The 2021-2022 Snooker World Championship entered the second matchday competition, in the first matchday competition, China's Zhao Xintong played well, after the first stage of the game, he led Clark 7:2, other games, "Rocket" O'Sullivan led Gilbert 6:3, while seeded players Sean Murphy and Hawkins were behind, Sean Murphy 3:6 behind Maguire, and Hawkins 3:6 behind young jackson Page, and in the first round of the game that ended first, Defending champion Selby played steadily, beating Jimmy Jones 10-7 to advance to the second round. In today's competition, China's Zhao Xintong will continue to appear to meet the enemy, and zhao Xintong, who is currently leading by a large score, will have almost no suspense in reaching the second round of the World Championships as long as he does not play abnormally.
Also without suspense is the "Rockets" O'Sullivan, who led by a large score in the first stage of the game as long as he played normally in the second stage of the game, and there was no big problem in reaching the round of 16 of the World Championships. And the No. 9 seed Hawkins, the 10th seed Sean Murphy can be described as a lifeline, the first stage of the game behind the two people want to stage a big reversal in the second stage of the game, not only need to adjust their own state, but also hope that the opponent is not in good shape, otherwise the possibility of upset out of the game is very large. In addition, world champion Mark Williams and famous Player Anthony McGill will play in the first stage of the first round.
2021-2022 World Snooker Championships Schedule on 17 April:
17:00: McGill vs Heyfield (Stage 1)
17:00: Zhao Xintong vs Jamie Clark (Second Stage)
21:30: Williams vs Michael White (Stage 1)
21:30: O'Sullivan vs Gilbert (Second Stage)
Next day 02:00: Hawkins vs Page (Second Stage)
Next day 02:00: Murphy vs Maguire (Stage 2)
Snooker's world's highest-ranked Chinese player, Zhao Xintong, the No. 7 seed of the tournament, will compete with Jamie Clark in the second stage of the competition, the two played a very exciting first-stage match, Zhao Xintong's first shot is basically a one-shot victory, the current big score is 7:2 lead, only three sets away from the promotion. Although the current big score is leading, but Zhao Xintong still can not be careless, the World Championship is a long-term format, both sides of the game will have a state of stage ups and downs, do not rule out the second stage of the game Clark crazy counterattack, can block the world champion Dort in the world championship outside the main game of the world championship, Clark is not an idle person, Zhao Xintong to be prepared for difficulties. Not long ago the end of the tour championship, Zhao Xintong was also reversed by the "wizard" Higgins in the case of only two steps away from victory, although Clark and Higgins are not the same day, but this also shows that Zhao Xintong's own stability is not good, so although the current big score is leading, but in order to advance to the second round of the World Championships, Zhao Xintong still can not be careless, and beware of the opponent's counterattack.
World champion, tournament No. 10 seed Sean Murphy and Maguire will compete for the second stage of the game, the current 3:6 trailing Murphy is in a passive situation, compared with the score, for Sean Murphy is more unfavorable is his state, from the first stage of the game, Sean Murphy's state is very bad, the big score behind Maguire is not because the opponent played well, but he played worse, if you can not adjust the state in time, Sean Murphy wants to achieve a big reversal that is simply a fantasy, Last year's World Championship runner-up Murphy was eliminated in the first round of the possibility is very large, of course, the history of the World Championships staged a lot of earth-shattering reversals, Murphy is not completely without opportunities, but the premise is to adjust the state, to play their own strength, otherwise Murphy who has reached the world championship final four times may be more fierce.
Along with Sean Murphy is also facing the brink of exit, hawkins, the no. 9 seed of the tournament and has won the world championship runner-up, Hawkins is known as "Mr. Stability", hawkins has reached the final twice this season, but finally lost to Neil Robertson, Hawkins's performance in the World Championships is particularly stable, once in six World Championships four times to reach the final four, the performance is very stable, in recent years his performance at the World Championships has declined, but the second round is basically a "guarantee". And this year's World Championship Hawkins is currently facing a huge test, the first round of the first stage of the game 3:6 behind the young Jackson Page, the latter of the game in this state of the explosion, the first stage of the game rely on their own offensive strength to achieve a big score lead, if you can continue the first stage of the game of the fiery feel, Page to advance to the second round of the probability is very large, Hawkins want to stage a good reversal in the second stage of the game Is still quite difficult, it depends not only on themselves, but also depends on the state of the opponent, Seeded Hawkins is also out of the first round.
In other competitions, the world champion O'Sullivan and David Gilbert competed for the second stage of the match, and O'Sullivan, who led by a large margin, advanced to the second round is not a problem, although the state is not the same as the peak, but O'Sullivan is not very likely to overturn the ship in the gutter when he is leading by the big score, the most important thing is that Gilbert's state and strength are very limited, and it is difficult for him to stop O'Sullivan's progress.
World champion and No. 8 seed Mark Williams will appear in the second matchday, his first round opponent is Michael White, who was once known as a "talented teenager", in recent years he has gradually become mediocre, this World Championship Michael White is in good shape, after four consecutive levels to reach the World Championships, Mark Williams has been in ups and downs this season, if he can't play his due level in the game, he is difficult to take advantage of in the game against Michael White. In addition, the 13th seed Anthony McGill will also appear in the second matchday, McGill's first-round opponent is Highfield, the strength gap between the two sides is not large, the game depends on the play.