2 seats will be decided in the top 4 of the World Championships! Trump is out, O'Sullivan drew 8-8, and Higgins is behind. In the 1/4 finals of the 2024 World Snooker Championship, 2 semi-finals have been decided so far, of which Trump lost to Jack Jones 9-13, Gilbert eliminated Maguire 13-8, and Higgins fell behind Kyren Wilson 7-9, and O'Sullivan drew 8-8 with Bingham.
Trump faced Jack Jones, who broke through from the qualifying round, defeated Zhou Yuelong, Zhang Anda, Si Jiahui three Chinese players in a row, broke into the top 8, and became the biggest dark horse in this World Championships, but from the perspective of paper strength alone, Trump occupies a very big advantage, and the two sides have played each other 5 times before, Trump has a 4-1 advantage, but this game has not shown an overwhelming advantage since the first stage, but was also Jack · Jones led the nose, and the two sides fought to a 4-4 draw in the first stage, and in the second stage, the two sides fought again and fought to an 8-8 draw. In the third stage, in the 17th game, Jack Jones won 60-27 with multiple starts, and in the 18th game, Trump won 59-24, and the total score of the two sides was 9-9 draw, after which Jack Jones completely took over the game, and won 4 games in a row with 87 points, 61 points, and 106 points in a single stroke, defeating Trump with a total score of 13-9 and advancing to the top 4.
Gilbert vs. Maguire, the two sides are ranked close in the world, the former is 31st, the latter is 28th, the overall strength gap is not large, the victory or defeat of this game needs to depend on the on-the-spot performance. At the beginning of the game, Gilbert hit a single stroke of 110, 83 points to win 4 games in a row, in the 5th game, Maguire blasted out a single stroke of 50 points to pull back a game, in the 6th game, Gilbert blasted out a single stroke of 130 points to win, in the 7th game, Maguire took the lead in a single stroke of 60 points, but Gilbert came from behind, won 65-64, in the 8th game, Gilbert won 65-58, the total score of 7-1 lead. In the second stage, Maguire's form has improved significantly, but Gilbert has also maintained a very good form, the two sides have attacked and defended each other in the second stage, and Gilbert leads 10-5 on aggregate. In the third stage, Maguire fought with his back to 8-11, and then Gilbert won two games in a row to end the game with an aggregate score of 13-8 and get the second place in the top four.
In addition, the world's No. 1 O'Sullivan played against Bingham, the two sides drew 4-4 in the first stage, and in the second stage, Bingham scored 108 points, 125 points, 60 points, and 92 points in a single stroke, and O'Sullivan scored 79 points and 84 points in a single stroke, and the two sides drew 8-8 in the first two stages. Higgins temporarily trailed Kyren Wilson 7-9, and Kyren Wilson originally led 9-4, but Higgins won 3 games in a row to narrow the gap, which shows that Higgins does not want to give up easily, and there is still some suspense about who can advance. This article was originally written by Xiao Lizi, please do not plagiarize or carry it.