In the fourth round of the World Snooker Championship qualification tournament, which just ended on April 14, 2022, Beijing time, David Gilbert successfully advanced to the main stage of this World Championship by beating Hamilton, who scored 61, 50 and 84 points, with a superb performance of 100, 50, 58, 50 and 86 points. Judging from the performance of the whole game, Gilbert's ability to control the situation is still significantly more dominant, and hamilton is clearly at a disadvantage in terms of energy.
Gilbert drew 2-2 with Hamilton
In the first four sets of the two sides, both men maintained very good form. In the first set, Gilbert took a 1-0 lead with a first win of 75:38 with multiple picks. In the second set, Hamilton scored 73 points with his excellent ability to seize opportunities and beat Gilbert, who scored 50 points in a single set, to draw 1-1 with the latter. In the third inning, Hamilton scored 61 points to take a 2-1 lead with Gilbert, who hit 50 points in a single run of 62:51. In the 4th set, Gilbert single-handedly struck a 100-point clean sheet for Hamilton and drew 2-2 with the latter to bring the score back to the same running line.
Gilbert is in good form to lead Hamilton 8-2
After the end of the four innings, the two men began to change somewhat, and the balance of the game even tilted directly in Gilbert's direction. The game moved to the fifth inning, and Gilbert single-handedly scored 58 points to win the game 65:24 to take a 3-2 lead. In the 6th inning, Gilbert beat 50-point Hamilton to take a 4-2 lead 79-50. In the 7th inning, Gilbert won another set 73:31 to give Hamilton a 5-2 lead. In the 8th inning, Gilbert scored 53 points to win the game 72-50 to give Hamilton a 6-2 lead. In the ninth set, Gilbert won another set 77:30 to take a 7-2 lead. In the 10th inning, Gilbert scored an 86-point clean sheet to take an 8-2 lead over Hamilton.
Gilbert beat Hamilton 10-3 to advance
After ending 10 innings, Hamilton finally began to wake up in form. As the game moved into the 11th inning, Gilbert made a serious mistake after scoring 33 points first, and Hamilton single-handedly blasted 84 points to win the game 84-33, leaving Gilbert 3-8 behind. In the 12th set, Gilbert scored 71 points with a fragmented offense and then won the game 71-13 to lead Hamilton 9-3 to get the match point directly. In the 13th inning, Gilbert made a mistake after taking the lead with 44 points, and then Hamilton scored 28 points and then made a mistake, and then the two men turned on defensive mode. Defensively, Hamilton took the lead in scoring a red ball, but made another mistake after scoring 16 points. Gilbert then scored 33 points and won the game 77-44 with his ability to take advantage of his chances to beat Hamilton 10-3 to advance to the main stage. It has to be said that Gilbert's performance is very good, but Hamilton's long game energy shortcomings also make him play limited. Objectively speaking, it was more like a game without much suspense, as Gilbert's advantage was clearly much more than Hamilton's.