On May 1, Beijing time, the 1/4 finals of the Snooker World Championship continued. The super dark horse of this World Championship is brewing, in the duel between Trump and Jack Jones, qualifier Jack Jones is not afraid, and after two stages, he and Trump are tied 8-8, and the third stage will be a best-of-9 game. In addition, Gilbert led Maguire 10-6 and advanced to the table. O'Sullivan drew 4-4 with Bingham, and Higgins trailed Wilson 3-5.
Jack Jones is only 44th in the world, while Trump is 2nd in the world. But in this World Championships, Jack Jones played quite well. In the first round, Jack Jones swept seeded player Zhang Anda 10-4. In the second round, Jones faced Si Jiahui, the top 4 player in last year's World Championships, and won 3 games in a row 13-9 when he was chased to 9-10. In this game, Jones faced Trump, who was in the best form this season, and he also played without fear.
As soon as the first stage came up, Trump scored 110 points in a single stroke, but Jones was unmoved, and then won 3 games in a row to lead 3-1. With a magical flip in the 8th game, Trump tied 4-4 with Jones in the first stage. In the second stage, Jones took the lead again, he cut the game into sparse pieces, and Trump couldn't play an attack. Jones won two games in a row to take a 6-4 lead. Trump then also won two games in a row to chase 6 draws. After returning from the break, Jones won again with a single stroke of 55 points. Trump responded with 68 points in a single stroke to tie. In the 16th game, Jones scored the highest single stroke of the game with 117 points, and the two sides ended the first two stages with 8 draws.
If Jones advances to the last four, it will be the first time in his career that he has reached that height. Among the top 8 players, only he has never broken into the top 4 of the World Championships in his career. For now, anything is possible. In the rest of the matches, Gilbert led Maguire 10-6 and is expected to reach the top four of the World Championships again after 19 years. Higgins and O'Sullivan are still only in the first stage, and the two still have hopes of meeting in the final.