On April 17, the Snooker World Championship will enter the second matchday competition, and in the match that ended on the first match day, the top seed Mark Selby was in good shape, blasting 3 strokes to break the 1004 50+ and beat Jamie Jones 10-7 on aggregate to advance to the round of 16. Zhao Xintong took a big lead 7-2 Clark, O'Sullivan, Maguire and Welsh youngster Page took a 6-3 lead respectively, Gilbert, Murphy and Hawkins trailed, the above four games will produce results on Match Day 2, and amateur Michael White appeared today to challenge three-time world champion Mark Williams, McGill against Hayfield.
Michael White is Wales' more outstanding post-90s player, holding 2 ranking champions last season was relegated, lost professional qualifications, this World Championship as an amateur from the first round of the qualifiers, through 4 levels into the main round, his first round opponent is the 8th seed Mark Williams, the two will stage the "Wales Derby". From the record of the hand,Little White is slightly ahead of 5 wins and 3 losses, the most recent meeting was at the 2021 Welsh Open, uncle Ma defeated Little White 4-1 at the time, but the two sides had a 10-snatch showdown, it was in the first round of the 2013 World Championships, when Little White won 10-6, this time the two met again in the first round of the World Championships, which is bound to rub a certain spark.
Entering the second stage of the 4 games, Zhao Xintong and O'Sullivan or get a quick victory, Zhao Xintong only needs to take 3 more rounds to win, from the first half of Clark's offensive state, if not adjusted in time, Zhao Xintong may be a big score to defeat the opponent. Rockets game from the second half of the first stage, Gilbert was almost confused, the mentality was affected by a certain fluctuation, coupled with the previous record of 7 total defeats against the Rockets, I believe that Gilbert is difficult to build confidence and rockets, if so a quick defeat is inevitable. In addition, Murphy tried to drag Maguire, Page was eager to upset Hawkins, and 13th seed McGill will also face qualifier Hayfield.
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