On April 26, Beijing time, the 2024 World Snooker Championship continued. In the final match of the first round, four-time world champion John "The Wizard" Higgins eliminated Jamie Jones 10-6, so far, the top 16 of this year's World Championships have all been produced. Among the five Chinese players, only the teenager Si Jiahui advanced to the top 16, and Ding Junhui suffered a "round tour" 9-10.
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.
In this year's World Championships, a total of 5 players from the Chinese Snooker Army, including Ding Junhui, Si Jiahui, Zhang Anda, Lv Haotian, and Pang Junxu, got the opportunity to participate. Among them, Ding Junhui and Zhang Anda played as No. 7 seeds and No. 11 seeds. Si Jiahui, Lu Haotian, and Pang Junxu are qualifiers.
In this year's World Championships qualifying round, Si Jiahui, Lu Haotian, Pang Junxu and Fu Jiajun, Zhou Yuelong, Fan Zhengyi and other 24 Chinese players played.
It should be said that the five players competing in this year's World Championships are highly anticipated. Ding Junhui has reached two ranking finals this season and scored a perfect score of 147 points in a single stroke at the Masters, which is in very good shape and is expected to perform well in the World Championships.
Zhang Anda broke out strongly this season, reaching two ranking finals, winning the National Championships, and scoring a perfect score of 147 points in the finals, and his performance in the World Championships is also highly anticipated. Unfortunately, Ding Junhui lost 9-10 to Lisowski, and Zhang Anda lost 4-10 to Jack Jones.
Teenager Pang Junxu regretted the most, losing three games in a row after winning the match point 9-7 in the match with Robert Milkins, and suffered a 9-10 reversal. The only surprise was Si Jiahui, who reached the semifinals of last year's World Championships, and advanced 10-9 in a match against three-time world champion Mark Williams. In the next round, Si Jiahui will face Jack Jones, and we look forward to his good news.