In the early morning of May 5, the semifinals of the World Snooker Championship continued, and the fourth stage of the match between Jack Jones and Bingham was staged. With a full-time 11-shot 50+ performance, Jones continued his dark horse nature, knocking out the 2015 tournament champion 17-12 and reaching the World Championship final for the first time.
In the first stage of the game, Bingham scored 76 points and 94 points in a single stroke, and won 3 games in a row to gain a 3-0 advantage. Jones scored a 66 in the fifth game, and the two sides fought to a 3-3 tie after three consecutive games. In the 7th and 8th rounds, both sides each shot 70+, 4-4 to end the first stage of the competition.
In the second stage, Bingham scored a 79 and a 107 to lead 6-4 after winning two games in a row. Jones shot three 60+ shots to win four of the next five rounds. In the 16th game, Bingham recovered 1 game, and the two sides were tied 8-8 after the second period, which was still difficult to solve.
The third period was very fierce, with Bingham winning the 17th game, but then Jones unleashed a five-game run to lead 13-9 to four games. In the 23rd game, Bingham scored 104 points and chased 10-13 to end the third stage of the competition.
In the fourth stage, Bingham won the 24th game, and the score was 11-13. Jones then scored 65 points in the 26th inning, extending his advantage 15-11 after two consecutive games. Bingham won the 27th game and went into the break 12-15. After the break, Jones seized Bingham's mistake and scored 70 points to get the match point, and Jones cashed in 58 points in a single stroke in the match point game to win 17-12.
In the end, Jones eliminated Bingham 17-12, continuing his dark horse nature, and successfully reached the final of the main event of the World Championships for the second time in his career, becoming the ninth qualifier to reach the final of the World Championships. Next, Jones will face Kyren Wilson for the title, and this is the first time that the World Championship final will be staged between post-90s players.