On April 17, the 2022 Snooker World Championship will enter the second matchday competition, following the first day of defending champion Selby defeated Jones 10-7 to become the first player to advance to the round of 16, and today there will be four places, of which China's Zhao Xintong and world number one O'Sullivan will enter the first round of the second stage of the competition, working together to impact the round of 16. For Zhao Xintong, the first stage felt good, full of firepower, and led Wales Clark 7-2, just a stone's throw away from the promotion.
At 5:00 p.m. Beijing time on April 17:
McGill vs Hayfield (Phase I)
Zhao Xintong 7-2 Clark (Phase II)
Zhao Xintong, who debuted as a seeded player, this year's World Championship is only his second time to compete in the main tournament, facing qualifier Clark, Zhao Xintong maintained his peak state level, the first stage of 9 innings blasted 2 shots to break 100, 4 par 50+, easy 7-2 lead, in the first round of the 19-game 10-win system, only 3 sets away from advancing to the round of 16 wins. As long as he does not fluctuate too much, he can basically advance steadily and win the first victory of Crucible.
The 13th seed, Scotland's McGill, will compete with Highfield in the first stage, as McGill, who has a lot of experience at the World Championships, the world's No. 43 Highfield may not pose too much of a threat to him.
At 9:30 p.m. Beijing time on April 17:
Williams vs Michael White (Phase I)
O'Sullivan 6-3 Gilbert (Phase II)
World Championship six-time champion "Rocket" O'Sullivan and Gilbert's duel, experienced a relatively large ups and downs, the first three sets of the first stage, Gilbert entered the state early, the next three sets to achieve a 3-0 lead, but then six sets, but then the six sets, by O'Sullivan quickly controlled, with a six-game winning "six whips" to win the rebound, 6-3 temporarily led. O'Sullivan, who has regained his form, will not have much fluctuation in the second stage, and winning is only a matter of how much difference there are.
As the second famous player in the "753 Masters", the No. 8 seed and Wales "Golden Left Hand" Williams will fight with his compatriots, former professional michael White, who played as an amateur. Although Little White has been relegated out of the professional competition in the past two years, he has maintained a good feel by virtue of his amateur qualifications, frequent participation in professional events, especially in the world championship qualifications, he has won four consecutive games, becoming the second player in the history of Crucible to participate in an amateur status. He had previously met Williams in the first round of the 2013 World Championships, when Little White was successful in a 10-6 upset, and this time they met again, and Marvel may not be able to take it lightly.
Williams won the British Open at the beginning of the season, becoming the 24th ranking title of his career, and then he reached the single-time final, but lost to Wafi and finished second. However, before the World Championships, three consecutive ranking matches, Williams is a round trip, so his state is also doubtful, and against Little White, he is likely to play more difficult.
At 2:00 a.m. Beijing time on April 18:
Hawkins 3-6 Page (Phase II)
Murphy 4-5 Maguire (Phase II)
On the first day of the game, the No. 9 seed Hawkins faced the Welsh post-00 player Page for the first time, playing quite badly, in the first stage of the 9 sets, he did not even have a 50+, the opening directly 0-3 behind, and then was pulled away to 2-6, but in the last set to complete the reversal, barely fell behind 3-6. Page is in pretty good shape, shooting 1 hundred and 6 50+ to beat Hawkins. In the second stage, if Hawkins can't adjust in time, I'm afraid that the first cold goal of this World Championship will be born.
10th seed Murphy met Maguire, seen as one of the two great powers in the first round, and for most of the season, Maguire was in the top 16 seeds as he slipped sharply from the Tour Championship two years ago and now falls to 41st, reaching the Crucibles through two qualifiers, hitting Murphy in the first round. In the first stage of the duel between the two, the state and feel of the two sides are not very good, and Maguire is relatively more capable of seizing opportunities, taking a 6-3 lead, and is expected to "upset" Murphy.