On May 1, 2024, the semi-finals of the World Snooker Championship have been out, following Jack Jones' 13-9 victory over Trump, Gilbert eliminated Maguire 13-8.
Gilbert is ranked 31st in the world, has only one ranking championship in his career, or the Champions League with the lowest gold content, as a former top 16 player, in general, better than Tom Forde, Lisowski, at least has the title, in addition to the World Championships semi-finals, this time Gilbert qualifying tournament started, and then entered the semi-finals to tie the best results of the competition.
The opponent is the post-80s star Maguire, ranked 28th in the world, and has won 6 ranking tournament championships, including one of the three major British Championships, the comprehensive strength of the two sides is very close, and the victory or defeat depends on the on-the-spot performance.
After the start of the game, Gilbert played many times in the first game, taking the lead 65-23, and in the second game, Maguire played a single stroke of 63 points and was reversed, Gilbert won 67-63, and then Gilbert blasted out a single stroke of 110 points, 83 points to win two games in a row, Maguire scored 50 points in a single stroke, and pulled back a game with 72-42, and Maguire's defense in the sixth game was still not in place, and Gilbert scored 130 points in a single stroke.
In the seventh game, Maguire scored 60 points in a single stroke and was reversed, Gilbert narrowly won 65-64, Maguire made another mistake at a critical moment in the eighth game, Gilbert won another game 65-58, and in the ninth game, Gilbert scored 73 points in a single stroke, Maguire was not to be outdone, and scored 84 points in a single stroke, and then Gilbert seized the opportunity to score 67 points in a single stroke, but Maguire returned 111 points in a single stroke.
In the 13th game, the two sides made mistakes with each other, Maguire won the grappling with 64-18, in the 14th game Maguire played many times, 82-0 to complete the super score, in the 15th game Gilbert directly hit a single stroke 130 points, in the 16th game Maguire scored 74 points in a single stroke, in the 17th game Maguire won another game with 71-33, in the 18th game Gilbert pulled back a game 67-8, and in the 19th game Maguire scored 64 points in a single stroke and won the game 95-3.
In the 20th game, Maguire did not score, Gilbert completed the super score 79-0, and took the lead to get the match point, and in the 21st game, Gilbert ended the game 53-24, and finally defeated Maguire 13-8.