The 2022 Snooker Finale World Championships are in full swing, with the thirty-two finalists playing against each other over a seventeen-day schedule, with the winner taking away up to £500,000 in prize money.
The first matchday show was a great performance for fans, with defending champion Mark Selby beating Jones 10-7 to advance first, and the other first stage duels against O'Sullivan 6-3 with Gilbert, Peggy 6-3 ahead of Hawkins and Maguire 6-3 leading Murphy.
Of course, the most anticipated by domestic fans is Zhao Xintong's match against Jamie Clark, and in the first stage of the showdown between the two sides, Zhao Xintong's state of fire exploded with two shots over 100 to lead Clark into the decisive stage with a big score of 7-2.
After witnessing Zhao Xintong's first stage of the game yesterday, many fans also said in the comment area that the once confident teenager had returned, unlike the indecisiveness of the previous tournaments, Zhao Xintong once again found his familiar playing style at this World Championship, and the excellent play was also helpless to the opponent.
In the second stage, Clark obviously played more aggressively and wanted to get back to his form through the attack, but after the accuracy was really not very good, the combination of strong attacks leaked out of the opportunity, and Zhao Xintong once again started to blast a single shot 80+ to lead 8-2.
Back in the eleventh inning, Clark still did not plan to change his playing style, still fighting with Zhao Xintong to attack, helplessly losing the red ball bench Zhao Xintong played without mercy and began to score around the black ball continuously, and once again blasted out a single shot 80+ after Zhao Xintong took the lead to reach the match point 9-2.
In the last set, Clark not only did not get accurate, but even luck did not side with him, forced the attack fruitless and leaked out of the bag opportunity, Zhao Xintong came to the stage to establish a leading edge Attack interruption, but Clark seemed to be confused and sent the bag mouth ball, Zhao Xintong once again got on the super point Clark came to the stage to make snooker but lost the key green ball Finally Zhao Xintong won 10-2 to advance to the round of 16.
Looking at the whole showdown Zhao Xintong to win can be described as very easy, Clarke almost did not give too much pressure, which is the opposite of the score predicted by the British media before the game, and Zhao Xintong also beat those external doubters with his excellent play and unsolvable accuracy.
After Zhao Xintong advanced to the promotion, he also set a record for the first time in his career to reach the Round of 16 of the World Championships and exploded the first shot in the first stage of the World Championships, for Zhao Xintong, his journey to the World Championships has just begun. Zhao Xintong, who advances first, will be the next winner of The Round of 16, Sean Murphy and Stephen Maguire.