At 17:00 Beijing time on April 16, the world-renowned Snooker 2022 World Championship officially kicked off, and the defending champion Mark . Selby teamed up with China's famous Zhao Xintong to open the opener:
mark. Selby vs Jamie. Jones,Zhao Xintong vs Jamie. clarke.
As the No. 7 seed, 25-year-old Zhao Xintong and the 27-year-old Welsh youngster Jamie, who is no. 66 in the world, will be the only one to be the winner of the 7th seed. Clark has played twice in small events, in the 2020 and 2022 Gibraltar Opens, zhao Xintong won 4-0, 4-1.
The latter did well in three qualifying rounds, beating Scarlett 6-5 in the first round and 6-0 in the second round against Bloody Bald-Headed Champion Gary. Wilson, the final round 10-8, knocked the 2006 World Championship champion Dortmund off the horse.
In this campaign, Zhao Xintong made a high-quality snooker for Clark as soon as he kicked off, and Clark was fined 6 points for not hitting the point powder ball and leaking out of the bottom pocket of the attack.
Zhao Xintong easily got started, and after scoring 43 points in a row, he successfully exploded the red ball pile and directly blasted out a single shot of 98 points to make the first place 1-0.
In the second set, Zhao Xintong scored first, playing a single 50+ and then losing the simple red ball, however, Clark only scored 16 points and also made a low-level mistake, and Zhao Xintong once again played to a super score of 2-0.
In the 3rd inning, Zhao Xintong forced a red ball from the far table and was interrupted after Clark scored 35 consecutive points. In the stalemate, Zhao Xintong hit the far platform again and hit it to a super score of 3-0!
Zhao Xintong won the dream start.
As of press time, Selby 1-1 Jamie. Jones.