On April 27, 2024, Beijing time, the World Snooker Championship is in full swing, and the 1/8 competition will continue on this match day. The 1/8 match adopts a 25-game 13-win format and is played in three stages. In the last match day, David Gilbert upset the seeded player Milkins 13:4 to advance to the top 8, and this match day, Trump and Si Jiahui played one after another for the final stage of the competition to determine the winner of the game.
The tournament has been full of upsets, with Robertson, the world champion who has been in a slump in form for the last two seasons, starting with qualifying and being knocked out in the final qualifying round. In the first round of the main event, half of the seeded players were beaten in the first round, including Ding Junhui and Zhang Anda of the Chinese Army, and Selby, the four-time champion of the World Championships, and Mark Williams, the "75 Three Heroes", were also upset. In the 1/8 match, seeded players Milkins and Tom Forde were eliminated, and so far, 10 seeded players have been eliminated.
No Chinese player has won the championship in the history of the World Championships, and the best result of a Chinese player is Ding Junhui's runner-up. Last season, 10 players of the Chinese Legion were banned, including Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao and other players who had won the three major championships, in the World Championships, the teenager Si Jiahui performed brilliantly, successfully entered the semi-finals, and it was also the best result of the Chinese Legion, and Si Jiahui became the top 16 again this season. In the previous two stages of the 1/8 game, Si Jiahui fell behind 7:9, and the winner will be decided on this match day.
Trump 13:7 Tom Forde
Trump is ranked 2nd in the world and Tom Forde is ranked 14th, and from the perspective of historical results and world rankings, Trump has an absolute advantage. Tom Forde has reached two ranking finals in his career, but failed to win either of them, and has broken into the top 16 for the first time in the world rankings since finishing runner-up at the National Championships this season, although he is also the only player in the top 16 who has not won a ranking tournament.
Trump has won 28 ranking tournaments in his career, has a steady style of play, and is known as the "quasi-god" by fans with his sharp attack and accurate distance. Trump has set a record of 6 ranking championships in a single season in his career, and this season he has exploded again, winning five championships and ranking first in a single season. Although the number of Trump ranking tournament champions is far ahead, the results of the three major competitions are relatively sluggish, and most of the seeded players in this competition are out, and Xiaote is ushering in a good thing.
At the beginning of the game, in the first four games, the two went back and forth, winning two games each, and the score was a 2:2 draw. In the fifth game, Trump won the reversal with a single game 70:63. Subsequently, Trump scored 52 and 69 points in a single stroke in a row to win two games in a row. In the eighth game, Trump scored three times, and finally won the next game 70:14. In the ninth game, Trump scored 107 points in a single stroke to win. In the 10th game, Tom Forde pulled back a game with a single stroke of 73 points. In the 11th game, Trump scored 67 points in a single stroke and won 68:29, leading 8:3.
In the 12th game, Trump scored piecemeal and finally won the game 55-24. In the 13th game, Tom Forde pulled one back at 69:32. Subsequently, Trump scored 59 and 50 points in a single stroke in a row, and won two games in a row, leading 11:4. Tom Forde, who was cornered, fought back strongly, scoring 83 and 76 points in a single stroke in a row, and won two games in a row. In the 18th game, Trump scored 107 points in a single stroke to win, and the big score was 12:6 to take the lead in the match point. In the 19th game, Tom Forde scored several times and finally saved a match point at 66:28. In the 20th game, Trump scored 84 points in a single stroke to end the game directly, and easily advanced to the quarterfinals with a big score of 13:7.
Maguire 10:6 Shaun Murphy
World champion Shaun Murphy and Harry Maguire have battled for a place in the last eight and have met 28 times in their history, winning 14 games each. "80 Five Tigers" Shaun Murphy won 12 ranking championships in his career, gradually catching up with Ding Junhui. Sean Murphy's form has been in a slump since winning the Champions League this season, often stopping in the first two rounds. Maguire has won six ranking tournaments in his career, but his form has been tepid since his 2020 Tour Championship triumph and his world rankings have continued to decline.
At the beginning of the game, Shaun Murphy scored 56 points in a single stroke and won the game 80:29. In the second game, Maguire seized the opportunity to get started and pulled one back at 65:30. In the third game, Ma Kuiwen scored 50 points in a single stroke and won the next game with 83:24. In the fourth game, the two alternated scores and finally won the game 73:52, and the score was tied 2:2. In the fifth game, Maguire won the game with a single stroke of 68 points. In the sixth game, Shaun Murphy scored twice and scored 57 points in a single stroke to win 67:31. In the seventh game, Maguire won the game 68-1. In the eighth game, Maguire took advantage of the victory to chase and scored 72 points in a single stroke to win, leading 5:3.
In the ninth game, Maguire scored many times and finally won the game 66-1. In the 10th game, the two alternated scores piecemeal, and finally Shaun Murphy reversed with a 59-58 extreme single game. In the 11th game, Maguire scored 97 points in a single stroke to win the game, leading 7:4. In the 12th game, Shaun Murphy achieved a single-game reversal with 60:55. In the 13th game, Maguire won the game 73:28 with a single stroke of 69 points, leading 8:5. In the 14th game, Shaun Murphy scored 66 points in a single stroke to win the game. In the 15th game, Maguire scored twice and finally won 64-39. In the 16th game, Shaun Murphy scored 60 points in a single stroke, and finally Maguire won the reversal with a single game of 73:64, leading 10:6.