On April 26, Beijing time, the first round of the 2024 World Snooker Championship is over, and the specific matches of the top 16 are released! O'Sullivan and Higgins successfully grabbed the last two tickets, so far the number of seeded players in the first round has stayed at 8! The good news is that O'Sullivan and Trump, who are the favorites to win the championship, have passed the test smoothly; unfortunately, 5 Chinese players played in the first round, and only Si Jiahui advanced!
Yesterday's battle report:
1. O'Sullivan made a quick decision and swept the teenager Page to advance to the second round!
The 48-year-old O'Sullivan played against the 22-year-old Jackson Page, and the final score was as wide as the age difference between the two, and O'Sullivan swept to win 10-1. Entering the second stage with a big advantage of 8-1, O'Sullivan won two games in a row like a rocket to lock in the victory. In the whole game, O'Sullivan contributed 7 strokes of 50+ in a single stroke!
2. Higgins exerted his strength and won the game 5-2 in the second stage!
Higgins led Jamie Jones 5-4 in the first stage, and he thought that the game would continue to be stalemate, but he didn't expect Higgins to complete a 5-2 victory. In fact, from the fifth game of the first period, Higgins played a 9-3 score. In the whole game, Higgins only completed 5 strokes of 50+ in a single stroke!
The round of 16 matchups are out:
Gilbert vs Milkins, Maguire vs Murphy, O'Connor vs Kyren Wilson, Higgins vs Mark Allen
Trump vs Forde, Jack Jones vs Si Jiahui, Lisowski vs Bingham, Ryan Day vs O'Sullivan
3. Trump and Gilbert are temporarily ahead of their opponents, and the second round has begun!
Gilbert, who eliminated the defending champion in the first round, faced Milkins, who also fought to a tiebreaker in the first round, and at the end of the first period, Gilbert temporarily led 5-3. The opening was 50 points in a single stroke, and then reversed to win the second game, and Gilbert started 2-0. With the score advantage in hand, Gilbert is much more solid. Whenever Milkins wins a game, Gilbert always returns the favor in the next game. Stopping Milkins' winning streak was key to Gilbert's first phase.
Trump vs. Tom Ford, a conversation between the two seeded players! Forde narrowly won 56-50 in the first game, and then Trump turned on the attack mode, playing a 6-1 record, and fixed the score at 6-2 in the first stage! Trump completed 3 shots of 50+.
Today's Schedule: [Beijing Time]
17:00, Gilbert vs Milkins [Second Stage], Jack Jones vs Si Jiahui [First Stage]
21:30, Maguire vs Murphy [First Stage], Trump vs Tomford [Second Stage]
Tomorrow at 02:00, Gilbert vs Milkins [Third Stage], Jack Jones vs Si Jiahui [Second Stage]