Brecel reaches the quarterfinals of the 2025 World Snooker Championship, "he's one of the most interesting players"

In the early morning of April 29, Beijing time, the last two battles of the second round of the 2025 World Snooker Championship ended. Among them, Ding Junhui lost to Brecel 4-13, and Pang Junxu lost to O'Sullivan 4-13 and missed the quarterfinals. So far, the quarterfinals of this World Championships have all been produced, and two Chinese players Zhao Xintong and Si Jiahui are among them. The 1/4 finals are: Zhao Xintong VS Wakelin, O'Sullivan VS Si Jiahui, Higgins VS Mark Williams, Brecel VS Trump.

Luca Bresel reached the quarterfinals of the 2025 World Championships

Ding Junhui's second-round clash with 2023 world champion Luca Bresel was expected to be fierce, but it ended in a quick victory for Bressell. British media wrote on the 28th local time that Bresel achieved a quick victory, because he only needed to win one game and defeated the 2016 runner-up Ding Junhui 76-0. Ding Junhui won the first game between the two, but Brecel then won 11 consecutive games and took complete control of the match. Ding Junhui won three of the last four games on the 27th local time and entered the third stage, but he did not score on the 28th.

Veteran Ding Junhui is the No. 10 seed at the World Championships and the highest-seeded Chinese player, but he was the last player to finish in the second round

As the leader of the Chinese snooker team, Ding Junhui has not been able to go further in this World Championships. Former world No. 3 snooker legend Neil Folz commented on him before the World Championships, saying, "Ding Junhui has won one match this season (winning the 2024 National Championships, the 15th ranking title in the ranking tournament), and he has also performed well in the recent Tour Championships, and he looks good in the victory over the current world champion Kyren Wilson." In the back of my mind, I don't think he can become a world champion now, especially in a 17-day tournament that is a test of snooker players' perseverance and endurance that no other tournament has. I'm tempted to have misjudged it, but we may now have to look elsewhere for the first World Champion from China. ”

Brecel will now face 2019 champion Judd Trump in the quarterfinals

Brecel will now face 2019 champion Judd Trump in the quarter-finals, while O'Sullivan will face China's Si Jiahui, who reached the semifinals of the World Championships two years ago. Brecel said after the game: "I feel good, it's not 100 per cent yet, but it's good enough to win. "Six-time champion Steve Davies said in an interview with BBC TV that the Belgian is one of the most interesting players in this tournament. "Luca has a real knightly attitude towards the game, being able to play without worrying about conceding – it's a temperament that you can't teach," Davies said. ”

It is reported that the 1/4 finals of the 2025 Snooker World Championship will adopt a best-of-25 system of 25 rounds and will be carried out in three stages (8/8/9).