In the early morning of April 29, Beijing time, the 2024 World Snooker Championship continued. In a key match in the second round, Stephen Maguire played well, and he eliminated the first world champion "Magician" Shaun Murphy after the 80s 13-9 and advanced to the quarterfinals. In another key match in the same round, Si Jiahui, the top four in last year's World Championships, lost 9-13 to Jack Jones and missed the quarterfinals.
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. At this year's World Championships, Si Jiahui defeated the three-time world champion "Golden Left Hand" Mark Williams 10-9 in the first round. In the second round against Jack Jones, Si Jiahui was completely suppressed, and the total score was 9-13 and he missed the quarterfinals.
Another key game in the same round, the first world champion "Magician" Murphy of the post-80s generation faced his old rival Maguire. In the first round, Murphy defeated Lu Haotian 10-5 to advance to the round of 16.
In this game, Murphy started the game 1-0, and the two sides played 3-3 at the end of the sixth game. In the first stage, Murphy led Lu Haotian 6-3. After a few hours of rest, the two sides battled for the second stage, and Murphy once again started to take the lead.
In the tenth game, Murphy scored 53 points in a single stroke, and won another game 63-59, bringing the score to 7-3. In the eleventh game, Murphy scored 55 points in a single stroke and won 80-15, expanding the score advantage to 8-3. In the twelfth game, Murphy scored 53 points in a single stroke, and Lu Haotian pulled back a game 63-59 through piecemeal, and the score was 4-8.
In the thirteenth game, Murphy scored 55 points in a single stroke, won 80-15, the score came to 9-4, and won five match points. Lu Haotian refused to give up and saved a match point 5-9. In the next game, Murphy did not waste any more opportunities, and eliminated Lu Haotian with a total score of 10-5 to advance to the round of 16.
In the second round, Murphy faced old rival Maguire, who eliminated "Captain" Alister Carter 10-7 in the first round. In the focus of the second round, Murphy was restrained by Maguire's offensive throughout the whole process, falling behind 3-5 in the first stage and 6-10 in the second stage. After returning in the third stage, there was still no improvement, and finally missed the quarterfinals 9-13.