On April 14, Beijing time, the round of 32 of the snooker World Championship was released. The 16 players passed through the qualifying round and finally advanced to the main stage. On the final matchday, past champion Dortmund lost 8-10 to Clark and missed the regular match. In addition, the previous championship runner-up Carter also lost to Stevens in an 8-10 collapse and was eliminated.
Dortmund won the World Championship in 2006 and reached the final again in 2010, but lost to Neil Robertson. As he grew older, Dort's world ranking also fell out of the top 16. But this time, Dort once again blasted a single shot of 147 after 23 years, and has won at least 10,000 pounds in prize money, in good shape. In the decider round, he faced Clark, who had defeated Mark Allen at the World Championships, who was ranked 66th in the world, and his long-term ability should not be underestimated.
After the match began, Dort won the first set 68-48, but was soon won by his opponent for four straight sets. At the end of the first phase, Dort trailed 3-6. At the beginning of the second stage, Clark played another 91 points, at one point 8-4 far ahead. Dortmund broke the boat and then shot a single shot of 138, 67, 55 and 51 points, tenaciously chasing the score to 8-8. Then in the last two sets, Clark found his form in time to win two consecutive sets to win 10-8.
In the other match, two-time World Championship runner-up Ali Carter also lost 8-10 to Wales Dragon Matthew Stevens. Carter had the upper hand at the start, at one point leading 5-1 and blasting a 4-shot 70+ in fiery form. But after that, Stevens played a wave of five consecutive games to win 6-5. Carter then scored consecutive points, winning three straight sets to make it 8-6. Unfortunately, in the last four innings, Stevens was in full control, blasting out 139 and 60 points to win four consecutive innings and beat Carter 10-8.
In the rest of the game, Page beat Grace 10-6, Sankham beat Milkins 10-7, Wecklin beat Jimmy Robertson 10-7 and Gilbert eliminated Hamilton 10-3. The draw for the world championship will be held at 6 p.m. Beijing time on the 14th, and the main draw will start on the 16th.