On April 12, 2022, Beijing time, the Snooker World Championship continued to qualify, and only one of the last 12 matches in the third round played 11 innings, that is, James Cahill lost 5-6 to Highfield. James Cahill is still an amateur player, but he has long been famous, he has beaten Ding Junhui, O'Sullivan and other top masters, and once made O'Sullivan suffer a terrible blow at the World Championships, which is impressive.
James Cahill, 26, a former star of hope on the snooker stage, became famous at a young age and qualified professionally at the age of 18 when he beat Ding Junhui at the British Championships to create the highest ranking of his career, which should have been his first highlight moment on the professional stage.
Later, James Cahill played in the World Championship as an amateur, defeating O'Sullivan in the first round of the main match and breaking out of the super big cold. Since then, the name James Cahill has been remembered by many people. Unfortunately, James Cahill's development has not been as expected, and he is now 26 years old, and although he can occasionally have a more brilliant performance, he is still an amateur player.
At this World Championship, James Cahill played in the qualifiers as an amateur player, once again playing the role of a dark horse.
In the first round of qualifying, he shot a one-hundred-and-a-three 50+ to eliminate Jamie O'Neal 6-4. In the second round of qualifying, James Cahill shot a four-shot 60+ and he won three straight sets with a 3-5 deficit to beat Mark Davis 6-5.
In the third round of qualifying against Highfield, James Cahill scored a single 113 in the second set to give him a 4-2 lead. Unfortunately, he was reversed by Highfield, who won three consecutive sets to win 5-4 match points. James Cahill dragged the match into the decider, but was unfortunately killed by his opponent's single 98 points in the final moments, bidding farewell to the World Championships 5-6.
26 years old is not young, James Cahill wants to make a difference in the professional arena, need to improve stability, fully qualify professionally, participate in more high-level competitions, so that there is a chance to progress. This World Championship was supposed to be a good opportunity, but unfortunately he lost to Highfield, who was not too strong, and it was indeed a pity to miss such an opportunity to advance to the main tournament and get professional qualification.
It has to be said that James Cahill is very talented, but how to truly transform talent into strength is a difficult problem in front of him!