Chinese snooker locks the championship! Si Jiahui eliminated the world No. 1, set 6 records, and met Xiao Guodong. The semifinals of the 2024 Snooker Wuhan Open have ended, and the Chinese Snooker Army has won a big victory, with the post-00 rising star Si Jiahui defeating the world's No. 1 Trump 6-2, and Xiao Guodong reversing his junior brother Long Zehuang 6-4, so far the Chinese Army has locked the championship in advance.
Si Jiahui and Trump have played each other 6 times before, Si Jiahui suffered 6 consecutive defeats, and Trump is in very good shape this season, at least the top 8 in all the competitions he has participated in, including 3 finals, won 2 championships and 1 runner-up, so the outside world is generally optimistic about Trump winning before the game. After the start of the game, Trump did take the lead in entering the state, blasting out a single stroke of 109 points to win a game, but after that, the situation on the field was one-sided, Si Jiahui continuously blasted out a single stroke 144 points, 61 points, 147 points, 81 points won 4 games in a row, the sixth game, Trump finally hit a single stroke 89 points to win this game, but after that, Si Jiahui directly took over the game, continuously hit a single stroke 108 points, 71 points won two games in a row, and defeated Trump with a total score of 6-2 and successfully entered the final. In the other semi-final, Xiao Guodong defeated Long Zehuang 6-4, so that Si Jiahui will compete with Xiao Guodong for the championship in the final.
With this victory, Si Jiahui directly refreshed 5 records, the first one, Si Jiahui personally hit a single stroke of 147 full score for the first time in an official competition, becoming the second post-00 player to play a full score after Fan Zhengyi; In the second event, Si Jiahui scored 147 points this time, which is still the highest single-stroke score in the history of the Wuhan Open; In the third event, Si Jiahui defeated Trump for the first time in his career and ended his six-game losing streak; Fourth, Si Jiahui reached the final of the Wuhan Open for the first time; Fifth, Si Jiahui's world ranking was 13th before the start of this competition, but as Si Jiahui reaches the final, his world ranking will definitely rise and will create a new personal high; In the sixth event, Si Jiahui teamed up with Xiao Guodong to reach the final, which was the first time in the history of the Wuhan Open that two Chinese players won the championship and runner-up.
After the game, Si Jiahui was still very modest in an interview, saying that in the face of Trump, the first thing he did was to calm down, and he played exceptionally well in this game, was very satisfied with his performance, and was very happy to be able to score his first shot of 147 points in China. Later, Si Jiahui also said that there will not be too much pressure to face Xiao Guodong in the final, because the championship already belongs to China, and all he has to do is to enjoy the game, and I hope that everyone can improve together and the future belongs to China. Si Jiahui and Xiao Guodong have not won the ranking championship before, and one of the two will definitely win the first championship of their careers this time, so let's continue to pay attention. This article was originally written by Xiao Lizi, please do not plagiarize or carry it.