In the last two games of the first round of the World Snooker Players Championship, which just ended on February 10, 2022, Beijing time, Jimmy Robertson eliminated the world's 16th-ranked Bretchell to the quarterfinals of this tournament with a single score of 51 points, 91 points and 51 points. Although "Wizard" John Higgins once fell behind Iran-Gowafi 0-2 at the beginning of the game, with excellent experience and excellent state adjustment ability, Higgins finally eliminated Wafi 6-3 with a strong performance of 134 points, 101 points and 108 points to successfully advance to the quarterfinals of this tournament.
Robertson firepower went all-in to eliminate Brechel 6-1
In the game between Jimmy Robertson and Brechel, Robertson maintained very good form, but Brechel's performance was a bit disappointing. In the first set, Brechel scored an 88-point clean sheet robertson to take a 1-0 lead. Robertson then beat Brechel 2-1 in two consecutive sets with 58:49, 62:26. The game went into the fourth inning, and Robertson returned to form with a single shot of 51 points and then took a 3-0 lead after taking the set 77-42. Robertson then won two consecutive sets with 68-15 and 92-0 on a single 51 and 91 points to take a 5-1 lead over Brechel. In the seventh inning, Robertson scored 56 and 61 points to win the set 127-1 to sweep Brechel 6-1.
Higgins reversed Wafi 6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals
In the higgins and wafi matches, neither of them performed very well in the opening stages. In the first set, Wafi won the set 74:49 to take a 1-0 lead after winning the set several times, and then he took a 2-0 lead with a 96-0 clean sheet for Higgins. After the game entered the third set, Higgins reversed the 54-pointer in a single set 74:54, and Wafi trailed his opponent 1-2. In the fourth set, Higgins won another set 72-8 to draw 2-2 with Wafi. In the fifth inning, Higgins scored a 134-point clean sheet for Waffy to take a 3-2 lead. In the sixth set, Wafi won another set 65:17 to draw 3-3 with Higgins. In the seventh inning, Waffy scored 17 points and made a mistake, and Higgins single-handedly scored 101 points to win the game 101:17 to take a 4-3 lead over Waffy. In the eighth inning, Higgins single-handedly struck a 108-point clean sheet for Waffy to take a 5-3 lead over the latter to get the match point. In the ninth set, Higgins won 106:10 to beat Wafi 6-3 to advance to the quarterfinals of the tournament.
Brechel lost in tactics Waffy lost in mentality
In the match between Brechel and Jimmy Robertson, Brechel was significantly better than Robertson in the opening stages, but unfortunately he was indeed inferior to Robertson in terms of tactical arrangement, especially in the chaos. Brechel is an attacking player who is not ideal defensively. He is clearly at a disadvantage against tactical and defensive players, so Brechel still needs to make some improvements in his personal ability. Objectively speaking, tactical disadvantages can also affect the competitive state of the player in the game, so tactics are very important for the player, especially when the form is not good. In the match between Higgins and Wafi, Higgins from the beginning of the backward to the rise of the back, wafi provided too many opportunities. In fact, behind Wafi's frequent simple mistakes is because of some problems in his mentality. On the one hand, he stands on the stage of the Players Championship, on the other hand, his opponents are the top players of the real-world faction. Both of these things will put some pressure on him, and this pressure will gradually become a key factor affecting the direction of the game. Hopefully, Wafi will adapt to this high-intensity pressure as soon as possible.