On April 27, Beijing time, the second round of the 2024 World Snooker Championship continued, with a series of upsets in the first round, and 8 seeded players in one round.
Stephen Maguire 5-3 Shaun Murphy
The six-time champion of the ranking tournament played against the Grand Slam winner, and Maguire upset No. 9 seed Ali Carter 10-7 in the last round, and played a wave of four consecutive whips from 6-7 down. Murphy went 10-5 in the last round and avoided two consecutive rounds of Crucible. Lu Haotian scored the 100th shot of his career in the game to break 100 in a single stroke.
In this duel, in the first game, Murphy scored 56 points in a single stroke to take the lead. Maguire won two games in a row, and at this stage he hit three single-stroke 50+ strokes, did not break 100, and once took a 2-1, 3-2, 5-3 lead.
Judd Trump 11-5 Tom Forde
In the matchup between the top 16, Trump is ranked second in the world, ranked second in the season, and won five crowns, 10-5 Wafei in the last round, avoiding two consecutive World Championships and one round. Forde is No. 14 in the world, runner-up in the New Science and Technology National Championships, 10-6 Richie Wharton in the last round, and ushered in the first victory in the fifth trip to Crucible in his career.
In this matchup, Trump won two games in a row after falling behind 0-1, and in the third game, he played his first single stroke of 50+ and led 2-1. Fude played a single stroke of 50+ in two consecutive games, won the previous game, and scored 56 points in the second game and still lost 63-70, Trump played a wave of five consecutive whips, of which three games played a single stroke 50+, including a single stroke of 101 points, 7-2 lead. Fudd scored 73 points in a single stroke to pull one back, and Trump scored 67 points in a single stroke to win two consecutive cities and lead 9-3. In the 13th game, Forde won the grappling. Trump hit a single stroke of 50+ in two consecutive games to win, 11-4. In the 16th game, Fude scored 83 points in a single stroke after falling behind 0-9 to win another game, and the score was 5-11 in the two stages.
Jack Jones vs Si Jiahui
The unseeded players faced off, Jack upset No. 11 seed Zhang Anda 10-4 in the last round, and Si Jiahui upset No. 8 seed Mark Williams 10-9 in the last round.
In this matchup, Si Jiahui opened four consecutive rounds with a single stroke of 50+, but two wins and two losses were fought to 2-2, the first two games were reversed by a single game, and the first game took the lead in playing a single stroke of 50+, but finally lost the battle for black. In the second game, he scored 64 points in a single stroke but lost by 2 points. After that, Jack hit a single stroke of 60+ in two consecutive games, and then played a wave of four consecutive whips, leading 6-2 to end the first stage, of which in the seventh game, Si Jiahui scored 53 points in a single stroke or was reversed!
In the second stage, in the 9th game, Si Jiahui pulled one back 83-1. In the 10th game, Si Jiahui scored 51 points in a single stroke, and the two sides fought to the last powder and black, Si Jiahui led 66-55, and in a defensive competition, Jack Jones took the lead in clearing the table and reversed, and won by 2 points. Si Jiahui fell behind 3-7!
David Gilbert 13-4 Robert Milkins
Qualifiers against the No. 16 seed, in the last round, Gilbert played a single-stroke 50+ reversal in four consecutive games after falling behind 6-9, upsetting the top seed Luca, Milkins 10-9 Pang Junxu. This season, both have had lackluster performances, with Gilbert playing 47 times, a 60% win rate, and 23 single-shot shots. Milkins played 48 times, with a winning rate of 46%, and hit 8 single-shot breaks.
In this duel, Gilbert played eight single-stroke 50+ strokes, two of which broke 100 with a single stroke, once took a 2-0, 3-1, 5-2, 6-3, 7-4 lead, and won the grappling 62-26 in the 11th game, so he played a wave of six consecutive whips to lock up the victory in one fell swoop, and took the lead in advancing to the quarterfinals 13-4. Milkins played four single-stroke 50+ in the whole game, and two of them played single-stroke 50+ and were still reversed, of course, there was also a reversal, and in the 8th game, Gilbert scored 64 points in a single stroke, and won by 1 point.
In terms of data, Milkins has a 39% success rate, significantly behind Gilbert by 73%, and Milkins has a 1 percentage point lead in the global success rate.
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