On the evening of April 21, Beijing time, in the first round of the 2024 World Snooker Championship, Trump and Hussein Wafi competed for a place in the round of 16, and in the end, Trump won 10-5 and advanced to the round of 16, while Wafei was unfortunately out.
Trump is a post-80s player, world champion and Grand Slam player, as a former tournament champion, Trump has won five titles this season, and he is the No. 3 seed this time. Wafi is the "Iranian first brother", who broke through from the qualifying round, and he is ranked 19th in the world, eliminating Fu Jiajun 10-4 and Jiang Jun 10-5 in a row, and successfully entered the main event. Both are relatively good in attack, according to statistics, the two have played each other a total of 12 times before, Trump 8-4! The most recent meeting was last year's 6-red ball World Championships, when Wafei won 6-5. On the whole, Trump's strength is still significantly stronger.
In the first game, 94-13 ♥took the lead. In the second game, Wafei scored 56 points in a single stroke, ♥566 points, and 70-56 reversed in a single game, 2-0. In the third game, Wafei scored 53 points in a single stroke and 72 points in a single stroke to win, 3-0. In the fourth game, Wafei scored 60 points and 72-15 in a single stroke, and finally pulled back a game to 1-3. In the fifth game, 56 ♥points, 64-44, 4-1.
In the 6th game, Wafei scored 138 points in a single stroke, 144-8 and won 2-4. In the 7th and 8th games, Trump scored 77 points in a single stroke and won two games in a row 6-2. In the 9th game, Wafei won with a single stroke of 74 points, and after the first stage, Trump led 6-3.
In the 10th game, Wafei won 70-13 many times, 4-6. In the 11th and 12th games, Trump won two games in a row, 95-0 and 74-0, 8-4. In the 13th game, Trump won 9-4 to get the match point. In the 14th game, Wafei won thrillingly, 5-9. In the 15th game, Trump won smoothly and advanced 10-5.