On April 30, 2024, the World Snooker Championship continued, and the first stage of the 1/4 finals ended, Trump fell behind 1-3 to 4-4, and Jack Jones went back and forth, Gilbert led Maguire 7-1, and was favored to win the opponent in advance in the next stage.
Trump is ranked No. 2 in the world, has won the ranking tournament championship 28 times in his career, the World Championships and the British Championships are 1 championship, but the Masters has won the cup twice, and the opponent is Jack Jones, who is ranked 44th.
After the start of the game, Trump hit a single stroke of 110 points in the first game to take the lead, and came up to complete a single stroke to break 100, in the second game, Trump scored 58 points in a single stroke to interrupt the attack, Jack Jones returned 69 points with a single stroke, and reversed 75-62, the third game The two sides made mistakes with each other, Jack Jones won the fight 77-33, and in the fourth game, Jack Jones directly scored 94 points with a single stroke, and Trump lost three games in a row.
At the end of the intermission, in the fifth game, Jack Jones scored 51 points in a single stroke and was reversed, Trump seized the opportunity to pull back a game at 71-52, in the sixth game, Trump got on many times and completed the super score at 77-27, in the seventh game, Jack Jones was not to be outdone, and scored 74 points in a single stroke, and in the eighth game, Jack Jones was too soft, and Trump withstood the pressure and cleared the table with difficulty, winning 65-63.
Gilbert is ranked 31st in the world, has only won 1 ranking tournament championship, the best result of the three major tournaments is the semifinals, and the previous reversal of the defending champion Brecel left a deep impression on many fans, the opponent is ranked 28th Maguire, holding 6 ranking tournament titles, including the British Championship, which has a high gold content, Maguire has been in good form recently, the strength of the two is close, and it all depends on the on-the-spot performance.
Maguire lost four games in a row at the beginning, two of which were without scoring, Gilbert blasted out a single stroke of 110 points, 83 points, the first game Gilbert won the fight 65-23, the second game Maguire played a single stroke of 63 points was reversed, Gilbert 67-63 narrowly won, back from halftime, Maguire finally hit a single stroke 50 points, 72-42 to pull back a game, Gilbert simple mistakes are a pity.
In the sixth game, Gilbert scored 130 points in a single stroke, and once again completed the breaking of 100, in the seventh game, Maguire played a single stroke of 60 points to interrupt the attack, Gilbert seized the opportunity and reversed 65-64, and in the eighth game, Gilbert narrowly won 65-58, Gilbert 7-1 Maguire, Trump 4-4 Jack Jones, the second stage will be carried out at 2 o'clock on April 30, Gilbert may end early, and win six more games.