The 2022 Snooker World Championship, the end of the season, kicked off at 5 p.m. Beijing time yesterday in Crucible. Defending champion Selby and Chinese rising star Zhao Xintong took the lead.
Zhao Xintong made his first seeded appearance in Crucible, the first round against Jamie Clark, a qualifier who had reached the round of 16 of the World Championships. At the beginning, Clark made a mistake in solving the ball, and Zhao Xintong scored a 98 point. In the second set, although there was a simple ball error, but a 50+ bottom, Zhao Xintong 2-0. Subsequently, Zhao Xintong scored a 70+ and won the 3rd set. In inning 4, Clark pulled back a set.
After a short break, Zhao Xintong took the bench and scored his first shot in Crucible. In the 6th set, Zhao Xintong seized Clark's mistake and hit a 70+; in the 7th set, Zhao Xintong hit another shot to break the hundred, leading 6-1. Clark scored 67 points to bring back an inning. In the 9th set, there was a chance of a single set reversal, Clark played a flying red ball, Zhao Xintong smiled and accepted the gift, and ended the first stage of the game 7-2. Zhao Xintong's offensive feel in the first stage is quite good, and he hopes that the second stage will continue to work hard to win the game.
In the first stage of the match between Selby and Jamie Jones, the Master of The Selby broke the 100-6-3 lead with two strokes. In the second stage, Master Sai was chased for three consecutive sets after 8-3, and then blasted out to break 9-6 to match point, and finally won the match 10-7. Master Sai has been recuperating at home for more than a month, and it seems to have an effect.
Rocket o'Sullivan vs. Potato Brother Gilbert. This is O'Sullivan's 30th overall and 30th consecutive appearance in Crucible, and the total number of appearances has matched Davis' record. Fire Teacher was still looking for form at the beginning, and Gilbert won 3 innings in a row. But then, the fire teacher began to show firepower, two shots broke the hundred, 3 shots 50+, won 6 consecutive rounds, 6-3 to end the first stage of the game. Brother Potato is a bit behind, and the mistakes are continuous. In addition, if Fire Teacher can win this game, then Fire Teacher Crucible will win 70 games, equaling Hendry's record.