As of the morning of April 28, the second round of the 2024 World Championships has ended with a total of three players in the quarterfinals, but only one seeded player, Trump, Gilbert, Jack Jones are qualifiers.
In this World Championship, at the end of the first round, a total of 8 seeds were out, including the defending champion Brecel, Chinese players Ding Junhui, Zhang Anda, Lv Haotian and Pang Junxu were all out, and only Si Jiahui reached the top 16 in a row and became China's only seedling!
With the exit of Selby, Williams, Hawkins and other masters, this has also allowed a number of qualifiers to continue to set career highs, such as Jack Jones, who just defeated Si Jiahui 13-9, and advanced to the quarterfinals again.
And last year, he made his debut at the World Championships and reached the quarterfinals in one fell swoop.
And the biggest dark horse is still O'Connor, this World Championships, he also went all the way from the qualifying round to the main event.
In his debut at the World Championships, he defeated four-time world champion Selby 10-6, causing a big upset and being in a powerful state.
At present, in addition to Trump has advanced to the quarterfinals, O'Sullivan and Allen have successfully advanced to the top 16!
And another seeded player, Shaun Murphy, is currently 6-2 behind Maguire, and is likely to be eliminated by Maguire, who has become another dazzling qualifier!