Beijing time on May 7th news The World Senior Snooker Championship ended the first day of competition. "Billiard Emperor" Stephen Hendry won the victory, defeating Irish veteran Fagan 3-0, and successfully advanced to the top 8.
A total of 16 players participated in this year's World Championships for the elderly. Hendry, who was second to Crucible when he was young, is undoubtedly the most appealing ace among them. This year, he has chosen to return in professional competitions and participated in the World Championships In the qualifying match, they lost 1-6 in the second round to my country's rising star Xu Si.
In addition to billiards, Dennis Taylor,Ken Dahdi,John Parrott,Jimmy White and others are also legends well-known to fans-Dahdi and Old White are still Fight in everyday snooker events.
The quarter-finals played four games on the first day. Facing the 69-year-old Irish veteran Fagan, Hendry relied on his deep background to win the first two games with a stalemate 76-30 and 53-42. In the third game, he scored 81 points and zeroed his opponent. The score 3-0 won and advanced to the quarter-finals. In the quarter-finals, Hendry will face the winner between Palot and Brazil's Figueiredo.
In the other three games, Patrick Wallace scored 85 points in the tiebreaker, winning the tiebreaker with a total score of 3 to 2 over Michael Juji; Lee Walker and Darren Morgan also fought to the tiebreaker, Morgan tiebreaker He scored 52 in one shot and 64 in one shot, won 130-0 with zero seals, and advanced to the top 8 with a total score of 3-2; David Lilly seized the opportunity and defeated Felipe Williams 3-1.
The other four quarter-final matchups are: Old White vs. Tony Rollers, Palot vs. Figueiredo, Dennis Taylor vs. Barry-Pinch, and Dahdi vs. Joe Johnson.
The first round of the Senior World Championships will be based on 5 games and 3 wins. The top 8 and semi-finals will be improved to 7 games and 4 wins. When the championship and runner-up finals start at 2:00 am Beijing time on May 10, it will be 9 games and 5 wins. system.
According to media reports, after Mark Selby won the world championship for the fourth time a few days ago, the king of Crusburg among the three generations of post-80s players was attacked by several legendary players led by Hendry. Open and spicy comments, believing that Selby's style of play not only destroys opponents, but also hurts the audience; the matter has caused a lot of repercussions in the industry. We will continue to pay attention to how Hendry will perform as an individual in this senior championship.
