In the second round of the 2024 Snooker World Championships, Si Jiahui and Jack Jones played against each other, both of whom were qualifying players, Si Jiahui defeated Mark Williams in the first round, and Jack Jones defeated Chinese star Zhang Anda. The second round of 16-in-8 competition took 25 rounds and 13 wins, divided into three stages, and the first stage played the first eight games. After the opening, although Si Jiahui scored 50 points and 64 points in a single stroke, he frequently made mistakes on key balls, especially in the second game, and actually saw the wrong point of the ball!
Si Jiahui and Jack Jones have met twice this season, with each winning one and drawing the match. In the Wuhan Open, Si Jiahui narrowly defeated Jack Jones 5-4 in the first round, but then in the first round of the Snooker National Championship held in Tianjin, Si Jiahui was avenged by Jack Jones 4-6. After all, both of them are qualifiers, but in the first round of 32 into 16 competition, the two qualifiers both defeated the seeded players, and Si Jiahui even picked out the 3-time champion Mark Williams of the World Championships, 10-9, showing a big heart! Last season, Si Jiahui reached the semifinals in an upset, and at this season's World Championships, Si Jiahui continued to perform magically and became the only Chinese player to enter the top 16, which is still exciting.
In the 1/8 finals against Jack Jones, Si Jiahui got a lot of opportunities in the first game, and took the lead in scoring 50 points in a single stroke! Jack Jones was relatively slow to heat up after the opening, and frequently gave gifts to Si Jiahui, but it was a pity that Si Jiahui spit out the cake several times, and also gave a big gift back, especially on the defensive end, Si Jiahui missed the ball many times, exposing the weaknesses of his defense! In this case, Jack Jones completed the clearance and completed the single-game kill with the last black ball 65-62.
Si Jiahui mistook the ball
In the second game, Si Jiahui had a greater advantage, scoring 64 points in a single stroke and leading 64-0! However, when he was about to overscore, Si Jiahui made an amateur-level mistake and looked at the wrong point of the red ball, causing his attack to be interrupted! Jack Jones got started and kept chasing the score closer, although he failed to win by one shot, but after turning to defense, Jack Jones waited for Si Jiahui's mistake again, Jack Jones started again, and completed the clearing of the table, and the black ball was killed! From 0-64 to 66-64, a single game extreme reversal was staged!
Although he suffered a tragic reversal in the first two games, Si Jiahui's mentality was still stable, and he scored 62 points and 84 points in a single stroke, won two games in a row, chased the total score to a 2-2 draw, and ended the first four games of the first stage.