The 2021-2022 snooker Players Championship continued to compete in the first round of competition, the tournament's top seed, the highest ranking among the current Chinese players, Zhao Xintong was unfavorable, in the match with "Mr. Stability" Hawkins, Zhao Xintong did not play well, and finally lost to Hawkins 3:6, the first round of the game was out of the cold, tragically "a round of travel". Another Chinese player, Yan Bingtao, played well, and in the match with "Brother Potato" Gilbert, Yan Bingtao performed normally, and finally Yan Bingtao defeated his opponent 6:4 and advanced to the quarterfinals. The focus of the first round of the game is the "Rockets" O'Sullivan and Trump's competition, this game O'Sullivan offensive feel hot, and Trump is in good shape, and the final performance of the better O'Sullivan 6:3 victory over Trump, strong to advance to the quarterfinals. "Little Steel Cannon" Mark Allen played poorly in the first round, and in the match with Rich Walton, Mark Allen was out of shape for the whole game, and finally lost 2:6 to Walton, and was eliminated in the first round. As a result, the snooker Players Championship quarterfinals have produced six seats: Neil Robertson, Mark Williams, O'Sullivan, Yan Bingtao, Rich Walton and Hawkins.
China's Zhao Xintong has performed well this season, after winning the British Championship and the German Masters, Zhao Xintong's season ranking is high in the world, so he has become the number one seed of this players' championship, And Zhao Xintong's first round is against "Mr. Stability" Hawkins, who ranked 16th in the season. In the first two innings, Zhao Xintong's offensive advantage was not played, coupled with Zhao Xintong's confidence in his own offense, his far-court attack repeatedly failed, Hawkins seized the opportunity to play a single 63 points, 91 points and then won two consecutive sets to take a 2:0 lead. In the third game, Zhao Xintong won back a city after scoring multiple offensive scores, and in the fourth game, Zhao Xintong took the lead, but failed to form a continuous attack, Hawkins single shot out 94 points and then won another game, and in the fifth game Zhao Xintong was in good shape, winning after a single shot blast of 90 points and forcing the score to 2:3. In the sixth game, Zhao Xintong missed the opportunity to equalize, Hawkins seized the opportunity to win 81:57 to expand the score again, in the seventh game Zhao Xintong single-handed 63 points and then clenched the score, in the eighth game Hawkins blasted a single 71 points and won and won the match point 5:3, in the ninth game Zhao Xintong felt cold, Hawkins repeatedly took a clean sheet Zhao Xintong, the total score was 6:3 to eliminate the top seed.
Another young player in China, Yan Bingtao, played much more smoothly than Zhao Xintong, and in the match with David Gilbert, Yan Bingtao's state was explosive, and he won after scoring three shots to break the hundred. In the first game, Yan Bingtao entered the state quickly, playing a single shot of 100 points and then keeping a 130:0 clean sheet against the opponent, and in the second game, Yan Bingtao continued to work hard, playing a single shot of 80 points and then winning another round, leading 2:0. In the third game, Yan Bingtao missed the opportunity to expand the score, Gilbert scored 54 points and then narrowly won 78:47, and in the fourth game, Yan Bingtao single-handedly shot 66 points and then reversed to win, the first four sets of the battle, Yan Bingtao led Gilbert 3:1. The fifth and sixth innings became Yan Bingtao's personal performance, he played a single 135 points, 123 points after winning two consecutive sets to get the match point 5:1, the backward Gilbert then let go, single shot 83 points, 75 points after winning three consecutive sets to force the score to 4:5, the tenth game Gilbert took the lead to get 28 points, Yan Bingtao single shot 69 points to lock up the win, the total score of 6:4 there was a thrilling defeat to Gilbert, strong promotion to the quarterfinals.
"Rockets" O'Sullivan and Trump's match has attracted much attention, both of them showed their due offensive level in the game, both played very crisply in the game, the offense did not drag the mud and water, but O'Sullivan's performance was better, the first four games O'Sullivan played a single 90 points, 83 points, 99 points, and Trump played a single 53 points, O'Sullivan took a 3:1 lead, in the fifth game Trump single shot 69 points to chase back a set, In the sixth inning, O'Sullivan scored a single 62 points and then won another set, in the seventh game Trump seized the opportunity to win another set to close the score to 3:4, in the eighth game O'Sullivan single-handedly broke the hundred and got the match point, in the ninth game O'Sullivan did not give the opponent another chance, he scored 52 points and won, the total score was 6:3 to win the opponent. "Little steel cannon" Mark Allen is not in good shape, in the game with Rich Walton, Mark Allen only shot a 60+, Rich Walton although did not play a single high score, but finally won 6:2 mark Allen, strong promotion to the quarterfinals. In the quarter-finals, Yan Bingtao will compete with Hawkins for the final four, O'Sullivan will play a strong dialogue with Neil Robertson, and Rich Walton will play against Mark Williams.