The 2024 World Snooker Championship will begin to compete for eight into four knockouts, the two favorites O'Sullivan and Trump encountered strong resistance from their opponents, facing the qualifiers, the two favorites did not play easily, O'Sullivan and Trump played inextricably with their opponents, and the seven-time world champion O'Sullivan had a slight up-and-down state in the first stage of the game with Bingham, he fell behind 1-3 and fought to catch up, and barely drew 4-4 with Bingham in the first stage. Another favorite Trump also encountered challenges in the match with Jack Jones, the two sides drew 4-4 in the first stage of the game and then tied in the second stage, and the two sides drew 8-8 after the first 16 games, O'Sullivan and Trump must be careful not to be upset in the later games. Four-time world champion John Higgins fell behind 3-5 in the first stage against Kyren Wilson, the strongest post-90s player, and in a dark horse match, Maguire's form picked up in the second stage, and he stubbornly chased the score to 6-10 to retain a glimmer of hope for promotion.
Top favourite, seven-time world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan, is also a world champion but is currently ranked 29th in the world rankings, a big gap from world No. 1 Ronnie O'Sullivan. O'Sullivan won the first two rounds very easily, and the game with Bingham was a big test for the Rockets, after all, the skinny camel is bigger than the horse, and Bingham has a strong impact. At the beginning of the game, Bingham quickly entered the state, and he scored 55 points and 75 points in a single stroke and then won two games in a row, leading 2-0. In the third game, Bingham missed the opportunity to expand the score, and was defeated by O'Sullivan after scoring 51 points in a single stroke, and Bingham made a comeback in the fourth game, scoring 79 points in a single stroke and winning another game, leading the world No. 1 with a big score of 3-1. After a short break, O'Sullivan launched a crazy counterattack, he scored 116 points and 70 points in a single stroke, and then scored three cities in a row, and the big score was 4-3 to overtake the opponent, and in the eighth game, Bingham withstood the pressure and attacked 72-0 O'Sullivan many times, and the first stage of the game between the two sides was tied 4-4, and O'Sullivan still needs to show a better state if he wants to advance.
Trump, the No. 3 seed and one of the favourites to win the tournament, faces Jack Jones, who defeated Chinese players in the first two rounds to advance to the quarterfinals, and Trump easily advanced to the quarterfinals. In the first stage of the game, Trump fought to catch up when he fell behind 1-3 and stubbornly chased the score to a 4-4 draw. At the beginning of the second stage of the game, both of them were not in the state, the first four games of the game were very intense, but neither of them played a single stroke high score, Jack Jones struggled to win the 9th and 10th games, and Trump was not to be outdone, and then won the 11th and 12th games, and the two sides fought to a 6-6 draw. In the 13th game, Jack Jones scored 55 points with a single stroke and won to continue to maintain the lead, Trump scored 68 points in a single stroke in the 14th game and won the third tie for the third time, and then Trump scored again in the 15th game with multiple attacks to win the score again, the backward Jack Jones did not mess up, and won after a single shot of 132 points, after the end of the second phase of the game, Trump was chased by Jack Jones to an 8-8 draw, judging from the previous game, Jack Jones against Trump is not completely without a chance, in the third stage Jack Jones has a chance to achieve an upset, Trump can not be taken lightly。
Four-time world champion Higgins and the strongest post-90s Kyren Wilson started the semi-finals, at the beginning of the game Kyren Wilson was full of firepower, he played a single stroke 70 points, 95 points, 93 points, 71 points after winning four games in a row, the big score is 4-0 ahead of Higgins. The battle-hardened Higgins was not overwhelmed by Kyren Wilson's momentum, in the fifth game Higgins scored 129 points with a single stroke and pulled back a city, and in the sixth game, Kyren Wilson continued to soar, winning with a single stroke of 121 points, and continued to expand the score to 5-1, Higgins was not to be outdone, and then scored 73 points and 102 points with a single stroke, and then chased two games in a row, and temporarily fell behind 3-5 after the end of the first stage of the game. Maguire and Gilbert's dark horse battle is also the focus of this round of the game, the first stage of the game Maguire's key points grasp ability is not enough to fall behind Gilbert 1-7, the second stage of the game Maguire is back in shape, he played a 5-3 score after chasing the total score to 6-10, although the current score is still behind, but still retains a glimmer of hope for promotion.