On May 1, 2024, Beijing time, the main event of the World Snooker Championship will continue, and 1/4 of the competition will be held on this match day. The World Championship is the highest-level event in snooker, and only players who win the World Championship can be called world champions. The prize money for the champion of this competition is 500,000 pounds, and the prize money for the full score of the main competition is 40,000 pounds, creating the highest in the history of the competition. The last tournament was won by Brecel, who suffered a big upset in the first round.
All the quarter-finals were decided in previous tournaments, with only four seeded players advancing to the quarter-finals. The biggest dark horse in this tournament is Jack Jones, ranked 44th in the world, who has eliminated Chinese players Zhou Yuelong, Zhang Anda and Si Jiahui to advance to the quarterfinals. The biggest favorites to win the championship are O'Sullivan and Trump, the five-time champions this season, but unfortunately in the latest 1/4 game, Trump was upset by the dark horse Jack Jones, and we will wait and see if O'Sullivan can break through.
David Gilbert 13:8 Maguire
David Gilbert is ranked 31st in the world and Maguire is ranked 28th, and the two have faced each other seven times in their history, with Maguire holding the advantage with five wins. Maguire has won six ranking tournaments in his career, but his form has been sluggish since winning the Tour Championship in 2020, and the world ranking has continued to decline. David Gilbert has won ranking tournaments such as the Champions League in his career, and has reached the finals of ranking tournaments several times.
In the first game of the game, David Gilbert won the game with 65:23 and got off to a good start. In the second game, David Gilbert won the game 67-63. Subsequently, David Gilbert scored 83 points and 110 points in a row, and won two games in a row, leading 4:0. In the fifth game, Maguire pulled back a game with a single stroke of 50 points, leading 4:1. Subsequently, David Gilbert scored 130 and 73 points in a row to win four consecutive games and lead 8:1. In the 10th game, Maguire scored 84 points in a single stroke to pull back a game, and the big score was 2:8 behind.
In the 11th game, David Gilbert scored 67 points in a single stroke and then went to the next game, leading 9:2. Subsequently, Maguire won three games in a row with 115 (111): 7, 64:18 and 82:0, and fell behind 5:9. In the 15th game, David Gilbert scored 130 points with a single stroke to win the game, leading 10:5. Subsequently, Maguire won two games in a row with 98 (74): 0 and 71:33, leading 7:10. In the 18th game, David Gilbert won another game with a single stroke of 67:8. In the 19th game, Maguire scored 64 points in a single stroke and pulled back a game with 95:3. In the 20th game, David Gilbert scored many times, and finally won the game 79-0, and the big score was 12-8 to take the lead in the match point. In the 21st game, David Gilbert scored many times, and finally won the game 53:24, winning 13:8 to advance to the semifinals.
Trump 9:13 Jack Jones
Trump is currently ranked No. 2 in the world and had a chance to surpass O'Sullivan to become the world's No. 1. With Mark Allen out, as long as Trump advances to the semifinals, he will surpass Mark Allen, and as long as O'Sullivan does not win the championship, Xiaote will be firmly ranked first in the world. In the face of Jack Jones, the biggest dark horse of this competition, Xiao Texian was unable to do so, and continued to chase points in the first two stages, drawing from 4:4 to 8:8, and entering the third stage, Jack Jones made a name for himself later, and finally advanced to the semifinals with 13:9 upset Xiaote.
In the first game of the game, Trump scored 110 points in a single stroke to win the game and got off to a good start. Subsequently, Jack Jones scored 69 points, 94 points and 51 points in a row, and won three games in a row, leading 3:1. In the fifth game, Trump pulled one back with 71:52. In the sixth game, Trump scored many times and finally won the game 77:27. In the seventh game, Jack Jones scored 74 points in a single stroke to win the game. In the eighth game, Trump achieved a single-game reversal with 65:63. In the ninth game, the two men alternated scores in pieces, and finally Jack Jones won the game 54-43. In the tenth game, Jack Jones won the game 71-46 and led 6-4.
Subsequently, Trump tied the score 6-6 with two consecutive games of 66:0 and 80:28. In the 13th game, Jack Jones scored 55 points in a single stroke and won the game 62:13. In the 14th game, Trump won the game 70:23 with 68 points in a single stroke. In the 15th game, Trump scored many times, and finally won the next game 72:8, leading 8:7. In the 16th game, Jack Jones scored 117 points in a single stroke to win the game. In the 17th game, Jack Jones won the next game 60-27. In the 18th game, Trump scored many times piecemeal, and finally won 59:24, and the score was tied 9:9. At the critical moment, Jack Jones scored 87 points, 61 points and 106 points in a single stroke, won four games in a row, and beat Trump with a score of 13:9 to advance to the top 4.
O'Sullivan 7:6 Bingham
O'Sullivan's latest world ranking is No. 1, and Bingham is ranked No. 31. O'Sullivan has won five high-quality titles this season, including three major British Championships and the Masters, and is just one world championship away from the eighth Grand Slam. This World Championships is of great significance to O'Sullivan, if he wins, first of all, he can retain the world's No. 1 throne, secondly, he can complete the eighth round of the Grand Slam, and finally set a record of winning three major championships in a single season.
Bingham has won high-quality tournaments such as the World Championships and Masters in his career, and is strong. However, since returning to the field in 2017 after being banned for three months for gambling, his form has been tepid, and his world ranking has continued to decline. Bingham's best result this season is the quarter-finals of the Scottish Open.
After the start of the game, Bingham quickly entered the state, and scored 55 points, 75 points, 51 points and 79 points in a single stroke in a row, and led three games in a row, with a big score of 3:1, of which in the third game, although Bingham scored 51 points in a single stroke, it was a pity that the key ball was wrong, and O'Sullivan achieved a single game reversal with 78:51. In the fifth game, O'Sullivan scored 116 points with a single shot to win. In the sixth game, O'Sullivan scored many times, and finally won the game 87:34. In the seventh game, O'Sullivan scored 70 points with a single stroke and won the next game with 75:25, leading 4:3. In the eighth game, Bingham scored three times and finally won the game 72-0, and the score was tied 4-4.
In the 9th game, Bingham scored 108 points with a single shot to win the game. In the 10th game, O'Sullivan scored three times, and finally won the game 105:18, and the score was tied 5:5. In the 11th game, Bingham took the lead of 61 points, and then O'Sullivan completed the clearance and won the game with a 67:61 reversal, leading 6:5. In the 12th game, Bingham seized the opportunity to score and finally won 60:29, and the score was tied 6:6. In the 13th game, O'Sullivan won the game with a single stroke of 79 points, leading 7:6.