On May 1, Beijing time, it was reported that the 2024 World Snooker Championship continued. In a key match in the quarterfinals, "Mr. 147" David Gilbert faced the famous Stephen Maguire. After the start, Gilbert was in open form, and in the first stage, he shot two shots to break 100 and one shot to 50+, leading 7-1.
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.
Gilbert, ranked 31st in the world, has become one of the hottest players since the start of the World Championships. He once scored 147 strokes and 147 points in the official statistics of snooker, has very good offensive strength, and has brought his characteristics to the fullest in this World Championships.
In the opening match of the World Championships, Gilbert took on defending champion Luca "Little Bald" Brecel. In this game, Brecel started hot, while Gilbert got off to a bad start, falling behind 3-6 in the first period. At this stage, Brecel hit two shots to break 100 and two 50+.
In the second period, Gilbert was still in poor form in the initial stage, and after the fifteenth inning, Brecel won three match points 9-6. Gilbert has no way out, and in a desperate situation, he showed his big heart, hit four 50+ shots, and won four games in a row 10-9 to complete the big reversal.
In the second round, Gilbert faced former Welsh Open champion Robert Milkins, who also came back to advance in the first round, beating Pang Junxu, who had won the Rookie of the Year award, 10-9.
Coming to the second round of the contest with Milkins, Gilbert firmly suppressed the opponent with a strong attack, and swept the overall score 13-4 to advance to the quarterfinals. In the quarter-finals, Gilbert faced Maguire, who eliminated world champion Murphy 13-9 in the second round. In the first stage of this 1/4 final, Gilbert was in amazing shape, directly achieving an absolute advantage of 7-1.