Trump missed the top 4! threatened to meet O'Sullivan into a joke, and fans ridiculed: the king of small races. The 2024 World Snooker Championship 1/4 finals broke out a big upset, the world's second Trump lost to Jack Jones 9-13, and missed the top 4, and after the game, Trump caused a relatively big controversy because of his statement, and many fans ridiculed Trump as the king of the small game.
This season, Trump is still in very good shape, won 5 championships, and is ranked second in the world, second only to O'Sullivan, and is also the No. 3 seed in this World Championships, in contrast, Jack Jones's world ranking is not high, only 44th, starting from the qualifying round, defeated Zhou Yuelong, Zhang Anda, Si Jiahui three Chinese players in a row, reached the top 8, and became the biggest dark horse in this World Championships. Prior to this game, Trump and Jack Jones had played each other 5 times, with Trump holding a 4-1 advantage, but none of these 5 games were long-game games. At the beginning of the game, in the first stage, the two sides maintained an evenly matched state, Trump came up and hit a single stroke of 110 points to win a game, and then Jack Jones won 3 games in a row, and then Trump won two games in a row to tie, in the 7th game, Jack Jones scored 74 points in a single stroke, and in the 8th game, Trump won 65-63 after a struggle, and the total score of the two sides was 4-4 draw.
In the second stage, the two still attacked and defended each other, Jack Jones won two games in a row to lead, and then Trump chased two games in a row, the two sides fought to a 6-6 draw, in the 13th game, Jack Jones scored 55 points in a single stroke, and won 62-13, in the 14th game, Trump scored 68 points in a single stroke, and won 70-23, and the two sides drew again, in the 15th game, Trump won 72-8, and in the 16th game, Jack Jones scored 68 points in a single stroke, and won 70-23, and the two sides drew again, in the 15th game, Trump won 72-8, and in the 16th game, Jack Jones scored 68 points in a single stroke, and won 70-23, and the two sides drew again, in the 15th game, Trump won 72-8, and in the 16th game, Jack J. Jones scored 117 points in a single stroke and won 125-0, and the total score of the two sides ended the second stage with a total score of 8-8. In the third stage, Jack Jones took the lead and won the 17th game 60-27, followed by the 18th game, Trump won 59-24, in the 19th game, Jack Jones scored 87 points in a single stroke, and in the 20th game, Jack Jones took advantage of the victory to chase and scored 61 points in a single stroke, in the 21st game, Jack Jones won 54-21 and got the match point with a total score of 12-9, and in the 22nd game, Jack Jones directly scored 106 points in a single stroke to end the game, and eliminated Trump with a total score of 13-9.
Before this game, Trump had made it clear that he and O'Sullivan had won 5 championships this season, so there needs to be a showdown to see who is better, so I hope to meet O'Sullivan in the semifinals of the World Championships, and then we can know who is the best player of the season. Not long after Trump said this, he lost to Jack Jones 9-13 and stopped in the top 8, threatening to meet O'Sullivan as a joke, and many fans even ridiculed Trump as the king of the small game. This article was originally written by Xiao Lizi, please do not plagiarize or carry it.