On April 25, Beijing time, the first round of the Snooker World Championship continued, and it became chaotic overnight, because of a focus battle that had just ended, Selby, the favorite to win the championship, lost to Wollaston with a score of 8-10, swallowing a round of tours, this result is really a bit unexpected, and it also makes the World Championships championship pattern change, it is really unexpected!
Selby is in very good shape this season, once won three championships, the world ranking is firmly at the top, this event as the No. 4 seed, is also regarded as the favorite to win the championship, not long ago also reached the final of the Tour Championship, but unfortunately lost to the immortal Higgins, the first round of the main tournament encountered the world No. 44 Wollaston, the opponent is not famous, the outside world is unanimously optimistic about Selby's success, I didn't expect it to be a big surprise, Selby tried his best to grind how to grind!
The game was very uncomfortable to watch, both men played very slowly, and Selby fell behind early in the opening game, although he led the first stage 5-4. However, in the second stage, there was an obvious lack of stamina, and the score was greatly opened by Wollaston, once 7-9 in a desperate situation, although stubbornly saved a match point, but Wollaston won the 18th game steadily, so that the four-time world champion Selby went home in an upset, which is really a super and huge upset!
Selby was eliminated home in the first round, which is really unexpected, you must know that the World Championships is a tailor-made event for Selby, and now he is out early, which also shows that Selby's energy is indeed not as good as before, and Selby's exit also broke the pattern of the World Championships, and at the same time let the Chinese army harvest two good news, the first is that Si Jiahui wants to play Wollaston, which is not strong, as long as he plays his accuracy, the probability of advancing to the quarterfinals has increased greatly. The second is that the probability of the Chinese army winning the championship will also increase greatly, after all, there is one less strong roadblock, the current 1/8 finals are about to start, I hope the Chinese army will make persistent efforts to win the quarterfinals, come on!
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