In the early morning of May 1, Beijing time, the 2024 World Snooker Championship continued. In a key match in the quarterfinals, 7-time world champion world No. 1 "Rocket" Ronnie O'Sully faced 2015 world champion Stuart Bingham. In the first stage, he hit one shot to break 100 and two shots of 50+, and fought with his opponent 4-4.
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 World Championships, the world's No. 1 "Rocket" Ronnie O'Sullivan is undoubtedly the favorite to win the championship, and he swept "Little Pig" Jackson Page 10-1 in the first round.
In the second round, O'Sullivan faced the famous Ryan Day, and the opponent in the first round was Barry Hawkins. In this battle, Ryan Day took a 5-4 lead in the first period.
In the second stage, the two fought more intensely. At the end of the sixteenth inning, Hawkins chased the score to 8-8, and the two sides returned to the same running line. In the seventeenth game, Ryan Day made another effort and he won the match point 9-8.
In the eighteenth game, Hawkins, who had no way out, was unable to counterattack, Ryan Day won with a single stroke of 61 points, 76-0 clean sheet against the opponent, and the total score was 10-8 narrowly eliminated Hawkins, and thrillingly advanced to the round of 16. Coming to the second round, Ryan Day challenged the seven-time world champion "Rocket" O'Sullivan.
Facing O'Sullivan, who has won five tournaments this season, Ryan Day seemed powerless, falling behind 3-5 in the first stage and 6-10 in the second stage. In the third stage, Ryan Day's form did not improve in the slightest, and he lost to O'Sullivan with an aggregate score of 7-13.
After O'Sullivan eliminated Ryan Day, the opponent in the quarterfinals was the 2015 world champion "Big Shark" Bingham. The latter eliminated Gary Wilson and Jack Lisowski 10-5, 13-11 in the first two rounds. In this 1/4 final, O'Sullivan got off to a bad start and fell behind 0-2. A wave of three whips followed, and Bingham was tied at 4-4 in the first period.