On the evening of April 17, the Snooker World Championship entered the second match day of competition, and the mainlander Zhao Xintong performed perfectly, blasting 2 strokes to break the 1006 50+ in the whole game, winning 3 consecutive games in the second stage after the 7-2 lead at halftime, and the total score of 10-2 hammer qualifier Jamie Clark reached the Round of 16 of the World Championship for the first time in his career. In another match played at the same time, 13th seed Anthony McGill fought with qualifier Liam Highfield for nearly four hours to take a 6-3 lead in the first stage with a 3-50+.
McGill has always been good at the World Championships, reaching the top 4 in 2020 and the quarter-finals twice, and this year as a seeded player, Highfield has twice reached Crucible but has not won, this time aiming to win against non-top players. The game started, neither of them was in form, Highfield took the lead 64-33, and in the second set, McGill scored a single 56 points to equalize 1-1! In the 3rd set, the two fought again, and McGill won 54-12! In the 4th-5th inning, McGill shot two consecutive 70+ shots to make it 4-1 on aggregate! In the 6th inning, Highfield seized mcGill's error and scored 59 points to make it 2-4! In the 7th-8th set, both sides won one set each, and the score came to 5-3! In the 9th inning, McGill won.
Zhao Xintong's state is quite hot, almost ignorant of Clark, the first half 7-2 far ahead, the second half of the first consecutive blast of two 80+, Clark did not score a point, the total score of 9-2 straight to the match point! Among them, the 10th inning of the right hand hit the bag mouth powder ball to play the smash, missed the 3rd shot to break the hundred! In the 12th set, Zhao Xintong first established a small point lead, Clark also had no intention of fighting, and failed to seize the many opportunities given by Zhao Xintong, and finally Zhao Xintong won the round 67-40, swept Clark 10-2 on aggregate, and successfully advanced to the round of 16, waiting for the winner between Murphy and Maguire. Later at 21:30, the second session of the match, O'Sullivan and Gilbert's match will produce results, Williams and Little White will appear, when the "Inverted Sword Flower" will push timely reports, welcome to pay attention.