On April 23, local time, the 32-in-16 rounds of the World Snooker Championship continued, and Chinese player Si Jiahui met veteran Mark Williams. Si Jiahui scored 77 points to seal the victory, eliminating the three-time world champion 10-9 and becoming the first Chinese player to enter the top 16.
In the first stage, Mark Williams scored 142 points to take the lead, and then he continued to win the second game to take a 2-0 lead. In the third game, Si Jiahui scored 52 points in a single stroke, and after chasing 2 games in a row, the two sides entered the halftime break 2-2.
After the break, the battle between the two was still fierce, with Mark Williams winning in the fifth game and Si Jiahui winning two games in a row to take a 4-3 lead. In the 8th and 9th games, Mark Williams scored 57 and 63 points in a single stroke, and ended the first stage 5-4 after winning two games in a row.
After the start of the second stage of the game, Si Jiahui hit 3 consecutive 60+ performances from the 11th to the 13th rounds, and overtook Mark Williams 8-5 after 4 consecutive rounds and entered the second stage of the halftime break.
After the break, Mark Williams chased two games in a row to chase the big score to 7-8. In the 16th game, Si Jiahui played another game and got the match point of the game 9-7. In the 17th game, Mark Williams allowed to enter the long table red ball, cleared the coffee ball to achieve a super score, and resolved the first match point. In the 18th game, Mark Williams scored 51 points in a single stroke and chased another game, and the game came to a tiebreaker. In the decisive game, Si Jiahui withstood the pressure and won with a single stroke of 77 points.
In the end, after 19 rounds of fierce battles, Si Jiahui defeated Mark Williams, who scored 142 points in a single stroke and 50+ in 3 strokes, with a performance of 50+, and became the first Chinese player to advance to the top 16.