2024 Snooker World Championship semifinals, Kyren Wilson vs. David Gilbert, the latest report, after three stages of the two, Wilson 14-10, advanced to the finals in sight, and in the third stage he also played 5 consecutive whips.
As the only seeded player in the semi-finals, Wilson is the No. 12 seed and can be said to be the biggest favorite to win the championship at present, although in recent seasons, Wilson's overall performance has been poor, although he has been sitting in the TOP16 position for a long time, but he has not achieved particularly outstanding results, and this year's World Championships, Wilson broke out strongly, all the way to the semifinals, and is only one step away from reaching the World Championship finals again. Of course, although Gilbert is a qualifier, he was also a TOP16 player before, and he performed equally strongly on the road to promotion, and he has every chance to overthrow Wilson on the next level.
In the first stage, the two played 4-4, evenly matched, and in the second stage, the two sides still did not open up the difference, and the score rose alternately, and the current score is 8-8 draw. Judging from the first two stages, the strength of the two is indeed somewhat close. In the 17th and 18th rounds, the two each shot another 50+, 9-9. And then, Wilson suddenly exerted his strength, hitting 93 points in a single stroke, 51 points in a single stroke and 88 points in a single stroke, and after a wave of 5 consecutive whips, 14-9 established an advantage, which is already a relatively huge advantage.
In the 24th game, Gilbert's 30 points in a single stroke were interrupted again, but fortunately, there was no good opportunity for Wilson. Wilson then missed another opportunity, and Gilbert decisively hit a single stroke of 101 points to directly end the suspense of the game, easily pulling back a game, and after three stages, Wilson led Gilbert with a score of 14-10.