Gilbert is three games away from the semi-finals, Maguire
Potato brother David Gilbert led Stephen Maguire 10-6 in the World Championship quarterfinals, while Judd Trump and Jack Jones tied 8-8.
Ahead of Wednesday's final game at 10.30pm, Maguire went from 2-9 down to within four games of the trail and kept hopes of a comeback alive. The winner between them will be against Kyren Wilson or John Higgins.
After the first quarter, Maguire was down 7-1 and had a chance to score in the opening game of the night, but only scored 25 points to miss the top pocket red ball, and Gilbert scored a single 73 to punish him. Maguire scored 84 points in a single stroke to pull one back, but the 2019 semi-finalist immediately responded with a single stroke of 67 to take a 9-2 lead. In the 12th game, Maguire scored 111 points in a single stroke, which was his fourth shot to break 100 in this tournament, and he completed the overscore twice in the next game to reduce the difference to 9-5.
After losing three games in a row, Gilbert went on the offensive with an excellent 130 points, taking his 100-break record to six strokes in the tournament, more than any other player. In the final game of the stage, Maguire took a 24-0 lead, and he cleverly flipped a red ball into the middle pocket in the safety global competition, and completed a single stroke of 74 points to chase the score to 6-10 behind.
2019 world champion Judd Trump played well below his best level in this match, but fought to catch up from 4-6 and 6-7 down to level with qualifier Jones. They will resume their match at 8pm on Wednesday and the winner will be the first to reach the semi-finals, with the winner between them going to play either Ronnie O'Sullivan or Bingham.
Small, who made a mistake on the spot black ball when he was playing a 43-2 lead in tonight's opener, took over the table and cleared the last red ball on the table to take a 5-4 lead. After 54 minutes of the 10th game, the two sides battled again on the last red ball, and Jones scored again to extend the lead to two games. Smallt won the next two games to tie the score at 6-6, and then Jones regained the lead after scoring 55 points in the 13th game.
In the 14th game, Jones had an obvious scoring opportunity but only scored 13 points before losing the pink ball and staying near the middle pocket, and Xiao Teh scored 68 points in a single stroke to equalize the score again. The world No. 2 had the final laugh in the dismal 15th round, but Jones immediately scored 117 points to end the stage, which boosted his hopes of losing two games in a row. (Welcome to click to pay attention to Runwu AB)