In the first round of the World Snooker Championship, which just ended on April 17, 2022, Beijing time, China's famous Zhao Xintong successfully advanced to the round of 16 with a single shot of 109 points, 103 points, 98 points, 57 points, 73 points, 78 points, 86 points and 82 points. Next, Zhao Xintong will compete with the winner between Murphy and Maguire for the quarter-finals. From the current situation, Zhao Xintong's next opponent is likely to be Maguire, but Maguire's current competitive state is not good, so this may be good news for Zhao Xintong.
Zhao Xintong won three consecutive sets to lead Clark 3-1
In the first four innings of Zhao Xintong and Clark, Zhao Xintong's performance can be described as very good. In the first set, Zhao Xintong scored a 1-0 lead with a 104-30 victory with a 98-point performance and won the game with super accuracy. In the second set, Zhao Xintong continued to show a good hand, and he won another set 79:16 to take a 2-0 lead with a single shot of 57 points. In the third set, Zhao Xintong single-handedly blasted 73 points and then won the game 74:35 to ensure a 3-0 lead. In the 4th set, Clark finally scored 76 points with a scattered offense and multiple mobile phone games and won the game 76:11 to fall behind Zhao Xintong 1-3.
Zhao Xintong opened fire to lead Clark 7-2
After entering the second half of the first stage of the game, Zhao Xintong's state was still very strong. In the 5th set, Clark scored 14 points and made a mistake, and Zhao Xintong single-handedly blasted 109 points to win the set 109-14 to take a 4-1 lead. In the 6th set, Zhao Xintong's hand was still hot, and he won another set 83:11 to determine a 5-1 lead over Clark with a single shot of 78 points. In the 7th inning, Zhao Xintong single-handedly struck a 103-point clean sheet with Clark to take a 6-1 lead. In the 8th set, Clark finally found his form, and he won the game 75-6 with a single shot of 67 points to narrow the gap to four innings behind Zhao Xintong 2-6. In the 9th set, Zhao Xintong once again won the game 63:25 with his excellent ability to seize the opportunity, thus leading Clark 7-2 to end the first stage of the match.
Zhao Xintong felt hot and beat Clark 10-2
After the game entered the second stage of the game, Zhao Xintong's state was still maintained very well. In the 10th set, Zhao Xintong made a mistake after scoring 31 points in the previous two starts, followed by a serious mistake in Clark, Zhao Xintong scored a red ball again and won the game with a single shot of 88 points 119:0 to lead Clark 8-2 and continue to extend the lead. In the 11th set, Clark tried to attack the right bottom pocket far platform red ball and made a mistake and left a good opportunity for Zhao Xintong, who seized the opportunity to score the left bottom pocket red ball to start. With a superb performance of 82 points, he directly kept a clean sheet on Clark to lead the latter 9-2 and directly get the match point of this game. In the 12th set, Clark took the lead in hitting the ball and left Zhao Xintong a mobile phone meeting for the left middle bag red ball, and Zhao Xintong scored the left middle bag red ball and successfully won the mobile phone meeting. But he was forced to choose defense after making a mistake in scoring 34 points. In the end, Zhao Xintong won the game 67:30 to eliminate Clark 10-2.