Ding Junhui played against the world's 5th in the first round, and the ranking of the championship fell! Lu Haotian challenges the world champion. The results of the 2022 World Snooker Championship main draw have been released, the first round of the 4 Chinese players has also been officially determined, Ding Junhui can be said to have drawn the next draw, the first round against karen Wilson, who is currently ranked No. 5 in the world, Zhao Xintong against Clark, Yan Bingtao against Wakelin, Lu Haotian challenged world champion Bingham.
With a total prize money of £900,000, the world championship is the highest barrier-entry of any ranking tournament, with only 32 players allowed to participate in the main tournament. First of all, according to the world ranking, 16 seeded players were identified, including two Chinese players, namely Zhao Xintong, the champion of the Xinke Ying Championship and the champion of the German Masters, as the No. 7 seed, and Yan Bingtao was the No. 16 seed, and the two Chinese players entered the upper and lower halves respectively. The remaining 16 regular places will be selected after 4 rounds of qualification, although there are 25 Chinese players to participate in the qualification round, but in the end only two Chinese players successfully broke through, namely Ding Junhui and Lu Haotian, so that the World Championship will have 4 Chinese players in the main event. Since Ding Junhui and Lü Haotian are not seeded players, both of them have encountered strong opponents in the first round, of which Ding Junhui will play against the No. 5 seed Karen Wilson, the two have played in the previous Gibraltar Open, when Ding Junhui lost 1-4 to Wilson, and Lu Haotian was going to meet the previous champion Bingham, and the promotion was also very difficult.
Before the results of the regular draw came out, Ding Junhui also ranked seventh in the championship list, but with the results of the regular draw, Ding Junhui directly fell to the eighth place, since 2018, Karen Wilson has beaten Ding Junhui for 5 consecutive times, at this year's Turkish Masters, Ding Junhui defeated Karen Wilson 5-3, which was the first time ding Junhui defeated his opponent in nearly 4 years, but in the last meeting, Ding Junhui lost to Karen Wilson 1-4, so for Ding Junhui, The first round against Karen Wilson was certainly a huge test. Previously, Ding Junhui said in an interview that he did not give up on the impact of the world championship, hoping that Ding Junhui could go all out this time to achieve the great cause of grand slam. This article is original by Xiao Lizi, please do not copy or port.
In addition to the four Chinese players, there will be several heavyweight duels, such as O'Sullivan, who is currently ranked no. 1 in the world, will face Gilbert, and Murphy will face Maguire. According to the schedule, on April 16, at 5 p.m., defending champion Selby will appear in the opener against Jamie Jones, and Zhao Xintong will also play against Clark at the same time period, Yan Bingtao will play against Wakelin at 5 p.m. on April 19, Lu Haotian will play against Bingham at 2 a.m. on April 19, and Ding Junhui will play against Karen Wilson at 5 p.m. on April 20.