China News Service, Beijing, February 4th. On the morning of the 4th, Beijing time, the 2024 German Snooker Masters ended in the semi-finals. The 21-year-old Chinese snooker star Si Jiahui defeated Karen Wilson 6-3. For the first time in his career, he advanced to the ranking finals.
Kyren Wilson, ranked 10th in the world, is the player born in the 1990s with the most ranking championships (5). Although Si Jiahui broke into the semi-finals of the World Championships last season and became the youngest player in the semi-finals of the World Snooker Championship so far this century, he was ranked 29th in the world before this event. Compared with his opponents, his overall strength is Still slightly inferior. In the previous confrontations between the two sides, Si Jiahui also lost more than he won. Therefore, the Chinese youngster's prospects in the semifinals are not promising.
At the beginning of this campaign (best of 6 out of 11 games), Kyren Wilson made a strong attack as expected, leading 2-0 in the first two games. But surprisingly, Si Jiahui's counterattack was even more fierce. He not only won 5 consecutive games, but also scored 50+ points in a single stroke in 4 games, and scored a high score of 138 points in a single stroke in the fifth game.
After Si Jiahui got the match point 5-2, Karen Wilson got back the game. Then Si Jiahui didn't give his opponent another chance, and ended the battle 6-3 after another victory, taking the lead in advancing to the final.
In the quarter-finals, Kyren Wilson defeated another Chinese "post-2000" player Fan Zhengyi 5-0. This time Si Jiahui defeated his opponent and advanced, and also avenged the Chinese players.
In another semi-final, Trump, ranked No. 2 in the world, refused to be upset and defeated England's Sam Craigie 6-2 to join Si Jiahui in the final. This is the seventh time Trump, known as the "Accuracy King", has reached the finals this season. He has won 3 crowns and 3 runner-ups in the first 6 times, ranking first this season.
The 2024 Snooker German Masters final will adopt a best-of-19 game system and be held in two stages. Whether Trump wins his fourth championship this season or Si Jiahui wins his first career ranking championship, the answer will be revealed on the morning of the 5th, Beijing time. (over)