On April 27, 2024, Beijing time, the main event of the World Snooker Championship ended the sixth competition. The World Championship is the last ranking tournament of the season, and it is also the highest-level snooker event, and winning the World Championship is the most glorious moment for snooker players. The defending champion of this tournament is Brecel who is in a slump and has been beaten in the first round. Among the active players, O'Sullivan holds 7 world championships and is proud of the crowd.
After the first round of the main event, the seeded players have suffered heavy losses, and eight players have been eliminated, including Selby, Mark Williams and Ding Junhui. After the first round of competition, Ding Junhui, Zhang Anda and other four people suffered a round of tours, and only Si Jiahui successfully advanced to the second round. In the last competition, Si Jiahui carried the banner of the Chinese army to the semi-finals, and in this competition, Si Jiahui once again became the only seedling.
Six 1/8 games were played on this match day, in which Trump and Tomford ended the first two stages of the competition, and finally Trump led 11:5, only two games away from promotion. David Gilbert and Milkins will decide the winner, while Si Jiahui and Jack Jones will play the first two phases of the match, and the details of the match are as follows.
David Gilbert 13:4 Milkins
Milkins is ranked 16th in the world and Gilbert is ranked 31st. The veteran Milkins won two ranking championships in his career, but his form declined in nearly half a hundred years, and his form this season was not good, and he defeated Pang Junxu 10:9 in the first round of this tournament to advance. David Gilbert's career best result was Champions League and he has been in consistent form this season, reaching the quarter-finals of the Northern Ireland Open.
At the beginning of the game, David Gilbert won two games in a row with 80:35 and 74:61, leading 2:0. Then Milkins scored 73 points in a single stroke to pull back a game. In the fourth game, David Gilbert won the game with a single stroke of 51 points. In the fifth game, Milkins scored twice and scored 54 points in a single stroke to win the game 95:10. In the sixth game, the two alternated scores and finally David Gilbert won the game 75-51. In the seventh game, David Gilbert won with a single stroke of 89 points. In the eighth game, Milkins achieved a single-game reversal with 65:64, and the big score fell behind 3:5.
In the ninth game, David Gilbert won the game 67-62 and led 6-3. In the 10th game, the two alternated scores piecemeal, and finally Milkins won 64-46. In the 11th game, David Gilbert won the next game 62-26. In the 12th game, David Gilbert scored twice and finally won 67-32. Subsequently, David Gilbert fully entered the rhythm of his game, scoring 67 points, 84 points, 136 points and 123 points in a row, and won four games in a row, leading 12:4. In the 17th game, David Gilbert scored many times, and finally won the game 67:0, and the big score was 13:4 to easily advance.
Si Jiahui 7:9 Jack Jones
Si Jiahui is ranked 23rd in the world and Jack Jones is ranked 44th, both of whom have advanced to the main draw from the qualifying round. Si Jiahui's steady style of play and accurate long platform are his strengths, but the control and defense of the cue ball are also his shortcomings. Last season, Si Jiahui shone in the World Championships, starting from the qualifying round to reach the semi-finals, and finally stopped in the semi-finals at 15:17, and this season Si Jiahui reached the final of the ranking tournament for the first time, making a new breakthrough in his career.
In the first stage of the game, Si Jiahui was in good overall condition, hitting five shots of 50+, but unfortunately he always had problems with key balls, and finally fell behind 2:6. In the first two games of the game, Si Jiahui scored 50 and 64 points in a row, but unfortunately Jack Jones reversed two consecutive games with 65:62 and 66:64. Subsequently, Si Jiahui scored 62 points and 84 points in a single stroke, and won two games in a row, and the game was tied 2:2. Subsequently, Jack Jones scored 66 and 71 points in a single stroke, and won two games in a row, leading 4:2. In the seventh game, Si Jiahui scored 53 points in a single stroke, but unfortunately missed the key ball again, and Jack Jones won 67:53. In the eighth game, Jack Jones won the game with a single game reversal of 63:57, leading 6:2.
In the 9th game, Si Jiahui seized the opportunity to score many times, and finally won the game 83:1. In the 10th game, Si Jiahui made the same mistake and took the lead in scoring 51 points in a single stroke, but unfortunately the key ball was wrong, and Jack Jones won the game with a single game reversal 68:66. In the 11th game, Jack Jones scored 55 points in a single stroke and won the next game with 72:43, leading 8:3. Subsequently, Si Jiahui won three games in a row 70:48, 70:13 and 61:35, and fell behind 6:8. In the 15th game, the two alternated scores piecemeal, and Jack Jones finally won 80-21. In the 16th game, Si Jiahui made an offensive error, Jack Jones seized the opportunity to get a single shot 31 cue ball into the pocket, Si Jiahui then took a 53-point lead, and at the critical moment, Si Jiahui received the last pink ball and won the game with 68:41, and the big score was 7:9 behind.