The top 16 of the World Championships are out! 8 seeds were eliminated, only Si Jiahui was left in China, and O'Sullivan won by a big margin. The first round of the 2024 World Snooker Championship has ended, and the round of 16 is officially released, with world No. 1 O'Sullivan defeating Jackson Page 10-1, Higgins defeating Jamie Jones 10-6, and only Si Jiahui is a Chinese player in the top 16.
In this World Championships, all members of the Chinese Legion played, but only Lv Haotian, Pang Junxu, Si Jiahui broke through the qualifying round, Zhang Anda and Ding Junhui were seeded players, and they started directly from the main competition, but in the previous game, the Chinese Legion can be described as a heavy loss, Zhang Anda, Lv Haotian, Pang Junxu, Ding Junhui were eliminated one after another, only Si Jiahui knocked out Mark · Williams successfully broke through the first round, but judging from the schedule, if Si Jiahui wants to reach the top 4 again, he is very likely to play against Trump, the best player this season, which is definitely not good news for Si Jiahui. The world No. 1 O'Sullivan is in very good condition, facing Jackson Page has an advantage throughout the whole process, winning 6 games in a row to lead, and also blasted out a single stroke of 122 points, which made O'Sullivan complete a single stroke in Crucible for 30 consecutive years, although Jackson Page hit a single stroke of 142 points in the seventh game to pull back a game, but then O'Sullivan hit three consecutive shots of 50+ to win 4 games in a row, with a total score of 10-1, successfully advanced to the top 16.
Higgins is the last seeded player to appear, against Jamie Jones, in the first game, Jamie Jones hit a single stroke of 118 points to win the first game, and then Higgins relied on multiple hands, 70-14 to pull back a game, in the third game, both of them had some mistakes, Jamie J. Jones won the chaos 66-55, in the fourth game, Higgins hit a single stroke 68 points, but then Jamie Jones came from behind, won the game 78-72, the total score was 3-1 lead, and then Higgins found his touch, blasted out a single stroke 66 points, 62 points won 4 games in a row, with a total score of 5-3 overtake, in the ninth game, Jamie Jones blasted out a single stroke of 82 points and colored, Higgins ended the first stage with a total score of 5-4 lead. In the second stage, the two sides played a relatively stalemate, Higgins won two games in a row, and then Jamie Jones pulled back a game, and then Higgins blasted out a single stroke of 64 points, 59 points to win two more games, with a total score of 9-5 to get the match point, the fifteenth game, Jamie Jones saved a match point with 63-38, and in the sixteenth game, Higgins locked the victory with 81-41, thus winning with a total score of 10-6.
With Higgins advancing, the top 16 players have also been officially released, surprisingly half of the 16 seeded players have suffered a round trip, the next 1/8 finals, Gilbert vs. Milkins, Shaun Murphy vs. Maguire, Kyren Wilson vs. Joe O'Connor, Mark Allen vs. Higgins, Trump vs. Tom Forde, Si Jiahui vs. Jack Jones, Lisowski vs. Bingham, O'Sullivan vs. Ryan Day. Judging from the matchup, the pressure on China's lone seedling Si Jiahui is still relatively high, and O'Sullivan has a high probability of advancing to the top 8. This article was originally written by Xiao Lizi, please do not plagiarize or carry it.