On April 15, 2022, the snooker World Championship seeded players made a collective appearance, the world's top 16 players gathered together to take a group photo in front of Crucible, once Ding Junhui, Fu Jiajun, Liang Wenbo had represented Chinese players to participate in the event, now only Ding Junhui and Lu Haotian broke through the qualification round, but Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao appeared in the seed list, and the rise of the younger generation was looking forward to.
The first row of 6 players sat, from left to right, in order of Mark. Williams, Higgins, O'Sullivan, Selby, Karen. Wilson, Zhao Xintong, 75 three jie are together, these three legendary players are still the favorite to win the World Championship, especially O'Sullivan, is optimistic about many fans, the world's first Selby next to two excellent post-90s players Karen. Wilson and Zhao Xintong.
The 8 players standing in the second row, from left to right, were Mark. Alan, McGill, Luca. Brechel, Sean. Murphy, Robertson, Hawkins, Bingham, Yan Bingtao, Murphy is standing in the C position, he has created a miracle of dark horse victory at the World Championships, lost to Selby last year to get runner-up, Yan Bingtao stood behind Zhao Xintong, last year he was the only Chinese player to reach the round of 16.
Next the seeded players in Crucible for a group photo, the defending champion Selby holding the trophy with a bright smile, this season his results are not ideal, there are many problems in the mentality, now it seems that Selby adjusted well, there is a good chance to achieve good results, to the World Championships this long game system, want to defeat Selby is very difficult, Yan Bingtao is expected to fight again at Selby, compete for the quarterfinals of the World Championships.
The two seeded players did not participate in this group photo event because of their personal circumstances, Trump and Lisovsky were absent, Yan Bingtao and Zhao Xintong stood on both sides of O'Sullivan, during this time O'Sullivan repeatedly guided the Chinese snooker youngsters, but also provided a lot of help to Zhao Xintong, the first round against Gilbert is a game full of suspense, O'Sullivan wants to continue to move forward is not easy.
Two referees showed the World Championship trophy, Pozlova from Bulgaria is very popular, loved by outside fans, then she will also be seen during the game, O'Sullivan and Selby took a group photo alone, Selby is the only player to defeat O'Sullivan and get a set of Grand Slams, this year the two are divided into two halves, and the second meeting can only wait until the final.
In the past, ding Junhui's figure will be seen in the group photo of the World Championships, and now he has become a qualifier and failed to participate in this event, the first round against Karen. Wilson, for Ding Junhui is a relatively difficult game, but Chinese fans have confidence in him, but also hope that Ding Junhui can play a high level, strive for another good result, come on!