On May 2, 2024, Beijing time, the main event of the World Snooker Championship continued, and the semi-finals were ushered in on this match day. The World Championships is the oldest and highest-level event in snooker, and it is one of the three major competitions. Whether in terms of prize money or professional ranking points, the World Championships are the highest level of competition. The prize money for the champion of this competition is 500,000 pounds, which is the same as the previous competitions, but the full score prize has been greatly increased, and the full score prize is 40,000 pounds in the main competition, a record high.
Snooker originated in the British Isles, so so so far only three non-British Isles players have won the World Championships, including Brechel, Neil Robertson and Canada's Samben, of whom Sammoto has retired, Brecel is the defending champion of the tournament, and Neil Robertson is a Grand Slam player. The best result in the history of Chinese players is Ding Junhui's runner-up result, and all the professional players of the Chinese Legion played in this competition, but unfortunately all of them stopped in the top 16, setting the worst record in history.
In the last match day, the 1/4 matches of the World Championships were all over, and the results continued to be upset, the two favorites O'Sullivan and Trump in this tournament were upset, and only Kyren Wilson advanced to the semifinals as the seeded player. In the 1/4 game, Trump was upset by the biggest dark horse Jack Jones 13:9, Rocket O'Sullivan lost to Bingham 10:13, Higgins was defeated by Kyren Wilson 8:13, and David Gilbert defeated Maguire 13:8 to advance.
In the semi-finals, Jack Jones, the biggest dark horse of this competition, challenged Bingham, and Kyren Wilson and David Gilbert competed for a place in the final. Here is a look at the first stage of the battle between Kyren Wilson and David Gilbert.
Kyren Wilson 4:4 David Gilbert
Kyren Wilson is currently ranked 9th in the world and David Gilbert is ranked 21st. If Kyren Wilson advances to the final, the world ranking rises to No. 6, and if he advances, the world ranking rises to No. 14, returning to the top 16. If Kyren Wilson wins, he will soar to No. 3 in the world rankings and will remain in the top 16 for the next two seasons.
Kyren Wilson has won 5 ranking championships in his career and was once the "leader" of the post-90s. Last season, Brecel won the championship in the post-90s and became the leader of the post-90s. Kyren Wilson has been in poor form in the last two seasons, with his best result this season being the semi-finals of the German Masters. In this tournament, Kyren Wilson defeated veterans Dale, Joe O'Connor and Higgins in succession to advance to the semi-finals, hoping to achieve a good result.
David Gilbert has won championships such as the Champions League and has reached the final of the ranking tournament three times and finished runner-up. In this competition, David Gilbert defeated the defending champion Brecel 10:9 in the first round to advance, in the 1/8 match, facing the veteran Milkins, he won 13:4 easily, and in the 1/4 match, facing the six-time champion Maguire in the ranking match, Brother Tudou won the game 13:8 to advance to the semifinals.
In the first game of the game, Kyren Wilson took the lead in getting into the state, scoring 73 points in a single stroke, winning the first game with 81:23 and getting off to a good start. In the second game, David Gilbert scored piecemeal and finally pulled one back at 67:13. In the third game, David Gilbert took the lead in scoring 40 points to hand over the ball, and Kyren Wilson seized the opportunity to score 87 points in a single stroke to achieve a single-game reversal. In the fourth game, David Gilbert broke 104 points with a single stroke and then scored the next game, and the game was tied 2:2.
In the fifth game, Kyren Wilson took the lead and scored 41 points in a single stroke to lose the bottom pocket red ball, and David Gilbert seized the opportunity to get started, blasting a single stroke of 91 points and winning the game 91:41. In the sixth game, Kyren Wilson relied on a single stroke of 67 points to pull back a game with 74:24, and the game score was 3:3 to draw again. In the seventh game, David Gilbert scored twice and scored 74 points in a single stroke, winning 115:11 and leading 4:3. In the eighth game, Kyren Wilson scored 11 sets of red and black combinations to hit 147 and failed, winning the game 88-0 and drawing 4-4.