In the quarterfinals of the 2024 World Snooker Championship, Trump encountered a strong opponent, and he faced Welsh player Jack Jones in this game. The two have met five times before, with Trump leading 4-1. However, in this encounter, Trump did not take advantage.
At the beginning of the game, Trump scored 110 points with a single shot. Unexpectedly, Jack Jones came on the court and directly won three games in a row, but fortunately, when Trump was popular, he adjusted his state and scored 71 points and 51 points in a single shot to tie it. At this point, the game was scorched, 4-4 6-6 Trump and Jack Jones were temporarily indistinguishable.
Of course, it is no accident that Jack Jones has such a fighting force, and at the last World Championships, the Welshman qualified for the first time in the main draw and defeated Ali Carter 10-6, becoming the first unseeded player to advance to the round of 16 at this World Championships. In the end, Jack Jones lost 10-13 to Mark Allen in the quarterfinals and missed the semifinals.
This season, Trump is in excellent form, winning 5 ranking tournament titles. Ranked No. 1 in the season and No. 2 in the world, if he reaches the final this time, he will overtake O'Sullivan and return to the No. 1 position in the world. However, in the face of Welshman Jack Jones, who has broken into the quarterfinals of Crucible for two consecutive years, Trump still seems to be under some pressure, and there is suspense about whether he can return to the world number one and win the second crown of his career.
On the other side, O'Sullivan, the world No. 1 and 7-time champion of the tournament, also encountered a strong opponent. Throughout the game, Stuart Maguire was very strong, hitting 4 single-stroke 50+ shots in the opening game to take a 3-1 lead. Subsequently, the Rockets adjusted their state and played the first single-shot break of the game (116 points) with a wave of three consecutive whips to reverse the score, 4-3, however, Maguire did not give up, and scored 72 points in the eighth game to clean up O'Sullivan, and the two sides drew 4-4.
O'Sullivan's last title was won in 2022 (18-13 Trump), and at the age of 46 years, 4 months and 28 days, he became the oldest World Championship champion. In the 2023-2024 season, the Rockets won 5 championships, including 8 championships in the British Championship and the Masters. Now, he is three wins away from winning all three major tournaments in his career, but Maguire, the 2015 world champion, will not give up easily.
Meanwhile, world champion runner-up Stephen Maguire trailed David Gilbert 6-10. It can be said that all three masters have encountered hard battles, making the outcome of the game full of suspense.