On April 29, Beijing time, the 2024 Snooker World Championship continued. In a key match in the second round, seven-time world champion world No. 1 "Rocket" Ronnie O'Sullivan led Ryan Day 10-6 after the end of the second period. In the first round, O'Sullivan was in a burst of state, beating "Little Pig" Jackson Page 10-1.
After a season of competition, the 2023-24 Snooker Tour has entered the final stage, and the Snooker World Championship Qualifying Tournament is hotly staged. In this World Championships, the world's No. 1 "Rocket" Ronnie O'Sullivan is undoubtedly the biggest favorite to win the championship. He showed strong momentum in the first round, knocking out "Little Pig" Jackson Page 10-1.
In the second round, O'Sullivan faced the famous Ryan Day. The latter eliminated Barry Hawkins 8-10 in the first round. In the first stage of the match against Hawkins, Ryan Dayan took a 5-2 lead after the seventh inning.
In the eighth game, Hawkins pulled back a game 77-6 through piecemeal, and the score was 3-5. In the ninth game, which was also the last game of the first period, Hawkins scored 93 points in a single stroke, 63-0 clean sweep of Ryan Day, and won another game 4-5.
After a few hours of fighting, the two sides launched the second stage of the competition. In the tenth game, Hawkins scored 92 points in a single stroke as soon as he came back, and 109-1 again kept Ryan Day clean up, tying the score 5-7. In the eleventh game, Hawkins won another game 70-17 and overtook the score 6-57.
In the twelfth game, Hawkins scored 50 points in a single stroke, won 67-34, and expanded the lead 7-5. In the thirteenth game, Hawkins scored another 59 points and won 79-33, further expanding the score advantage to 8-5. In the end, Ryan Day defeated Hawkins 10-8 to advance to the round of 16.
After eliminating Hawkins, Ryan Day met the formidable O'Sullivan in the second round. In this completely unfavored game, he was able to bite the score in the first stage, only trailing O'Sullivan 3-5. In the second stage, O'Sullivan once took a huge lead of 10-4. In a very difficult situation, Ryan Day won two games in a row, and the score was 6-10. Will there be a reversal in the third phase later today?