On April 30, Beijing time, the 2024 Snooker World Championship will start the competition for the 1/4 finals. 7-time World Champion "Rocket" Ronnie O'Sullivan faces 2015 World Champion "Big Shark" Stuart Bingham. The favorite Judd Trump takes on dark horse Jack Jones, and four-time world champion John "The Wizard" Higgins takes on Kyren Wilson.
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 year's World Championships, a total of 8 world champions including "Rocket" Ronnie O'Sullivan, John Higgins, Mark Williams, Judd Trump, Mark Selby, Shaun Murphy, Luca Brecel, and Stuart Bingham participated.
Among them, O'Sullivan and Trump are the biggest favorites to win the championship, and they have 5 championships this season. After fierce competition, O'Sullivan, Higgins, Trump, Bingham 4 world champions advanced to the top 8, and the other 4 players who advanced to the top 8 were Kyren Wilson, Jack Jones, David Gilbert, and Stephen Maguire.
In the second round, O'Sullivan eliminated Ryan Day 13-7, Trump eliminated Tom Forde 13-7, Higgins reversed "Little Steel Cannon" Mark Allen 13-12, and Bingham eliminated "Little Driver" Jack Lisowski 13-11.
Gilbert eliminated veteran Robert Milkins 13-4, Wilson eliminated Joe O'Connor 13-6, Jack Jones eliminated Si Jiahui 13-9, and Maguire eliminated Shaun Murphy, the first world champion after the 80s, 13-9.
Starting at 17:00 this afternoon, the 1/4 finals will be contested. The 4 match matches and times are: David Gilbert vs. Stephen Maguire (17:00), Judd Trump vs. Jack Jones (17:00); Ronnie O'Sullivan vs. Stuart Bingham (21:30), Kyren Wilson vs. John Higgins (21:30); David Gilbert vs. Stephen Maguire (2:00 the next day), Judd Trump vs. Jack Jones (2:00 the next day).