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6-4 shot down the rocket, shi jiahui advanced to the semi-finals of the saudi masters and entered the top 16 in the world rankings for the first time

2024-09-06

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in the early morning of september 6, the snooker saudi masters ushered in a focus battle. china's only hope shi jiahui faced rocket o'sullivan. the two sides will compete for a place in the semi-finals.

in this saudi masters, rocket o'sullivan defeated chinese players lei peifan and zhang anda to advance to the quarterfinals. shi jiahui defeated tom ford and pang junxu to advance to the quarterfinals. since xiao guodong lost 2-6 to shaun murphy, the task of the chinese team to reach the semifinals fell to the 22-year-old shi jiahui. the two sides had played against each other 6 times before, and shi jiahui only beat rocket once. for any player, it is too difficult to shoot down rocket in such a big competition with such a rich prize money.

in the first game, o'sullivan took the lead and scored 21 points before making a mistake. shi jiahui took the lead and scored 36 points, and the two sides entered a defensive battle. shi jiahui took the lead again and scored 67 points, 67-21, and shi jiahui got off to a good start. in the second game, o'sullivan took the lead again, scored 37 points and made a mistake. shi jiahui took the lead, but the cue ball unfortunately fell into the pocket when hitting the black ball. rocket made a mistake in the defensive battle, and shi jiahui scored 87 points in a single shot, 88-45, and shi jiahui led 2-0.