On 16 April, the Snooker World Championship will kick off as scheduled at the Crucible Theatre, with the first round playing in a 19-inning, 10-win format in two stages. On match day 1, defending champion Mark Selby's match will be played as an opener, china's Zhao Xintong's match will start in the same period, the second period of the world's first O'Sullivan and Hawkins two matches will start, followed by the third period of the game in the early morning, Murphy will fight against Maguire, while Selby's match will end the second stage, resulting in the first round of 16 places at this World Championship. Here's a look at day 1 for a sneak peek.
01 Zhao Xintong vs Clark
Zhao Xintong in the British Championship and the German Masters championship, the heat was pushed to a new height, although as a Chinese fan, emotionally is hoping that Zhao Xintong will make a difference, but objectively speaking, with Xiao Zhao's current comprehensive strength, it is difficult to make a splash in the world championships with the highest specifications and intensity, this opponent is the dark horse of the 2020 World Championships, the dark horse of this competition is still full of color, as the two post-90s players who have been pointed out by O'Sullivan at the same time, Zhao Xintong must not be lightly opposed, it is gratifying, Zhao Xintong had the advantage in the only 2 encounters with Clark in the past, only lost 1 set in two games to maintain a full victory, psychologically not timid opponents, and wished Xiao Zhao Qi a victory.
02 Selby vs Jones
As the defending champion, Selby has certain ambitions in this competition, returning to the world first and winning the world championship 5 times! This is Selby's goal, after a whole bad season, Master Se chose to "retreat" after losing 3-4 to Highfield in the first round of the Welsh Open at the end of February, successively abandoning the Turkish Masters and Gibraltar Open, as well as the competition for the tour championship qualification, aiming to defend the World Championship, this time the opponent Jones maintains 1 win and 5 losses for himself, if you want to be closed for a month and a half, The Sai Master should be the only theoretical possibility, the first round of competition is only a warm-up for Master Se.
03 O'Sullivan vs Gilbert
The rocket's goal is very clear, to equal Hendry's seven-crown record, the first round opponent Gilbert's historical record against the rocket is 7 all losers, the two sides had a long-term confrontation in the first round of the 2016 World Championships, when Gilbert lost 7-10, whether from the state of the season or the overall strength, O'Sullivan should be the final winner, the hand blade potato brother should be out of the question, but the rocket's uncertainty is that he can lose anyone, this season 0-5 lost to Waffy, He lost 9-10 to then-amateur Cahill at the World Championships and McGill 12-13 at last year's World Championships.
04 Murphy vs Maguire
Murphy and Maguire are the first two in the 80s, but now both have fallen into the top of the second-rate, not to say that people see people cheating, at least in the daily competition has no sense of existence, but Murphy last year's story of reaching the final tells us that we still can't ignore the former king, the two mutual record Murphy 14 wins and 13 losses, more strangely, in the two so many years of career have not played in the World Championships, the only time to grab 10 games is in the 2008 China Open, At that time, Maguire beat Murphy 10-9, believing it was a match between the two sides.
Please refer to the article for the signature table and the first round schedule: Snooker World Championship schedule is out! Zhao Xintong opened the game on April 16, and Ding Junhui appeared on April 20