On April 25, Beijing time, the 2024 World Snooker Championship ended on the 5th day of the main event, and two more seeded players were upset, namely Ding Junhui and Barry Hawkins. At present, eight seeded players have been eliminated in the first round, tying the all-time record for Crucible, and if either O'Sullivan or Higgins loses in the first round, a new record will be set.
On the 5th day of the main competition, the winner was decided in the first round of four games. Mark Allen eliminated Robbie Williams 10-6 and Kyren Wilson eliminated Dominic Dyer 10-1. Ding Junhui's data is comprehensively superior, and the overall performance is also quite good, he continued to save match points when he was 7-9 behind, and dragged the game into the tiebreaker, but unfortunately the tiebreaker was conservative, and Lisowski made a decisive start, and succeeded in two long platform attacks, and finally beat Ding Junhui 10-9. For four consecutive years, Ding Junhui suffered a round trip to the World Championships, but in fact, he is in good shape, and the future is still worth looking forward to.
In the other match, seeded Barry Hawkins won six games in a row from 2-5 down, but lost five games in a row after leading 8-5 to lose 8-10 to Ryan Day. After Ding Junhui and Barry Hawkins were eliminated, eight seeded players have been eliminated in the first round, namely Luca Brecel, Zhang Anda, Mark Selby, Mark Williams, Ali Carter, Gary Wilson, Ding Junhui, and Barry Hawkins.
The record of eight seeded players in the first round of Crucible's history is also the highest, and the first round of this World Championship is not over yet, and there are still two seeded players in the tournament, this historical record is expected to be rewritten. Of course, O'Sullivan basically stepped into the round of 16 with one foot, because he led Jackson Page 8-1, and hit a 100-shot break in the first stage and a 50+ shot in five strokes, and he was in quite good shape.
Another possible upset is Higgins vs. Jamie Jones, the two were evenly matched in the first stage, Higgins hit three 60+, while Jamie Jones scored 118 and 82 points in a single stroke, and Higgins temporarily led 5-4. On the 6th day of the next main event, O'Sullivan and Higgins hit the top 16 seats. In addition, the second round of the main tournament will be fully played, starting with David Gilbert vs. Robert Milkins, and the first phase of the match between Trump and Tom Ford.
After Ding Junhui was out, in the main match of this World Championships, 5 Chinese snookers played, but only Si Jiahui broke into the second round, and his next opponent was Jack Jones, which is a good opportunity for Si Jiahui to continue to move forward!