On May 2, 2024, the World Snooker Championship continued, and the semi-finals were decided, with Kyren Wilson defeating Higgins 13-8 to become the third player to advance to the semi-finals after Jack Jones and Gilbert, and then Kyren Wilson faced Gilbert.
Kyren Wilson has been famous for a long time, winning the ranking tournament five times in his career, ranking 12th in the world, and the runner-up in the best result of the World Championships.
His opponent Higgins is even more powerful, winning 31 ranking tournament championships, 9 three-major championships, and ranking 13th in the world, but his performance has not been very good in recent years, after all, the last ranking tournament won the championship, or the players championship won O'Sullivan, which is directly related to the style of play, Higgins has too high requirements for positioning, and it is difficult to maintain stability in the long game system.
The game is divided into three stages, the first stage Kyren Wilson 5-3 Higgins, Kyren Wilson scored 95 points, 93 points, 71 points, 70 points in a single stroke to win four games in a row, the fifth game Higgins hit a single stroke 129 points, the sixth game Kyren Wilson hit a single stroke 121 points, and then Higgins hit a single stroke 102 points, 73 points, each game is at least a single stroke 70+, indicating that the two are in good shape.
In the second stage, Kyren Wilson scored 9-7 Higgins, and in the 9th game Higgins won the grappling 61-37, Kyren Wilson scored 94 points and 53 points in a single stroke to win four more games, and in the 14th game, Higgins scored 73 points in a single stroke, and then won two games in a row with 72-64 and 61-13.
After the start of the third period, Higgins won the grappling 61-14 in the 17th game, Kyren Wilson played many times in the 18th game and completed the super score with 75-0, in the 19th game Kyren Wilson scored 56 points in a single stroke and won another game 91-5, in the 20th game Kyren Wilson scored 101 points in a single stroke and took the lead in getting the match point, and in the 21st game, Kyren Wilson scored 61 points in a single stroke to end the game, and finally defeated Higgins 13-8.
This is Kyren Wilson after four years, and then enter the semi-finals of the World Championships, and then face the qualifier Gilbert, Kyren Wilson as the top 16 seeded players, but there is no certainty of victory, it will depend on how the two play on the spot, last year Luca Brecel became the first post-90s world champion, this year Kyren Wilson can break through himself, let's wait and see.