On May 2, 2024, the 1/4 finals of the Snooker World Championship are over, this year's top four lineup is surprising, only Kyren Wilson is a seeded player, and the world ranking is not in the top ten, the other three are qualifiers, with O'Sullivan and Trump out, the World Taiwan Federation has been determined, no matter who can win the championship later, Mark Allen will become the new world No. 1.
The three world champions lost, O'Sullivan lost to Bingham 10-13, and then lost three games in a row, failed to collect eight sets of Grand Slam matches, and missed the three major championships in a single season.
Not only was the world No. 1 eliminated, but the world No. 2 was even more upset, Trump lost to Jack Jones 9-13, you must know that Jack Jones is different from Bingham and Gilbert, as a dark horse has never entered the finals, not ranked in the top 30, everyone did not expect him to make a breakthrough, although Trump is not in the best condition, but after all, Jack Jones's performance is stronger.
As for Higgins 8-13 out, it is in line with expectations, after he played 25 games with Mark Allen, it is difficult to maintain concentration due to the large consumption, and Kyren Wilson himself is a first-class master, once won the runner-up in the World Championships, when he lost to O'Sullivan, missed the three major championships, the comprehensive strength of the two is very close, but Higgins's energy can not keep up with the rhythm, and Kyren Wilson has an advantage in this regard.
With the release of the semi-finals of the World Championships, the provisional rankings have also been announced in time, and the latest top five are Mark Allen, Trump, Luca Brechel, O'Sullivan, Selby, O'Sullivan has slipped to No. 4, mainly to remove the bonus points for winning the championship two years ago, and even if Kyren Wilson wins the championship, he can only rise to No. 3, not to mention the qualifiers behind.
Originally, O'Sullivan won the championship, or Trump reached the final, Mark Allen missed the world No. 1, and now although he lost to Higgins and missed the quarterfinals, O'Sullivan and Trump both went out and failed to meet the expected conditions.
The next round adopts a best-of-33 format of 17 wins, divided into four stages according to the rules, Kyren Wilson vs. Gilbert at 20 o'clock on May 2, Bingham vs. Jack Jones at 2 o'clock on May 3, if the first stage can establish a big advantage, the rest will be much easier.