In the early morning of April 26, Beijing time, the 2024 World Snooker Championship continued. In a key match in the first round, four-time world champion John "The Wizard" Higgins eliminated qualifier Jamie Jones 10-6 and advanced to the round of 16 of the World Championships. Earlier, O'Sullivan eliminated Jackson Page 10-1 to advance to the round of 16.
After a season of competition, the 2023-24 Snooker Tour has entered the final stage, and the Snooker World Championship was grandly staged at the Crucible Theater. At this year's World Championships, four-time world champion John Higgins is the No. 13 seed in the tournament and is not the favorite to win the championship. However, his strength and experience are there, and anyone who faces him will be terrified.
In the first round, Higgins faced qualifier Jamie Jones, who defeated Neil Robertson "The Melbourne Machine" 10-9 in the qualifying round. Based on this, Higgins may snicker - it was Jones who helped him block Robertson, otherwise his opponent in the first round would be Robertson, the first Grand Slam of the post-80s.
In the first stage of this match between Higgins and Jones, Higgins led the opponent 5-4. In the second stage of the competition, Higgins continued to exert his strength, defeating Jones with an overall score of 10-6 to advance to the round of 16.
Regarding Higgins' performance, the official Weibo of the World Snooker Tour wrote: "The 2024 World Snooker Championship has 32 rounds and 16 rounds, and John Higgins leads Jamie Jones 5-4 into the second stage. At the start of the second period, Higgins went down two games to extend his lead. Jones then scored 82 points in a single stroke to recover a game. ”
The official Weibo of the World Snooker Tour wrote: "The two sides entered the rest stage with a score of 8-5. After returning from the break, Higgins scored 64 points in a single stroke to take the lead in getting the match point. In the match point game, although Jones was tenacious to save the match point, the general trend was gone. In the end, Higgins defeated Jones 10-6 to advance to the round of 16. "Congratulations Higgins!