On the evening of April 16, Beijing time, the 2024 Snooker World Championship qualifying round officially launched a life-and-death duel, and Zhou Yuelong, Lv Haotian, Yuan Sijun and He Guoqiang, who took the lead in the Chinese army, rose first and then suppressed in the first stage, and they all missed the advantage of expanding the score and all fell behind.
Dominic Dyer vs He Guoqiang
"Hunan's first shot" He Guoqiang knocked out the difficult Scottish star McGill in the last upset to enter the final round of the World Championships, which is impressive, and the dark horse is full of color, but Chinese fans have long been accustomed to it, and Luo Honghao, who was also the "glove brother", also entered Crucible in the first season, but has disappeared now.
That's why stability is the most important thing.
This round faced the 52-year-old "Astronaut" Dell, who was the dark horse of the Shanghai Masters champion (ranking match) in the early days, and as soon as the battle came up, he hit 67 and 65 points in a single stroke and scored two games in a row to give Xiao He a dismount.
In the third game, Xiao He counterattacked with a single stroke of 88 and 77 points when he was 40+ behind, and the score was 2-2. After returning from the break, Xiao He frequently missed good opportunities, and in the 8th game, he had a chance to change the score to 5-3, and was invincible in the first stage, but was led by the opponent 5-4!
Stephen Maguire vs Yuan Sijun
The two sides recorded 4-2, "nerve knife" Yuan Sijun was at a disadvantage and only won two games, this battle, Yuan Sijun took the lead in the game, and won a 3-1 lead with 76 and 61 points in a single stroke, and Maguire also had a single stroke 90+ performance.
Who expected that after the adjustment between the games, Maguire's state picked up, and he won three games in a row to overtake with a total score of 4-3.
Lu Haotian vs Jenson Kendrick
Before the start of this qualifying tournament, everyone thought that Jensen was a fish belly player, and there were endless low-level mistakes against Bai Yulu in the first round, but he never thought that he could break through three levels in a row to reach the final round, and he was a strong contender for the "Best Newcomer Award".
In this game, he faced "Nerve Knife" Lu Haotian, who had the opportunity to change the score to 3-1, but made a low-level mistake in the fourth game and lost the yellow ball in the bag, thus being equalized by the opponent.
After that, the two sides went back and forth, and played from 3-3 to 4-4, and Lu Haotian finally fell behind his opponent with a total score of 4-5.
Zhou Yuelong vs Jack Jones
The two sides have a record of 4-0 in the past, Zhou Yuelong occupies an absolute advantage, this battle, the two of them soared high scores in the opening game, Jack beat a single stroke 72, 98 points to seize a 2-0 lead, Zhou Yuelong counterattacked a single stroke 100, 60 points to equalize the score.
After the inter-game adjustment, Zhou Yuelong once expanded the score to 4-2 in two consecutive games, but by the end of the stage, he fell behind with a total score of 4-5.
After a short break, the decisive stage will be decided at 0:00 a.m. Beijing time on April 17, hoping that Chinese players will quit impatience and take every shot seriously, and the victory comes from never giving up.
In the other games, the young driver 6-3 "Welsh Dragon", the world champion Bingham performed in a sluggish performance and temporarily fell behind Luis 4-5.