On April 23, 2024, Beijing time, the main event of the World Snooker Championship ushered in the fourth match day of competition. The World Championships is a big test for professional players in the season, and winning the World Championships is the highest honor for professional players. The prize money for the winner of this competition is 500,000 pounds, the prize money for the perfect score in the qualifying round is 10,000 pounds, and the prize money for the 147 main round is 40,000 pounds. At the same time, if you shoot two 147s this season, you can also get a hefty prize of £147,000. Chinese player Ding Junhui has already completed a perfect score in the Masters, and if he hits another 147 in this tournament, he can get a high prize money.
After the previous three match days, 8 players have successfully advanced to the round of 16, and Chinese player Zhang Anda played as a seed, and finally lost 4:10. Four-time world champion Selby lost 6-10 to Joe O'Connor, and seeded Gary Wilson lost 5-10 to Bingham and was eliminated. "80 Five Tigers" Shaun Murphy faced the Chinese teenager Lu Haotian, the state was online, and finally defeated Lu Haotian 10:5 to advance. This season's five-time champion Trump played steadily, and finally defeated Hussein Wafi 10:5 to advance.
On this match day, the Chinese army Ding Junhui, Si Jiahui and Pang Junxu played one after another, among which the match between Ding Junhui and Lisowski has ended, and Ding Junhui was reversed to fall behind 4:5 with a 2:0 lead. On the last match, Si Jiahui and Mark Williams had ended the first half of the game, and in the end Si Jiahui fell behind 4:5, and Pang Junxu led Milkins 5:4. Here's what the day was all about.
Si Jiahui 10:9 Mark Williams
Mark Williams was 6th and Si Jiahui was 23rd. Si Jiahui is one of the most promising young players in the Chinese team, and last season's World Championships started from the qualifying round, defeating David Gilbert, Shaun Murphy and other players in succession to reach the semi-finals, and finally was reversed by Brecel with a 14-5 lead. This season, Si Jiahui made another breakthrough in his career, reaching the final of the ranking tournament for the first time, and finally won the runner-up.
Mark Williams, the "Big 75", won 26 ranking tournaments in his career and achieved a double Grand Slam in his career. He is known as the "Four Kings of Snooker" along with O'Sullivan, Higgins and Hendry, and is called "the world's most quasi-man" by fans. Despite being nearly half a century old, Mark Williams is still in consistent form, winning back-to-back British Open and Tour Championships this season.
In the first game of the game, Mark Williams hit a single stroke with a high score of 142, giving Si Jiahui a dismount. In the second game, Mark Williams took advantage of the victory to chase down, and he won the next game 77:30 to lead 2:0. Subsequently, Si Jiahui won two games in a row with 75:24 and 128:30 to tie the score 2:2. In the fifth game, the two alternated scores and eventually Mark Williams won the game 55-44. In the sixth game, Si Jiahui played many times and won 79:23. In the seventh game, Si Jiahui seized the opportunity to score, and finally won the next game 58:21. Subsequently, Mark Williams scored 57 and 63 points in a single stroke to win two games in a row, leading 5:4.
In the second half of the game, in the 10th game, Si Jiahui scored three times, and finally won the game 77:34 and tied the score 5:5. Subsequently, Si Jiahui entered the rhythm of direct competition, scoring 63 points, 61 points and 67 points in a single stroke in a row, and won three games in a row, leading 8:5. In the 14th game, Mark Williams scored piecemeal, and finally pulled back a game 69:0, falling behind 6:8. In the 15th game, Mark Williams won the game 73-28. In the 16th game, Si Jiahui scored many times, and finally won the game 81:4, and took the lead in winning the match point with a big score of 9:7. In the 17th game, Si Jiahui had a chance to win the game, but unfortunately lost the simple middle pocket, Mark Williams seized the opportunity to get started, and finally saved a match point at 68:39. In the 18th game, Uncle Ma scored twice and finally won 89:0, and the game entered a tiebreaker. In the 19th game, Si Jiahui started from afar, scored 77 points in a single stroke to win the game, and beat Mark Williams with a score of 10:9 to advance.
Mark Allen 6:1 Robbie Williams
Mark Allen is ranked 3rd in the world and Robbie Williams is ranked 45th, and both have an absolute advantage in terms of both historical records and world rankings. Mark Allen has won 11 ranking tournaments in his career, half of which have come in the last two seasons. Last season, Mark Allen won three crowns and one runner-up, becoming the king of the single season. Although the first half of this season was not in good form, the central and backfield won the championship of the champion, the single-game limited-time tournament and the Players Championship in a row, and once again achieved the single-season treble.
At the start of the game, both men were not in good form, and the game was stalemate and long. In the first game, Mark Allen scored twice and scored 70 points in a single stroke, winning the game 79:0 and getting off to a good start. In the second game, Mark Allen scored many times, and finally won the next game 87:9. In the third game, Mark Allen scored piecemeal and finally won 76:27, leading 3:0. In the fourth game, Robbie Williams scored 86 points in a single stroke to pull back a game. In the fifth game, the two scored piecemeal alternation, and finally Mark Allen scored the last black ball to win the game 64-51, leading 4-1. In the sixth game, Robbie Williams scored 68 points in a single stroke, but unfortunately the key overscore ball was wrong, and Mark Allen finally reversed it with a single game of 77:68. In the seventh game, Mark Allen won the game with a single stroke of 80 points, leading 6:1.