On April 4, 2022, the Snooker World Championship kicked off, the Chinese players won the opening, Zhang Anda blasted a single shot to break the hundred, won six consecutive sets to sweep the amateur Kazakov, advanced to the second round of the qualifiers, and then played against Andy. Hicks, who has reached the final four of the World Championships, is a very strong veteran, but Zhang Anda has been in good shape recently, and he still has the opportunity to attack the main stage seat.
The World Championships is the most important event for snooker, the championship prize money is 500,000 pounds, the best result of the Chinese players is the runner-up, when Ding Junhui lost to Selby in the final, this year Ding Junhui needs to start from the third round of qualification, Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao are seeded players, directly advanced to the main tournament, now only play qualifiers, compete for 16 places, the first three rounds of 11 innings 6 wins, the fourth round of 19 sets 10 wins.
Zhang Anda is 30 years old, ranked 89th in the world, he returned this season, through the selection competition, obtained two seasons of professional qualification, the Welsh Open reached the quarterfinals, equalizing the best time in his career, came to the World Championship Zhang Anda's results are not bad, has reached the top 32 many times, to Crucible to challenge the seeded players, this time he and Maguire in the same district, is expected to compete for a regular seat.
In the first round of the qualifiers, Zhang Anda played against Kadzakov, the opponent was a 17-year-old youngster, got the wild card of the World Taiwan Federation, participated in the professional competition for the first time, the two had a large gap in strength, not players of the same level, resulting in a one-sided situation in the first set, Zhang Anda played a single 75 points in the first set, 83-18 to take the lead, and in the second set Zhang Anda took advantage of the situation to chase and play a single 81 points to win another set.
In the third set, Zhang Anda made a mistake, but Kazakov's ability to seize the opportunity was too poor, Zhang Anda won 88-6 with a piecemeal hit, and then Zhang Anda blasted a single 105 points, which was the first time in this World Championship to break the hundred, 4-0 lead over Kazakov, into the half-time break.
Then Kazakov played a single 52 points to interrupt the attack, Zhang Anda played several times, won the fight 97-52, 5-0 to get the match point, in the sixth set Zhang Anda did not give Kazakov too many opportunities, played a single 65 points to lock up the victory, and finally swept Kazakov 6-0, advancing to the second round of the qualifiers, making a good start for Chinese snooker players, and the next opponent was Andy. Hicks.
Although the world ranking is not high, but Zhang Anda still shows a strong competitiveness, I hope he can continue the current good state, and strive to enter the main competition, of course, come to the stage of the World Championships, anything can happen, it is normal for the cold to appear, everyone depends on their skills, it depends on who can seize the opportunity, but also hope that Chinese players can achieve good results, play their best personal level, come on!