The semifinals of the 2024 Snooker Wuhan Open are over, and the two Chinese players will play well in the finals, especially the 22-year-old Si Jiahui is in great shape, defeating the world's No. 1 Trump with 3 strokes and 3 strokes of 50+ to advance to the finals, and will compete with another Chinese player, Xiao Guodong, for the championship.
In the first half of Si Jiahui and Trume, the world No. 1 scored 109 points in a single stroke at the beginning of the game, and then Si Jiahui returned 144 points in a single stroke and scored 147 points in the fourth game for the first stroke of his career, entering the break 3-1; In the fifth game, Trump made a mistake with a single stroke of 59 points, and Si Jiahui made two wonderful long platforms and scored 81 points in a single stroke to complete the clearance.
In the seventh game, Si Jiahui scored 108 points in a single stroke and won 5-2 Trump and took the lead in getting the match point; In the eighth game, Si Jiahui scored 70+ points in a single stroke, defeated Xiaote for the first time in his career, and advanced to the finals of the ranking tournament for the second time. It is worth mentioning that Si Jiahui's first career score of 147 is also the first perfect score of this Wuhan Open, and he is also the second post-00 player to score 147 after Fan Zhengyi, and the 206th shot of 147 in the history of snooker professional events.
In the semi-finals of the "Chinese Derby", Xiao Guodong staged a big reversal, suddenly broke out when he fell behind 1-4, scored 130, 112, and 91 points in a single stroke, staged five consecutive whips to reverse Long Zehuang 6-4, and reached the final of the ranking tournament for the third time in his career. The final between Si Jiahui and Xiao Guodong is the second final of the Chinese derby after the 22 Germany Masters. According to statistics, this is the 6th final "Chinese Derby" in the history of professional snooker and the 4th in the history of ranking tournaments.
The first five times were, Ding Junhui defeated Fu Jiajun 10-4 in the 11 Masters; In the 13th Shanghai Masters, Ding Junhui defeated Xiao Guodong 10-6; 13 International Championships, Ding Junhui 10-9 Fu Jiajun; In the 13th Asian Tour APTC3, Liang Wenbo defeated Lu Haotian 4-0; In the final of the 22 Germany Masters, Zhao Xintong defeated Yan Bingtao 9-0. Since neither Si Jiahui nor Xiao Guodong have won the championship, the 8th ranking champion from China will be born in this final.
Si Jiahui said in an interview after the game, "I just entered the top 16, and I didn't have a 147, so I also want to hit a shot." I desperately need a champion to prove myself. From Si Jiahui's interview, we can understand his desire for the title, according to the distribution of prize money in Wuhan, the winner received 140,000 pounds and the runner-up 63,000 pounds. The two Chinese players have been guaranteed to receive a minimum of 63,000 pounds and will hit 140,000 pounds, that is, a prize of one million yuan.
Si Jiahui is now ranked 13th in the world with £361,400, and if he can win the title, his prize money will exceed £500,000, surpassing Ding Junhui's 461,500 to rank 9th in the world. In the single-season prize money list, Si Jiahui ranked sixth with 125,400 pounds, won the championship and rose to third, and unfortunately won silver to fourth.