. Dale scored 120 points in the fourth game to break 100 and won applause. Wilson then took over the game completely, scoring 123, 96, 50, 77 and 73 points in a row to take an 8-1 lead and set a new record for the largest score difference in this competition.

Allen only shot 2 shots of 50+, 7-2 lead Robbie Williams, who shot 1 shot to break 100 and 2 shots to 50+. Hawkins, who shot 1 shot to break 100 and 2 shots to 60+, fell behind 4-5 to Ryan Day, who also shot 1 shot to break 100 and 2 shots to 60+.

Results on the 23rd (Round 1)

M. Williams 9-10 Si Jiahui

Stage 1 (5-4): 142 (142)-0, 77-30, 24-75 (52), 30-128, 55-44, 23-79, 21-58, 81 (63)-0

Stage 2 (4-6) 34-77, 35-77 (63), 0-89 (61), 25-88 (67), 69-0, 73-28, 4-81, 68-39, 89 (51)-0, 0-77 (77)

R. Milkins 10-9 Pang Junxu

Stage 1 (4-5): 60-70 (57), 32-95, 14-67, 64-3, 83 (83)-0, 22-89 (84), 115 (91) - 5, 49-66, 73-0

Stage 2 (6-4): 70-51, 65 (58)-24, 25-66, 20-75, 78-16, 30-63, 73-49, 15-78, 76 (76)-16, 65-31

K. Wilson 8-1 D. Dyer

Stage 1 (8-1): 72 (52)-22, 88-12, 75 (75)-30, 5-120 (120), 123 (123)-0, 96 (96)-0, 74 (50)-70, 77 (77)-0, 98 (73)-0

Ding Junhui 4-5 J. Lisowski

Stage 1 (4-5): 134 (127)-0, 83 (60) -1, 0-102 (71), 4-92 (91), 102 (98) -2, 39-66, 90 (90) - 0, 26-73 (69), 1-67 (67)

M. Allen 7-2 R. Williams

Stage 1 (7-2): 79 (70) - 0, 87-9, 76-27, 4-86 (86), 64-51, 66-68, 80 (80) - 0, 0-110 (105), 68-0

B. Hawkins 4-5 R. Day

Stage 1 (4-5): 33-75 (61), 108 (108)-0, 102 (66)-0, 1-93, 1-110 (110), 41-76, 11-76 (76), 77-6, 93 (93)-0

24th Fixture (Round 1)

17:00

K. Wilson 8-1 D. Dale (2)

Ding Junhui 4-5 J. Lisowski (2)

21:30

M. Allen 7-2 R. Williams (2)

R.奥沙利 (1)

26:00

J. Higgins VS J. Jones (1)

B. Hawkins 4-5 R. Day (2)

25 Day Schedule (Round 1)

20:00

R.奥沙利 (2)

26:00

J. Higgins VS J. Jones (2)

Today in history

On April 24, 2008, Liu Chuang, China's fourth player to enter Kebao (the first three are Fu Jiajun, Ding Junhui, and Liang Wenbo, of which Liang Wenbo entered the main draw in the same year as him, but played earlier) lost to O'Sullivan 5-10 in the first round of the World Championships.

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