On May 1, Beijing time, the 2024 World Snooker Championship 1/4 finals were fully launched, and after a day of competition, qualifier Gilbert broke out again to lead the 6-crown winner Maguire 10-6 in the ranking match, the world's top two O'Sullivan, Trump fell into a hard battle, O'Sullivan drew 4-4 with Bingham, Trump drew 8-8 with Jack Jones, and the four-time world champion Higgins refused to collapse after a 0-4 day collapse, and responded with a wave of 3-1, chasing the total score to 3-5 behind Kyren Wilson in the first stage.
Gilbert and Maguire are both former top16 players, although they can only start from the qualifying round due to the low world ranking, but both of them have achieved a big explosion in this Snooker World Championship, breaking through from the qualifying round and reaching the quarterfinals all the way to the main competition, on the way to promotion, Gilbert knocked out the defending champion Brecel in the first round, and then washed the seeded star Milkins with a total score of 13-4, showing a very hot state! Maguire also performed well, defeating the No. 9 seed 10-7 in the first round, Ali Carter, the runner-up of the two-time World Championships, eliminated the world champion Murphy 13-9 in the second round and successfully reached the quarterfinals in Crucible. In the first stage, Gilbert played a 7-1 disparity score, and Maguire fell behind!
O'Sullivan, ranked No. 1 in the world, ushered in the world championship duel with Bingham in this round of 8 into 4 rounds, the two completed the first eight rounds of the first stage of the competition, Bingham hit 4 strokes 50+ in the first four rounds to lead 3-1 with a total score, O'Sullivan reversed Bingham's single stroke 51 points with a single stroke of 66 points in the third game, after returning from the break, O'Sullivan scored 116 points with a single stroke, After scoring 70 points and chasing three games in a row to overtake 4-3, Bingham won the eighth game 72-0, and the two tied 4-4 with a total score in the first stage.
The world's second-ranked Trump is also in a hard battle, facing the qualifying dark horse Jack Jones, although Trump hit a single shot to break 110 points, but Jack Jones won three games in a row, Trump chased to 4-4 to end the first stage, the second stage continued on this match day, Jack Jones won two games 6-4 lead, Trump won two games 6-6 tie, Jack Jones led again with a single stroke of 55 points 7-6, Trump won two games in a row 8-7, Jack Jones won two games in a row 117 points to win, the first two stages were tied 8-8。
World Championships four-time champion Higgins in the last round of desperate escape to kill the world's third Mark Allen, this round met the strong Kyren Wilson! Higgins lost very badly in the first four games, scoring only 5 points, 7 points, 27 points, and 7 points in the four games, and Kyren Wilson won with 70 points, 95 points, 93 points, and 71 points in a single stroke! In the case of such a collapse of the opening game, Higgins showed his resilience, and seized the opportunity to win with a single stroke of 129 points in the fifth game, officially sounding the horn of counterattack, although Kyren Wilson immediately responded with a shot to break 121 points in the sixth game, but Higgins scored 73 points and 102 points in a single stroke to win the last two games of the first stage, chasing 3-5 to the end.