In the early morning of April 26, Beijing time, with John Higgins' 10-6 victory over Jamie Jones, the top 16 of the Snooker World Championship were all produced. In the first stage of the first round of the battle for the top 8, Trump temporarily led Tom Forde 6-2 and seized the opportunity. Today, Chinese teenager Si Jiahui will launch a strong attack on the top 8.
O'sullivan
In last night's game, O'Sullivan led 8-1 after the end of the first period, and O'Sullivan did not give the opponent any chance after the start of the second period, winning two games in a row to win the game, and finally O'Sullivan defeated Page with a score of 10-1 to advance to the round of 16.
John Higgins
John Higgins, one of the other "75 Greats," led Jamie Jones 5-4 in the first period. At the beginning of the second period, Higgins played two games to extend the lead. Jones then scored 82 points in a single stroke to recover a game. The two sides went into the break 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 become the last player to advance to the round of 16.
The 1/8 finals are as follows:
David Gilbert vs Robert Milkins
Judd Trump vs Tom Forde
Jack Jones vs Si Jiahui
Stephen Maguire vs Shaun Murphy
Joe O'Connor vs Kyren Wilson
Jack Lisowski vs Stuart Bingham
Ryan Day vs Ronnie O'Sullivan
John Higgins vs Mark Allen
Eliminated seeds: Luca Brecel, Mark Selby, Zhang Anda, Ding Junhui, Barry Hawkins, Mark Williams, Ali Carter, Gary Wilson 8 players.
David Gilbert:
In the first stage of the two Round of 8 matches that were played early last night, David Gilbert hit four shots of 50+ (50, 51, 89, 64) and Robert Milkins hit three shots of 50+ (55, 73, 54). At the end of the first period, Gilbert temporarily led Milkins with a score of 5-3, and the second phase of the game between the two sides will start at 17 o'clock today.
Judd Trump
Judd Trump hit three shots of 50+ (67, 52, 69) and Tom Forde hit two shots of 50+ (50, 56) throughout the game, and the first four games of the game were tied between the two sides. After returning from the break, Trump won four games in a row to lead Forde into the second stage with a score of 6-2. The second phase of the two sides starts at 21:30 today.
Si Jiahui
At 17:00 today and 02:00 the next morning, Chinese teenager Si Jiahui will usher in the top 8 battle with Jack Jones. Last year's World Championships, Si Jiahui and Jack Jones were Crucible's brightest new stars, both reaching the quarterfinals in their debuts, and it was also the first time since 1988 that two Crucible debutants reached the quarterfinals of the World Championships, and Si Jiahui even reached the semifinals. When the two meet in this World Championships, there will be fierce sparks, let us cheer for the Chinese teenager Si Jiahui!