The first victory of the Chinese army!00 upset the world champion, Si Jiahui 10-9 and entered the top 16 of the World Championships
In the first round of the 2024 World Snooker Championships, China's post-00 star Si Jiahui defeated the world champion Mark Williams 10-9, breaking through the first round for the second consecutive year, and this is also the first victory of the Chinese army in this World Championships.
The last World Championships Si Jiahui can be called the biggest dark horse, the first time to participate in the top 4, but this season Si Jiahui's state is more average, so the outside world was not optimistic about Si Jiahui's journey to this World Championships, after the fierce competition in the qualifying round, Si Jiahui successfully entered the main match, but the first round of the main tournament was drawn to the former World Championship champion Mark Williams, who has won the World Championships 3 times, is a set of World Championships, British Championships, Masters three major championships in one of the Grand Slam winners, and this season Mark · Williams performed relatively well, winning two ranking tournaments at the Open Championship and the Tour Championship, so not many people were optimistic about Si Jiahui before. The game is divided into two stages, the first stage needs to play 9 rounds, Mark Williams felt hot, as soon as he came up, he shot out a single stroke of 142 points to take the lead, and then won another game, the total score was 2-0 ahead, Si Jiahui fought back, 4-3 to complete the overtake, after which the two sides entered the struggle, Williams led 5-4 into the first stage.
In the second stage, Si Jiahui first won the 10th game with 77-34, and then Si Jiahui was full of firepower, winning 3 games in a row with a total score of 63 points, 61 points, and 67 points, and overtook with a total score of 8-5. After a short break, the match restarted and Mark Williams launched a counterattack to win two games in a row 69-0, 73-28 to tie the overall score at 7-8. In the 16th game, defensive tactics were used, and Si Jiahui's performance was very stable, winning the game 81-4, and the total score was 9-7 to get the match point. In the 17th, Si Jiahui took the lead, but soon made a mistake, and then Williams stepped up to take the lead, and after that, both sides made a move, and Williams saved a match point at 68-39. In the 18th game, Si Jiahui made a mistake on the long platform, and Williams seized the opportunity to score and pulled another game 89-0 to chase the total score to a 9-9 draw. In the deciding game, Williams made a mistake first, Si Jiahui seized the opportunity to get started, and scored 77 points in a single stroke to lock up the victory, thus defeating Mark Williams with a total score of 10-9 and successfully advancing to the round of 16.
Si Jiahui defeated Mark Williams in an upset when he was not favored, it can be seen that Si Jiahui has a big heart, and Si Jiahui also became the first Chinese player to reach the top 16 of this World Championships, in the case of Zhang Anda and Lv Haotian were eliminated, the Chinese army finally ushered in the first victory, and then Si Jiahui will face Jack Jones, in addition to Ding Junhui and Pang Junxu's game is not over, I look forward to these two Chinese players can also bring good news to everyone. This article was originally written by Xiao Lizi, please do not plagiarize or carry it.