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Snooker England Open match report! Wu Yize took the lead in advancing to the quarterfinals; Si Jiahui 2-3 Selby

Snooker England Open match report! Wu Yize took the lead in advancing to the quarterfinals; Si Jiahui 2-3 Selby

On the evening of September 19, Beijing time, the 2024 Snooker England Open entered the 7th match day of competition, and it was also the 4th day of the main competition, on this day the quarterfinals will be decided, and there are 5 Chinese players who hit the quarterfinals, namely Si Jiahui, Pang Junxu, Wu Yize, Fan Zhengyi, He Guoqiang, they are all "post-00" players, which fully proves the great progress of Chinese snooker, and the following brings detailed information.

Snooker England Open match report! Wu Yize took the lead in advancing to the quarterfinals; Si Jiahui 2-3 Selby

The tournament is the fifth event of the 24/25 season, a ranking tournament held in the United Kingdom at a high level, with a prize fund of £100,000 for the winner, and according to the tournament schedule, two qualifying rounds (128 into 96; 96 into 64) until the 1/8 finals, taking 7 rounds and 4 wins; The 1/4 finals will be 9 rounds and 5 wins; The semi-finals will be played in 11 rounds and 6 wins; The final will be a best-of-17 system.

Snooker England Open match report! Wu Yize took the lead in advancing to the quarterfinals; Si Jiahui 2-3 Selby

In terms of Chinese players, a total of 24 people participated, namely Zhang Anda, Si Jiahui, Zhou Yuelong, Pang Junxu, Lv Haotian, Liu Hongyu, Fan Zhengyi, Xiao Guodong, He Guoqiang, Yuan Sijun, Tian Pengfei, Wu Yize;

Xu Si, Ma Hailong, Xing Zihao, Fu Jiajun, Jiang Jun, Long Zehuang, Zhang Jiawei, Gong Chenzhi, Wang Yuchen, Lei Peifan, Huang Jiahao, Bai Yulu. According to the world rankings, 5 players Zhang Anda, Si Jiahui, Zhou Yuelong, Pang Junxu and Lv Haotian directly advanced to the main tournament (top 64), and the remaining 19 players will start from the qualifying round.

Snooker England Open match report! Wu Yize took the lead in advancing to the quarterfinals; Si Jiahui 2-3 Selby

As a result, after 3 days of qualifying and 3 days of competition, Si Jiahui, Pang Junxu, Wu Yize, Fan Zhengyi, He Guoqiang 5 "post-00" players advanced to the top 16, of which Si Jiahui and Pang Junxu won 2 games in a row; Wu Yize, Fan Zhengyi, and He Guoqiang started from the second round of the qualifying round (96 into 64) and won 3 games in a row to advance to the top 16.

Fan Zhengyi is in his first game, that is, the second round of the qualifying round (96 into 64), Fan Zhengyi faced the world No. 85 Liam Pullen, and defeated the opponent 4-2 at the same time, the 6th game was the first 147 perfect score of his career, so far Fan Zhengyi has also become the first "post-00" player to score 147 full points in the professional snooker tour, creating a new history of snooker, congratulations to Fan Zhengyi.

Snooker England Open match report! Wu Yize took the lead in advancing to the quarterfinals; Si Jiahui 2-3 Selby

According to the event arrangement, from the evening of September 19th to the early morning of the 20th, the 1/8 finals will be in full swing, and the first two games will be played at 20:00 on the 19th, namely Si Jiahui VS Selby, Wu Yize VS Ben Wollaston.

First, let's take a look at the details of Wu Yize's match with Ben Wollaston:

Wu Yize is 20 years old, ranked 40th in the world, and his performance in this competition is very good! In the first round of the main match (64 into 32), he defeated the world champion Bingham 4-3; In the second round of the main draw (1/16 finals), facing Ali Carter, ranked 11th in the world, Wu Yize won 3 games in a row after falling behind 1-2.

Snooker England Open match report! Wu Yize took the lead in advancing to the quarterfinals; Si Jiahui 2-3 Selby

Ben Wollaston is 37 years old, ranked 52nd in the world, 17 years older than Wu Yize, and has a career of nearly 20 years.

Snooker England Open match report! Wu Yize took the lead in advancing to the quarterfinals; Si Jiahui 2-3 Selby

As soon as the game came up, Wu Yize won two games in a row, and then Wollaston won two games in a row, and the score came to 2-2, and then Wu Yize withstood the pressure and also won two games in a row, and both games hit a high score of 88 points in a single stroke, so far 4-2 eliminated Ben Wollaston and took the lead in advancing to the quarterfinals! Congratulations to the 20-year-old Wu Yize!

Snooker England Open match report! Wu Yize took the lead in advancing to the quarterfinals; Si Jiahui 2-3 Selby

Let's take a look at the details of Si Jiahui's vs Selby:

Si Jiahui is 22 years old, ranked 13th in the world, in last year's World Championships, Si Jiahui, who was ranked 80th in the world at the time, started from the second round of the qualifying round, and won 5 consecutive games to advance to the semifinals, becoming the first "post-00" player in the history of the World Snooker Championship to advance to the semifinals, and has become famous!

Snooker England Open match report! Wu Yize took the lead in advancing to the quarterfinals; Si Jiahui 2-3 Selby

Coming to this season, in the first Snooker Saudi Masters that just ended in the last stop, Si Jiahui also entered the semi-finals and received a bonus of 100,000 pounds, so far the world ranking has come to the current 13th, and he is also the only "post-00" player among the top 16 players in the world.

Snooker England Open match report! Wu Yize took the lead in advancing to the quarterfinals; Si Jiahui 2-3 Selby

Selby is 41 years old, ranked 5th in the world, and is known as the "80 Five Tigers" along with Trump, Neil Robertson, Murphy, and Ding Junhui, and has won a total of 22 ranking tournaments and Grand Slam players in his career. Because of his defensive expertise, he was nicknamed "King of the Great Mill" by fans.

Snooker England Open match report! Wu Yize took the lead in advancing to the quarterfinals; Si Jiahui 2-3 Selby

Si Jiahui took the lead in winning the first game, and in the second game, Si Jiahui also had a very good chance to win, but there were many mistakes, Selby won the second game by scoring the last black ball, chasing the score to a 1-1 draw, and then Selby took advantage of the victory to chase, seized the opportunity of Si Jiahui's poor offensive state, and won 2 games in a row with defense to drive his own attack, 3-1 to get two match point opportunities.

Snooker England Open match report! Wu Yize took the lead in advancing to the quarterfinals; Si Jiahui 2-3 Selby

In the 5th game, the two sides entered the defensive battle again, Si Jiahui was lucky to score a red ball after unlocking a shot of snooker, and finally won the 5th game 81-17, chasing the big score to 2-3, the suspense of the game reappeared, I hope Si Jiahui can reverse Selby, wish him good luck!

Snooker England Open match report! Wu Yize took the lead in advancing to the quarterfinals; Si Jiahui 2-3 Selby