On April 25, 2024, Beijing time, the main event of the World Snooker Championship ended the fifth day of competition. There were seven seeded players out of the tournament, including four-time world champion Selby and Mark Williams. 5 members of the Chinese Legion participated in the main competition, and only Si Jiahui advanced thrillingly, and Zhang Anda, Ding Junhui and others were out of the game successively and suffered heavy losses.
On this match day, the first two games were played, Ding Junhui was defeated by Lisowski 9:10, and Kyren Wilson swept the veteran Dale 10:1 to advance to the round of 16. O'Sullivan, the favorite to win the championship, ushered in his debut, facing the low-ranking player Page, and won 6 games in a row, leading 8:1. World No. 3 Mark Allen defeated Robbie Williams 10-6 to advance to the round of 16. In the last two games, the "75 Three" Higgins ushered in his debut, and Hawkins and Ryan Day decided the winner.
Higgins 5:4 Jamie Jones
Higgins is ranked 13th in the world and Jamie Jones is ranked 41st, and Higgins has an absolute advantage from the historical record and world ranking. Higgins has won 31 ranking tournaments in his career, achieved a double Grand Slam, and has superb skills, especially in the world for controlling the cue ball. As I grew older, my physical strength and energy could not adapt to high-intensity competitions, and my form declined. This season, Higgins has reached the semi-finals of six consecutive tournaments, including the European Masters and the English Open, but unfortunately he has not taken a step forward.
In the first game of the game, Jamie Jones quickly got into the state and scored 118 points in a single stroke to win the game and get off to a good start. In the second game, Higgins scored piecemeal and finally pulled one back at 70:14. In the third game, after a long battle, Jamie Jones finally won 66-55. In the fourth game, Higgins took the lead in scoring 68 points in a single stroke, and the key ball was wrong, and Jamie Jones finally achieved a single-game reversal with 78:72. In the fifth game, Higgins scored several times and finally pulled one back at 75:23. Subsequently, Higgins scored 62 and 66 points in a single stroke in a row, and won two games in a row, leading 4:3. In the eighth game, Higgins scored twice and finally won the next game 56-11. In the ninth game, Higgins took the lead to take a 38-point lead and handed over the ball, and Jamie Jones achieved a single-game reversal with a single stroke of 82, and Higgins led with a big score of 5:4.
Barry Hawkins 8:10 Ryan Day
Barry Hawkins is ranked 15th in the world and Ryan Day is ranked 18th. Ryan Day has won tournaments such as the Gary Masters in his career and has been ranked in the top 16 in the world for many years. Ryan Day has been in poor form in the last two seasons, with his best result of the season being the quarter-finals of the German Masters. Although Hawkins has an advantage in the world rankings in this game, the two are evenly matched in terms of strength.
Hawkins has won five ranking tournaments in his career and is an excellent snooker player. Hawkins snooker has average talent, but with hard training, he eventually became a top player. Hawkins has been in a good season this season, winning the European Masters and automatically securing a ticket to next season's Champions of Champions tournaments.
In the first game of the game, Ryan Day quickly scored and scored 61 points in a single stroke to win the game and get off to a good start. Subsequently, Hawkins scored 108 points and 66 points in a row to win two consecutive games. In the fourth game, Ryan Day scored several times and finally won the game 93-1. Ryan Day then took advantage of the victory to chase after him, with 110 (110): 1, 76:41 and 76 (76): 11, three games in a row to give him a big score of 5:2. In the eighth game, Hawkins scored several times and finally won the game 77-6. In the ninth game, Hawkins played accurately from a distance and scored 93 points in a single stroke to win, falling behind 4:5.
In the 10th game, Hawkins seized the opportunity to get started and scored 92 points in a single stroke to win. In the 11th game, Hawkins scored many times, and finally won the next game 70:17. Subsequently, Hawkins scored 50 and 59 points in a row with a single stroke, and won two games in a row, leading 8:5. Subsequently, Barry Hawkins suddenly dropped the line, and Ryan Day seized the opportunity to score 78, 62 and 68 points in a row to score three games in a row and tie the score at 8:8. In the 17th game, the two scored piecemeal alternating hands, and after a long struggle, Ryan Day won the next game with 57:37 and took the lead with a big score of 9:8. At the critical moment, in the 18th game, Ryan Day scored 61 points in a single stroke, won the game with 76:0, won the game with a big score of 10:8, and successfully advanced to the round of 16.