On May 1, Beijing time, the 2024 World Snooker Championship ended the competition for the first day of the 1/4 finals. Seven-time world champion "Rocket" Ronnie O'Sullivan and Stuart Bingham are tied 4-4, the favorite Judd Trump draws 8-8 with dark horse Jack Jones, "Wizard" John Higgins is 3-5 behind Kyren Wilson, and David Gilbert is 10-6 ahead of Stephen Maguire.
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.
After fierce competition, all 8 promoted players were produced, and Ding Junhui and other 5 Chinese players were all out. Among the top 8, there are 4 players who have won the World Championships, they are O'Sullivan, Trump, Higgins, and Bingham. Among them, O'Sullivan and Bingham will stage a strong dialogue between world champions.
In other words, before the quarterfinals began, a world champion was destined to leave the field early. In the top 8, there are 4 players who have not won the World Championship, they are Gilbert, Maguire, Kyren Wilson, and Jack Jones.
Gilbert will be the winner of the match with Harry Maguire, and a player who did not win the World Championships will be destined to advance to the last four. The other two games will depend on whether Jack Jones can eliminate Trump in one black and whether Wilson can beat Higgins to advance to the top 4.
The quarter-final matchups are: Ronnie O'Sullivan vs. Stuart Bingham, Judd Trump vs. Bingham, Kyren Wilson vs. John Higgins, David Gilbert vs. Stephen Maguire. On the first match day of the 1/4 finals, O'Sullivan 4-4 Bingham, Trump 8-8 Jack Jones (4-4 in the first stage), Higgins 3-5 Wilson, Gilbert 10-6 Maguire (7-1 in the first stage). On the second match day of the quarter-finals, which world champion will be left behind?