Beijing, April 4 (ZXS) -- On the morning of April 27, Beijing time, the 27 World Snooker Championship ended its 2023/1 final in Sheffield, England, and Chinese teenager Si Jiahui, who was shortlisted for the World Championship for the first time, advanced to the final four, becoming the biggest "dark horse" in this competition.
Scarf's opponent in the 1/4 final is Scottish "post-90s" McGill, and in the first two stages, the total score between the two sides was 8:8, which is difficult to score.
In the third stage in the early morning of the 27th Beijing time, McGill took the lead, winning 4 of the first 3 games to take the lead 11:9. At the crucial moment, Scarfia broke out again, entering the match point 3:12 after winning three consecutive games, and won the tiebreaker after McGill tied 11:12 to win 12:13 on aggregate to advance to the semifinals.
Si Jiahui, who was only 20 years old, was born in Zhuji City, Zhejiang Province. At the 2016 China Professional Snooker Tour in Fuzhou, the under-14 year old became famous for defeating the then-popular Chinese billiards star Ding Junhui. At this year's World Snooker Championships, he broke through the qualifying rounds and was shortlisted for the World Championship for the first time in his career, becoming the only Chinese player among the five Chinese players to reach the round of 5.
In the first two rounds of the main draw, Si Jia Hui eliminated two seeded players Murphy and Milkins, becoming the youngest World Championship quarterfinalist in nearly 25 years. With this victory over McGill, he became the third Chinese player to reach the last four of the World Championship after Fu Jiajun and Ding Junhui.
Fortunately, as the biggest "dark horse" of this World Championships, young Si Jia Hui still remains sober and calm. He said after the match that he was actually not enough to reach the semifinals, which was not a lack of confidence, but based on the perception of his own strength. In the future, he will still "play his own ball", but hope that the outside world will not expect too much and treat him "as a very good player like Ding Junhui".
"Actually, I've already played above normal and should enjoy playing when I get to the last four." He said.
Another 1/4 final of the day broke out, the first two stages of the seven-time world champion O'Sullivan led 10:6 suddenly collapsed in the third stage, was won by Belgium's Brecel 7 consecutive games, with an aggregate score of 10:13, missing the eighth World Championship title. Brecel became Scarstar's opponent in the semifinals.
In addition, Selby eliminated fellow four-time World Champion Higgins 13-7 to become another semifinal opponent with Mark Allen, who defeated Jack Jones.
The semifinals of the 2023 World Snooker Championship will be played in 33 stages in 17 stages. The battle between Scarlet and Brecel will be played on the evening of the 4th and 27th, and in the early morning and evening of the 28th Beijing time, respectively. (End)