The 2022 World Snooker Championships is about to start the main stage of the competition, after the results of the draw came out, the British media "Snookerbacker" once again predicted the first round, and like last season, the professional snooker media once again looked down on The Chinese players. However, compared with last season's prediction of the total annihilation, the prediction for the Chinese players this time is 1 win and 3 losses, and it is only optimistic that Yan Bingtao can pass the first round.
At this World Championship, four Chinese players participated in the main tournament, namely seeded players Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao, and qualifiers Ding Junhui and Lu Haotian. In the first round, Ding Junhui drew Karen Wilson and Lu Haotian drew Stewart Bingham, which was obviously a hard battle for Ding Junhui and Lu Haotian.
Comparatively speaking, Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao had good signing luck, Zhao Xintong played jamie Clark in the first round, and Yan Bingtao's opponent was Chris Walkerlin. Yan Bingtao's opponent is weaker, so "Snookerbacker" is optimistic that Yan Bingtao can successfully pass the first round, the score given is 10-8, after winning the Masters, Yan Bingtao's overall record is relatively average, he has entered the final of the ranking competition, but he was swept by Zhao Xintong, and it is time to rebound.
In addition to Yan Bingtao, the other three Chinese players were all looked down upon by Snookerbacker. Among them, for the strong dialogue between Ding Junhui and Karen Wilson, the score given by the media was 9 to 10, that is, Ding Junhui lost. Although Ding Junhui has experience from qualifying to the final, he is now facing Karen Wilson, who has played steadily at the World Championships, who has experienced a lot of big scenes and is becoming more and more mature.
Zhao Xintong and Jamie Clark's match, the media gave Jamie Clark a 10-8 win prediction, although Zhao Xintong won two important championships and is recognized as a talented player, but at the World Championships, his experience is even inferior to Jamie Clark, who has accumulated confidence in the qualifiers and has played particularly well at the World Championships before, which may break out.
As for the match between Lu Haotian and Bingham, "Snookerbacker" gave a huge score, 10 to 3, obviously not optimistic about Lu Haotian. However, Lü Haotian played well in the qualifiers, and Bingham's competitive state was not as good as before, and Lu Haotian was not without opportunities.
In addition, the media predicted that Selby, Barry Hawkins, Mark Williams, Anthony McGill, Neil Robertson, Higgins, Murphy, Mark Allen, and O'Sullivan would all pass the first round, but they also predicted that Trump, Luka Bracher, Lisowski and other seeded players would be eliminated by the qualifiers, which was really bold.
At the end of the day, prediction is just analysis, and the game is played, not predicted. I hope that the Chinese players will play their best level and strive to be among the top 16!