On May 1, Beijing time, on the first match day of the 1/4 finals of the 2024 World Snooker Championship, the 7-time world champion "Rocket" Ronnie O'Sullivan and "Quasi King" Judd Trump drew 4-4, 8-8 with opponents Stuart Bingham and Jack Jones. Earlier, five Chinese players, including Si Jiahui and Ding Junhui, were eliminated in the second and first rounds.
After a season of competition, the 2023-24 Snooker Tour has entered the final stage, and the Snooker World Championship was grandly staged at the Crucible Theater. After fierce competition, the favorites "Rocket" Ronnie O'Sullivan, "King of Accuracy" Judd Trump, and "Wizard" John Higgins defeated Ryan Day, Tom Forde, and Mark Allen in the second round with a score of 13-7, 13-7, 13-12 to successfully enter the top 8.
The only Chinese player to participate in the second round of the competition, Si Jiahui, was passive in the match with Jack Jones, losing to his opponent with an aggregate score of 9-13 and missing the top 8. In this year's World Championships, a total of 5 Chinese players, including Ding Junhui, Si Jiahui, Zhang Anda, Lv Haotian, and Pang Junxu, competed.
In the first round, Si Jiahui, who reached the top 4 at the World Championships last year, advanced to the round of 16 with a 10-9 upset in the match with the three-time world champion "Golden Left Hand" Mark Williams.
Regarding Si Jiahui's overall performance, the official Weibo of the World Snooker Tour wrote: "In the 2024 Snooker World Championship 32 into 16 rounds, Mark Williams scored 142 points to break 100 in the whole game, as well as 63, 57, 51 three shots 50+, Si Jiahui played 77, 67, 63, 61, 52 A total of 5 strokes 50+. ”
However, in the second round, Si Jiahui faced Jack Jones, who eliminated Zhou Yuelong 10-4 in the qualifying round, and Zhang Anda 10-4 in the first round of the World Championships. In this "revenge" for his teammates, he played poorly, and the overall score was 9-13 and he missed the top 8. So far, all 5 Chinese players participating in the World Championships are out. And Ding Junhui's goal of winning the World Championships can only wait for next year!