On April 30, 2024, Beijing time, the World Snooker Championship ushered in the 10th day of competition, and 1/4 of the matches will be played on this match day. The World Championship is one of the three major snooker tournaments and is the highest quality competition, with only three non-British Isles players in history winning the World Championships, namely Neil Robertson, Canada's Cliff Samburne and Brecel. The player who has won the most World Championships in recent history is O'Sullivan, who has won 7 World Championships and is expected to achieve eight World Championships in this competition.
The best result of the Chinese Legion in previous competitions is the runner-up of China's first brother Ding Junhui in 2016, and in terms of other players, Fu Jiajun and Si Jiahui have reached the semi-finals. The performance of Chinese players in this competition was not good, 5 people appeared in Crucible, but most of them were lost in the first round, only Si Jiahui advanced to the round of 16, and then in the 1/8 game, Si Jiahui was eliminated by Jack Jones, and no Chinese player advanced to the quarterfinals. In particular, Ding Junhui is only one World Championship champion away from completing the Grand Slam in his career, but unfortunately he is gradually drifting away from his goal.
All the quarter-finals spots on last match day have been decided: O'Sullivan, Trump, Kyren Wilson, Higgins, Bingham, Harry Maguire, David Gilbert and Jack Jones. Among them, in the 1/4 game, Higgins and Kyren Wilson had a strong dialogue, O'Sullivan played against the "second brother" Bingham, Trump played against the biggest dark horse Jack Jones, and Maguire and David Gilbert competed for a place in the semifinals. The details of the 1/4 matches on this match day are as follows.
Maguire 0:4 David Gilbert
Maguire is ranked 31st in the world and David Gilbert is ranked 31st, and the two sides have met seven times in history, with Maguire holding a 5-2 advantage. Maguire rose to fame at a young age, winning his first ranking tournament at the 2004 European Masters and winning five ranking tournaments in the following 10 years. When everyone thought that Maguire would become a new generation of the post-80s, Maguire suddenly fell off the line, and in the next 10 years, he only won the Tour Championship in 2020, and there were no other outstanding results.
David Gilbert won a Champions League ranking tournament in his career, reaching the final of the International Championship, the World Open and the German Masters, all of which were runners-up. In the last two seasons, David Gilbert has been in poor form and has not been able to achieve great results. In the first round of the main event, he defeated the defending champion Brecel 10:9 to advance, and in the 1/8 match, he easily eliminated the seeded player Milkins 13:4.
In the first game of the game, David Gilbert scored many times, and finally won the game 65-23 and got off to a good start. In the second game, Maguire took the lead to score 63 points in a single stroke, but unfortunately the key ball was wrong, and David Gilbert seized the opportunity to achieve a single game reversal with 67:63. In the third game, David Gilbert scored 83 points in a single stroke and won with a single stroke. In the fourth game, David Gilbert accurately started from the stage and scored 110 points with a single stroke to win the game, leading 4:0.
Trump 1:3 Jack Jones
Trump is ranked 2nd in the world and Jack Jones is ranked 44th, both in terms of historical records and world rankings, Trump has an absolute advantage. Jack Jones is the biggest dark horse of this competition, he successfully advanced to the main draw after several rounds of qualifying, in the 1/16 match, he easily eliminated the seeded player Zhang Anda 10:4, and then in the 1/8 match, defeated the Chinese player Si Jiahui again 13:9, I don't know if the dark horse road can continue.
Trump is the leader of the "80 Tigers", with 29 ranking tournaments in his career, and although he is slightly inferior to Selby in the three major tournaments, he has already achieved Grand Slam greatness. Trump has won 6 ranking championships in a single season in his career, and his form is still hot this season, winning 5 championships and 3 runners-up. In this competition, with Mark Allen and other seeded players out, Trump ushered in the championship advantage.
In the first game of the game, Trump quickly entered the state, broke 110 points with a single stroke and won the game, got off to a good start, and gave Jack Jones a dismount. In the second game, Trump took the lead in scoring 58 points with a single stroke, and the key ball was wrong, and Jack Jones achieved a single-game reversal with 69 points in a single stroke. In the third game, Jack Jones seized the opportunity to score twice and finally won the next game 77-33. In the fourth game, Jack Jones scored 94 points in a single stroke and won the game 119:0, leading 3:1.