On the evening of April 26, Beijing time, the 2024 Snooker World Championship continued to unfold the 1/8 finals, and the much-anticipated Chinese snooker lone seedling Si Jiahui faced Zhou Yuelong, Zhang Anda's terminator, the last "Mustang", and the world's temporary No. 44 England veteran Jack Jones.
With the boiling of "Dahui" Ding Junhui and the first round of controversy for 4 consecutive years, the last remaining lone seedling of the Chinese snooker legion, Zhejiang star "Xiaohui" Si Jiahui, has become the focus of everyone's attention.
In last year's World Championships, Si Jiahui became a big hit, fought his way out of the qualifying round, and then killed all sides in Crucible, Link "Magic" Shaun Murphy, Milkins and Scottish star McGill advanced to the top four, becoming the youngest player in the history of the semifinals of the World Championships.
It's a pity that under the good situation of leading 14-5 in the semifinals and stepping into the final, he was forcibly dragged out by Belgian star Luca.
After reaching the final of the 2024 German Masters in one fell swoop, he once again "fought bloodily" to reach Crucible after a year, becoming the third player in the history of the World Championships after Parrott and McManus to participate in the World Championships for the first time and enter the main event of the World Championships for two consecutive years.
After successfully upsetting "Golden Left Hand" Mark Williams 10-9 in the first round of the tiebreaker, Si Jiahui faced Jack Jones in this round, who also broke through from the qualifying round, especially in the final round of the qualifying round and the first round of the main tournament to beat Zhou Yuelong and Zhang Anda one after another and became famous.
However, it was a piece of cake for Jack Jones, who beat favourites Robertson 13-7 in the second round of the main draw last year.
So for Xiaohui, this game is an excellent opportunity for revenge, and the time has come to correct the name of the Chinese snooker legion.
At the beginning of the game, the two fought fiercely in the first game, and the process was full of ups and downs, first Si Jiahui seized the opportunity of Jack Jones' attack on Blue Wave and scored 50 points in a row, and then was forced to stop due to a mistake in positioning.
In the ensuing defensive counterattack, Si Jiahui missed many opportunities and was dragged into the battle by Jack Jones.
Xiaohui made major mistakes in the blue, pink and black three-ball defense one after another when the situation was active, and was caught by Jack Jones to reverse the game and seize the opener.
Jones pushed the black wave to reverse the first game
In the second game, Jones forced the far platform to give Si Jiahui a big gift, but Xiaohui failed to finish with a shot and was once again suppressed by Jack Jones with a solid defense.
Especially in the competition for the last red ball, Si Jiahui completed the super score as long as he advanced accurately, but he still lost it, and then accidentally sent it to the pocket during the defensive process, and was missed by Jack Jones in two consecutive games to change the score to 2-0!
In the first two games, Xiaohui was a little impatient.
In the following game, Si Jiahui made a timely shot and seized the opponent's mistake to play a single stroke of 60+ to change the score to 1-2.
In the 4th game, Si Jiahui's hand rebounded, and he won directly with a single shot and pulled the score to 2-2!
The next race is still very long, it can be called the battle of the marathon, divided into 8/8/9 three stages, as long as the opponent is not thrown away in the first two stages, it will not fall into passivity, I hope Xiaohui will be a little restless, and make persistent efforts to revive last year's heroism.