On September 26, 2024, Beijing time, the Snooker United Kingdom Open continues! In the 1/16 finals of the last match day, 4 members of the Chinese Legion played, and in the end, only Lu Haotian advanced! The other three Zhang Anda, Yuan Sijun and Xu Si are out one after another! On the last match day, 8 places were decided in the round of 16, and Neil Robertson, the winner of the English Open at the last stop, suffered a stunner out! The remaining 8 spots in the round of 16 will be determined in the first two time slots before this tournament date! In a focus game that just ended, Fu Jiajun was completely out of shape, and lost 0-4 to the new world champion Kyren Wilson and missed the round of 16! In addition, the four matches in the first period were all over, including world No. 1 Trump 4-2 Mark Davis, Higgins 4-2 Dort, Tachaiya 4-3 Richie Wharton, Lines 4-3 Song Shawar, so far 13 places will be decided in the round of 16!
Fu Jiajun 0-4 Kyren Wilson
On this match day, China's Fu Jiajun will take over the match between Trump and Mark Davis against the new world champion Kyren Wilson! Fu Jiajun has played intermittently in recent seasons due to eye disease, and his state has also been affected! Currently ranked only 69th in the world! Kyren Wilson, ranked No. 2 in the world, is in very good form this season, winning the Xi'an Grand Prix against Trump! In the first game, Kyren Wilson scored 80 points in a single stroke and got off to a good start! In the second game, Fu Jiajun was still not in the state, and there were many simple mistakes, and in the end, Kyren Wilson won another game 67-12! In the third game, Fu Jiajun still made mistakes, and Kyren Wilson scored 50 points in a single stroke many times to get the match point 80-7! In the fourth game, Kyren Wilson scored 95 points in a single stroke to win, and swept Fu Jiajun with a total score of 4-0 to advance to the round of 16!
Trump 4-2 Mark Davis
Trump is currently ranked No. 1 in the world, has won 29 ranking tournaments in his career, and has won at least 5 championships in a single season in three seasons! This season, he won 2 championships and 1 runner-up, and his state is very hot! Offensive and defensive abilities are now at the top level of their careers! Mark Davies, ranked 59th in the world, has not won a ranking tournament in his career, and his best result is a ranking runner-up, and it happens to be the runner-up of the 2018 United Kingdom Open. After the first game of the game, Mark Davis won the first game 60-8! In the second game, Trump made many moves to equalize the score at 74-18! In the third game, Mark Davis was even better offensively and defensively, winning 67-49! Then Trump began to control the game, scoring 54 points and 73 points in a single stroke, winning 3 games in a row and taking away the game!
Higgins 4-2 Dort
Higgins is currently ranked 17th in the world and has been ranked in the top 16 in the world for 29 seasons, and with Neil Robertson winning the last tournament, Higgins was unfortunately squeezed out of the world ranking 16th, and the record of the longest world ranking of 16 in history has also been terminated! Higgins has won 31 ranking tournaments in his career, ranking 3rd all-time, and his form has declined in the past two seasons, and he did not win the championship last season, and his form this season is average! Graeme Dott is currently ranked 54th in the world and has won 2 ranking tournaments in his career, one of which was the '06 World Championships! In addition, he won the runner-up in the World Championships in 05, and now his age has declined seriously! In the first game, Higgins played many times and won the first game 58-1! In the second game, Dort scored 68 points in a single stroke to equalize the score 82-40! In the third game, Higgins was even better between offense and defense, winning 60-22! In the fourth game, Dort seized Higgins' key mistake and won 82-73 and tied the score at 2-2! After the entanglement between the two sides in the fifth game, Dort made a fatal mistake, and Higgins won the first match point 63-55! In the sixth game, Higgins scored 59 points in a single stroke and won the game 73-45!
Tachaiya 4-3 Richie Wharton
Rich Wharton is ranked 36th in the world, has won 3 ranking tournaments in his career, and has been in relatively stable form in the past two seasons! Tachaiya is ranked 40th in the world and has won a single-game limited-time championship in his career! In the last game of this tournament, he defeated Thailand's new brother Sankham to advance to the round of 32! In the first game of this game, Tachaiya took the lead in entering the state and scored 96 points in a single stroke to win the first game! Then Ricky Wharton scored 58 points and 61 points in a single stroke, winning 3 games in a row to get the match point! Tachaiya launched a fierce counterattack, scoring 93 points, 88 points and 115 points in a row, and reversed the opponent in 3 consecutive games to advance to the round of 16! Tachaiya was in a very good state throughout the game, hitting 1 shot to break 100 and 5 strokes of 50+, and the offensive end was very sharp!
Lines 4-3 Somsavat
Lines is currently ranked 99th in the world, and in this tournament, Lines defeated Zhang Jiawei in the last game to advance to the top 32! Thailand teenager Songsavat returned to professional competition this season with a 4-1 win over Kowalski in his last game! In the first game of this game, Lines scored 68 points in a single stroke and took the lead 89-25! In the second game, Lines was still in excellent shape, scoring 53 points in a single stroke to win another game 64-9! After the two sides were entangled in the third game, Song Sava made many moves to pull back a game 65-38! In the fourth game, between the offense and defense of the two sides, Lines performed better, winning 62-44 and taking the lead to get the match point! In the fifth game, Song Sava scored 59 points in a single stroke to save a match point at 108-14! After the entanglement between the two sides in the sixth game, Song Sava played 68-3 many times and dragged the score into the decisive game! In the tiebreaker, Lines was even better offensively and defensively! Defeated his opponent 66-29 to advance to the round of 16