On May 1, Beijing time, the 1/4 finals of the 2024 Snooker World Championship continued, with 8 seeded players in the first round and 4 seeded players in the second round.
Stuart Bingham vs Ronnie O'Sullivan
Qualifier Bingham opened four consecutive rounds with a single stroke of 50+ and took a 3-1 lead, and the world's No. 1 O'Sullivan played a wave of three consecutive whips to achieve a 4-3 overtake, and in the 8th game, Bingham won with a clean sheet and ended the first stage 4-4. The second stage starts at 21:30!
Kyren Wilson vs John Higgins
The seeded players matchup, Karen defeated Crucible's only newcomer O'Connor 13-6 in the last game, Higgins narrowly defeated the world's third Allen 13-12 in 25 games, and scored 71 points in a single stroke to clear the table after falling behind 0-62 in the deciding game. He cried in the lounge for 20 seconds after the game!
The two sides launched an extreme attack, and Karen opened four consecutive rounds with a single shot of 70+, leading 4-0. Higgins scored 129 points in a single stroke to win and pull one back, and Karen responded with a 121 points in a single stroke, leading 5-1. Higgins played two consecutive games with a single stroke of 70+ and won two games in a row, and in the 8th game, he broke 100 102 with a single stroke after falling behind 0-19 to win, and ended the first stage 3-5. The second stage starts at 17 o'clock!
David Gilbert vs Stephen Maguire
England's David Gilbert will take on Scotland's Stephen Maguire, both of whom have qualified for Crucible since qualifying, and have won two consecutive rounds of seeded players, the former beating 16th seed Milkins 13-4 in the first round to beat 16th seed Milkins 13-4 in the second round, and in the process of creating the fourth-highest consecutive points in the history of the World Championships. Maguire defeated No. 9 seed Carter 10-7 in the first round, and came back from 6-7 down to win four games in a row, and eliminated Grand Slam winner Murphy 13-9 in the second round.
In this matchup, Gilbert is worthy of being the player who broke the most 100 in this World Championships, and this round is still full of firepower, twice playing four consecutive whips, and playing 6 strokes in two stages 60+, of which three single-stroke 110+, and all of them are won by a clean sheet. Maguire's offensive was not weak, and he also hit six single-stroke 50+, one of which broke 100 in a single stroke, but he lost three games with a score difference of 7 points, and entered the third stage 6-10.
Jack Jones vs Judd Trump
The qualifiers defeated Chinese players Zhou Yuelong, Zhang Anda and Si Jiahui in three consecutive rounds to advance to the quarterfinals. World No. 2, No. 3 seed Trump, 10-5 Wafay in the first round and 13-7 Fude in the second round.
In the first two stages of this showdown, Trump played a single stroke of 50+ in two consecutive games at the beginning, and scored 58 points in a single stroke in the second game and was reversed, Jack Jones played a wave of three consecutive whips to overtake 3-1 after falling behind 0-1, Trump won two games in a row, Jack Jones scored a single stroke of 74 points and won a one-shot victory again to lead 4-3, and lost by 2 points in the 8th game, and the next four games were entangled and won two games each to 6-6. Jack Jones scored 55 points in a single stroke to win, and in the 14th game, Trump played a single stroke 70+ to achieve a single-game reversal after falling behind 2-23, 7-7. In the 15th game, Jack Jones fouled the ball and leaked out of the top pocket of the long platform, Trump lost, and then Jack Jones stopped 8 points with a single stroke, Trump started twice in the defensive competition, twice with a large angle thin ball, and lost 49 points for the second time! At this time, Jack Jones asked for permission to go to the toilet, and the audience stood up to move activities, and it was another fierce battle. Jack returned, the game continued, and Trump took the lead to score 23 points in a single stroke to win, 8-7. In the 16th game, Trump lost the long platform, and Jack then started to play a single stroke of 70+ to win, 8-8!
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