On May 2, 2024, Beijing time, the 1/4 finals of the World Snooker World Championship were all over. World No. 1 Ronnie O'Sullivan lost to Bingham 10-13, and four-time world champion Higgins lost to Kyren Wilson 8-13.
David Gilbert eliminated the strong Maguire 13-8, while the biggest dark horse player of this tournament, Jack Jones, defeated Trump 13-9 to break the biggest upset of this tournament.
After this match, the semi-finals of the World Championships were announced. They are Bingham, Kyren Wilson, Gilbert and Jack Jones.
So far, only Kyren Wilson is left in the top 16. Next, Bingham will face Jack Jones, while Wilson will take on Gilbert.
Higgins and O'Sullivan both announced their upsets
In the match between Higgins and Kyren Wilson, Wilson's form can be described as full firepower. After 21 rounds of competition, Kyren Wilson defeated four-time world champion Higgins 13-8 with a single stroke of 121, 101, 70, 95, 93, 71, 94, 53, 56 and 61 points, as well as two consecutive wins of four games, defeated four-time world champion Higgins 13-8 to successfully enter the semifinals.
In another game, O'Sullivan staged a battle of focus with his lucky star Bingham. But this time Bingham did not play the role of O'Sullivan's lucky star, but became the ruthless superstar killer.
After 23 rounds of competition, Bingham scored 108 points, 125 points, 104 points, 55 points, 75 points, 51 points, 79 points, 60 points, 92 points, 63 points and 67 points to defeat O'Sullivan 13-10.
Both Judd Trump and Harry Maguire missed out on the semi-finals
In the other two games, the exits of Trump and Maguire were equally surprising. In the match between Trump and Jack Jones, Trump drew 8-8 with Jack Jones in the first two stages.
But when the game entered the third stage, and the two players won one game each, Trump suddenly couldn't find his form. In the next four games, Jack Jones won four games in a row with an excellent performance of 87 points, 61 points, and 106 points with a single stroke, and finally defeated Trump 13-9, the biggest upset of this tournament.
In the match between Gilbert and Maguire, Gilbert beat Maguire with a score of 7-1 in the first stage with a single stroke of 110, 130 and 83 points. Although Maguire struggled to catch up in the next two stages, he still lost 8-13 to Gilbert in the end.
The specific schedule of the semi-finals of the World Championships
After the quarterfinals of the World Championships, the three world champions were announced, and there was only one player left in the top 16.
In the semi-finals, Kyren Wilson will face David Gilbert, while Bingham will take on Jack Jones.
Kyren Wilson and Gilbert will play in four stages: 20:00 Beijing time on May 2, 17:00 on May 3, 2024 at 2:00 GMT, 2:00 on May 4 and 21:30 on May 4, 2024.
Bingham and Jack Jones will play at 2:00 on May 3, 2024, 21:30 on May 3, 17:00 on May 4 and 2:00 on May 5, 2024.
Judging by the lineup of the two games, Kyren Wilson and Bingham are expected to meet in the final. But judging from the competition of this World Championships, upsets are not unusual. After all, it was a surprise that three qualifiers had reached the last four.