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snooker quarterfinals announced: wu yize advances to face trump again, higgins reaches milestone but unfortunately eliminated

2024-09-20

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on september 20, beijing time, the 2024 snooker english open ended the quarter-finals and the top eight were officially born. five chinese players competed in the quarter-finals, but only wu yize advanced to the quarter-finals. he will face trump again in the quarter-finals. higgins completed the milestone of 1,000 shots, but unfortunately he lost to mark allen 3-4 and was eliminated. in addition, pang junxu lost four consecutive games when he was leading 3-0 and was eliminated by chris wakelin.

in this competition, 5 chinese players made it to the top 16, namely si jiahui, pang junxu, guo qiang, wu yize and fan zhengyi. they are all new generation players, which shows that chinese snooker has successors. however, in the 1/8 finals, many young players missed their chances, and only wu yize finally broke through. young player wu yize scored 94 points, 59 points and two 88 points, and defeated ben wollaston 4-2, advancing to the quarterfinals.

next, wu yize will face trump again in the quarter-finals. the last time they met, wu yize was leading by a large margin but was reversed. i hope he can learn from his experience and strive for revenge. pang junxu had a good feel at the beginning, scoring 83 points in a single shot, taking a 3-0 lead and getting the match point, but he suddenly lost his touch, and his opponent chris wakelin fought back strongly, winning three consecutive games with three shots of 50+, dragging the game into the deciding game. in the final deciding game, pang junxu scored 51 points in a single shot, but still missed the opportunity. chris wakelin reversed pang junxu 4-3 and advanced to the quarterfinals.

in addition, guoqiang won three games in a row after falling behind 0-3, but unfortunately missed the chance in the final game and lost 3-4 to singh chadha. si jiahui dragged the game into the final game after falling behind 1-3, but unfortunately missed the chance in the final game and lost 3-4 to mark selby. fan zhengyi once took a 2-1 lead, but then lost three games in a row and lost 2-4 to trump. fan zhengyi, si jiahui, guoqiang, and pang junxu were all eliminated. the three players lost the final game, which was indeed a bit helpless.

the focus of this match day was the strong dialogue between john higgins and mark allen. higgins fell behind 1-3 but won two games in a row, scoring 108 and 105 points. with these two century breaks, john higgins became the second player in history to score 1,000 centuries after ronnie o'sullivan. unfortunately, higgins missed the chance in the final game and lost to mark allen 3-4. he was eliminated on a milestone night and missed the quarterfinals.

in other matches, neil robertson defeated ross muir 4-1, and barry hawkins defeated the new world champion karen wilson 4-2. the top eight of this tournament have all been decided. the specific matchups in the quarter-finals are: judd trump vs. wu yize, mark selby vs. singh chadha, mark allen vs. chris wakelin, neil robertson vs. barry hawkins. the quarter-finals will be held on the next day, and the quarter-finals will be played in a best-of-nine format. wish wu yize good luck!