On April 28, 2024, Beijing time, the World Snooker Championship ushered in the eighth day of competition, and 1/8 matches will be played on this match day. The World Championship is one of the three major snooker competitions, and it is also the highest-level event. The tournament will be a huge prize money, with the winner taking home £500,000 and a perfect score of £40,000. In addition, a perfect score of 2 in the three major tournaments this season will receive a high prize of 147,000 pounds, with Xu Si and Ding Junhui out, the most promising one is only Mark Allen.
In the first round of the main event, 8 seeded players including defending champion Brecel were upset. In the ongoing 1/8 game, 3 seeded players including veteran Milkins, Tom Forde and Shaun Murphy have been eliminated one after another, and 11 seeded players have been eliminated, only O'Sullivan, Trump, Mark Allen, Higgins and Kairen Wilson insist on playing.
On this match day, O'Sullivan, Higgins, Mark Allen, etc. played one after another, of which Higgins and Mark Allen competed for a place in the quarterfinals, and O'Sullivan competed with Ryan Day, the following is the specific game situation.
Bingham 7:6 Lisowski
Lisowski is ranked 17th in the world and Bingham is ranked 29th. Bingham, who won the World Championships, had a bright career prospect, but unfortunately was banned for three months, and his return to the field has been tepid, and the world ranking has been declining. Lisowski has reached the finals of the ranking tournament 6 times in his career, but unfortunately he has not won the championship, and is known as the "second millennium".
At the beginning of the game, Lisowski quickly got into the groove, scoring 82 and 88 points in a row. Two games in a row. In the third game, Bingham scored 90 points in a single stroke to pull back a game. In the fourth game, Bingham made several starts and won the next game 90:1. In the fifth game, Bingham scored three times and finally won the next game 74:37. In the sixth game, Bingham scored 89 points in a single stroke to win. In the seventh game, Bingham continued to soar and won the game 89:3, winning five games in a row and leading 5:2. In the eighth game, Lisowski pulled back a game with a single stroke of 51 points.
In the ninth game, Bingham scored several times and finally won the game 80-44. In the 10th game, Lisowski won a game with 113:8 with 61 points in a single stroke. In the 11th game, Lisowski took advantage of the victory to chase and scored 55 points in a single stroke to play the next game. In the 12th game, the two alternated scores on the score, and finally Lisowski won the game 56-46, and the game was tied 6-6. In the 13th game, Bingham took the lead to take a 45-point lead, and then Lisowski's 39-point turn to defense, Bingham won the game again in the dogfight, leading 7:6.
Higgins 7:5 Mark Allen
John Higgins was 13th and Mark Allen was 3rd. Higgins has won 31 ranking tournaments in his career and has won four championships and four runners-up at the World Championships. As he has aged, Higgins has lacked consistency and has failed to reach the semi-finals six times this season, but has not taken any step forward.
Mark Allen has won 11 ranking tournaments in his career and five in the last two seasons, and is expected to surpass Shaun Murphy and Ding Junhui among the post-80s players. At the beginning of the game, in the first game, Mark Allen scored 119 points in a single stroke to get off to a good start. In the second game, Higgins scored several times and finally pulled one back at 64:47. In the third game, Higgins scored 73 points in a single stroke and won the next game with 102:0. In the fourth game, Mark Allen scored many times, and finally won the game 64:0, and the score was tied 2:2.
In the fifth game, Mark Allen scored 79 points in a single stroke and won the game 111:0. In the sixth game, the two alternated scores and finally Higgins won 65-45 and tied 3-3. In the 7th game, Mark Allen scored 65 points in a single stroke to achieve a super score to win. In the eighth game, Higgins pulled one back at 65:25, and the score was tied 4:4. In the ninth game, Higgins scored 75 points in a single stroke to win the game. In the 10th game, Mark Allen scored 54 points in a single stroke and won the game 68:44. In the 11th game, Higgins scored several times and finally won the game 69-34. In the 12th game, Higgins scored twice and won the next game 66:36, leading 7:5.
Harry Maguire 13:9 Shaun Murphy
Harry Maguire is ranked 28th in the world, while Shaun Murphy is ranked 8th. Maguire won six ranking tournaments in his career, while Shaun Murphy won 12 ranking tournaments and achieved Grand Slam titles. In terms of world rankings and historical records, Murphy has the advantage, but Sean Murphy was knocked out of the tournament this time. In the first game of the game, Shaun Murphy scored 56 points in a single stroke to get off to a good start. Subsequently, Maguire scored 50 points in a single stroke and won two consecutive games. In the fourth game, Shaun Murphy pulled one back at 73-52. Then the two scored 68 points and 57 points respectively to win a game, and after the two sides fought to a 3:3 draw, Maguire made a strong effort and won three games in a row with 68:1, 73:29 and 66:1, leading 6:3.
In the 10th game, after a long battle, the two finally won with a thrilling reversal of 59:58. In the 11th game, Maguire scored 97 points in a single stroke to win. In the 12th game, the two sides alternated scores piecemeal, and finally Shaun Murphy won 60-55. In the 13th game, Maguire scored 69 points in a single stroke to win the game. In the 14th game, Shaun Murphy won 70:1 with 66 points in a single stroke. Subsequently, Maguire scored 68 points in a single stroke, won three games in a row, and led 11:6. In the 18th game, Shaun Murphy scored many times and finally pulled back a game with 77:5. In the 19th game, Maguire scored 73 points in a single stroke to win the game, and the big score was 12:7 to take the lead in the match point. In the 20th game, Shaun Murphy scored 67 points in a single stroke to save a match point. In the 21st game, Shaun Murphy won the next game 73-21. In the 22nd game, Maguire scored 127 points in a single stroke to win the game directly, and the big score was 13:9 upset Murphy to advance to the top 8.