On April 28, Beijing time, the World Snooker Championship continued at the Crucible Theater, and half of the top 8 have been produced, and 11 seeded players have lost out, which can be said to be unpopular, and the following brings detailed information.
The first round of the main tournament (1/16 finals) adopts a 19-game 10-win system, which is divided into 2 periods (9 rounds/10 rounds); 1/8 finals and 1/4 finals, using 25 rounds and 13 wins, divided into 3 periods (8 rounds/8 rounds/9 rounds);
The semi-finals are played in 4 stages (8 games/8 games/8 games/9 games) and the finals are played in 4 stages (8 games/9 games/8 games/10 games) in a 35-18 system.
The prize money of the World Championships is naturally quite generous, with 20,000 pounds for entering the main competition (top 32), 30,000 pounds for the top 16, 50,000 pounds for the top 8, 100,000 pounds for the top 4, 200,000 pounds for the runner-up, and 500,000 pounds for the champion! In addition, the perfect score of 147 points in the main competition will be rewarded with an additional 40,000 pounds.
At present, "Rocket" O'Sullivan and "Billiards Emperor" Hendry are tied for first place in the number of World Championships championships, both reaching 7 times, but from the current point of view, the 55-year-old Hendry has stayed away from the field, and the 48-year-old O'Sullivan is still in his prime.
This season's O'Sullivan won 5 championships, including the British Championship and the Masters Championship! In this World Championships, O'Sullivan is still the favorite to win the championship and will attack his 8th lap of the Grand Slam!
According to the rules of the tournament, the defending champion is the top seed, and a total of 16 players with the world's highest ranking 15 players will directly advance to the main event, and the remaining 16 places in the main match will go through the qualifying round, and join hands with the top 16 seeds to come to Crucible to compete for the final championship!
The top 16 seeds are defending champions Belgian Brecel (4), O'Sullivan (1), Trump (2), Mark Allen (3), Selby (5), Mark Williams (6), Ding Junhui (7), Murphy (8);
Ali Carter (9), Gary Wilson (10), Anda Chang (11), Kyren Wilson (12), Higgins (13), Tom Forde (14), Barry Hawkins (15), Milkins (16).
The 16 players who broke through in the qualifying round are, in order of world ranking, Lisowski (17), Ryan Day (18), Hussein Wafi (19), Si Jiahui (23), Lu Haotian (26), Pang Junxu (27), Maguire (28), Bingham (29);
O'Connor (30), Gilbert (31), Rickie Wharton (32), Dominic Dyer (40), Jamie Jones (41), Jackson Page (43), Jack Jones (44), Robbie Williams (45).
At present, 11 seeded players have lost out, first in the first round of the main competition, that is, the 1/16 finals, half of the seeded players suffered a round trip, namely Brecel (4), Selby (5), Mark Williams (6), Ding Junhui (7), Ali Carter (9), Gary Wilson (10), Zhang Anda (11), Barry Hawkins (15).
The specific results are: Brecel (4) 8-10 Gilbert (31), Selby (5) 6-10 O'Connor (30), Mark Williams (6) 9-10 Si Jiahui (23), Ding Junhui (7) 9-10 Lisowski (17);
Ali Carter (9) 7-10 Maguire (28), Gary Wilson (10) 5-10 Bingham (29), Anda Chang (11) 4-10 Jack Jones (44), Barry Hawkins (15) 8-10 Ryan Day (18).
The results of the remaining 8 games in the first round of the main competition are: O'Sullivan (1) 10-1 Jackson Page (43), Trump (2) 10-5 Wafei (19), Mark Allen (3) 10-6 Robbie Williams (45), Murphy (8) 10-5 Lu Haotian (26);
Kyren Wilson (12) 10-1 Dominic Dyer (40), Higgins (13) 10-6 Jamie Jones (41), Tom Forde (14) 10-6 Rich Wharton (32), Milkins (16) 10-9 Pang Junxu (27). The matchups of the 1/8 finals are shown in the following chart:
At present, the 1/8 finals have ended 4 games, and 3 seeded players have lost out, namely Shaun Murphy (8), Tom Forde (14), Milkins (16), the specific results are:
Shaun Murphy (8), 9-13 Maguire (28), Tom Forde (14), 7-13 Trump (2), Muerkins (16), 4-13 Gilbert (31). In the remaining 1/8 finals, Si Jiahui (23) 9-13 Jack Jones (44), so far all 5 Chinese players who have advanced to the main tournament are out.
No. 7 seed Ding Junhui, No. 11 seed Zhang Anda and Pang Junxu and Lu Haotian, who broke through the qualifying round, Si Jiahui, who is only 22 years old, achieved the best result of a Chinese player in this World Championships, which is the top 16!
You must know that Si Jiahui was a sensation in last year's World Championships and advanced to the semi-finals, although this World Championships also achieved the best results of Chinese players, but in the 1/8 finals facing Jack Jones, ranked 44th in the world, Si Jiahui's overall performance was unsatisfactory. However, Si Jiahui is still very young after all, and the future is still worth looking forward to.
The remaining four 1/8 finals have ended the first stage of the competition, and the specific results are: O'Sullivan (1) 5-3 Ryan Day (18), Mark Allen (3) 4-4 Higgins (13), Kyren Wilson (12) 6-2 O'Connor (30), Lisowski (17) 3-5 Bingham (29).
From the current point of view, there are still a lot of upsets in this Snooker World Championship, but O'Sullivan and Trump are still very strong, but they are both in the lower half of the region, and whether the two can usher in a direct confrontation will be very worthy of fans' expectations!
Can Trump, who has won five championships and three runners-up this season, usher in his second World Championship championship? Can the 48-year-old "Rocket" O'Sullivan achieve the great feat of eight Grand Slams? Will this World Championship usher in a new king again? Let's wait and see the above suspense!