On 17 April 2022, the Snooker World Championships continued, ending the first day of the main tournament with defending champion Selby eliminating Jamie 10-7. Jones, who advanced to the round of 16 first, was also led by O'Sullivan 6-3 by Gilbert and Zhao Xintong by Jamie 7-2. Clark, Maguire led Sean 6-3. Murphy,Jackson. Page led Hawkins 6-3, and the four players were favored to advance, but there was still suspense.
The first round of the World Championships 19 innings and 10 wins, divided into two stages, the first half of the nine innings, the second half of all played, in the state of the players are not good, there is time to adjust, strive to achieve a reversal, into the second match day, to determine four top 16 seats, O'Sullivan and Zhao Xintong's performance is expected by outside fans, as far as the current situation is concerned, the two promotion should be no problem.
Zhao Xintong feels hot, although it is the first time as a seeded player, came to Crucible to participate in the World Championships, but from Zhao Xintong's body, he does not feel any nervousness, he plays more relaxed, has been enjoying the fun brought by the game, while playing stable on the offensive end, there are not too many simple mistakes, the hand can basically complete the single shot to win, master the initiative of the whole game.
It's Jamie. Clark is very nervous, Zhao Xintong's strong performance, but also brought him a lot of pressure, and even appeared to hit the red ball to fly out of the situation, so far, Zhao Xintong is also the only player to lead 7-2 in the first half, the advantage of five sets is very large, plus the comprehensive strength of the two itself has a gap, so Zhao Xintong as long as he maintains a stable play, the promotion to the top 16 is nailed.
O'Sullivan won seven times against Gilbert, this time it was 0-3 behind to win six consecutive sets, Gilbert's mentality had a problem, came to the stage of the World Championships, O'Sullivan has always been the favorite to win the championship, Gilbert has never won before, this time it is also difficult to beat O'Sullivan, the master to start a contest, the advantage of the three sets is not small, optimistic O'Sullivan won the game with a drum.
Instead, It was Maguire against Murphy, Jackson. Page vs. Hawkins, these two games still have suspense, both have the possibility of power in the back, especially Hawkins in the first half has been in the state, was the 00 after the dark horse Jackson. Page suppressed, indeed many fans did not expect that the first time into the Crucible Jackson. Page, there will be such a good play, looking forward to his upset seed star promotion.
Two other seeded players made their debuts, Mark. Williams vs. Michael. White, McGill played against Highfield, played in the first half of the nine innings, the World Championship entered a white-hot stage, but also look forward to the performance of Chinese players, come on!