The 2021-2022 World Snooker Championships entered the second matchday competition, this matchday will determine four round of 16 places, China's Zhao Xintong, world champions O'Sullivan, Sean Murphy and world runner-up Hawkins will play in the first round of the second stage of the competition, and in the first round of the second stage of the competition, China's Zhao Xintong is still in a bursting state, the first stage of the game 7:2 lead Zhao Xintong in the second stage of the match did not give the opponent any chance, He won three consecutive sets with a 10:2 aggregate victory to advance to the second round of the World Championships, which is also the first time in Zhao Xintong's career to advance to the Round of 16 of the World Championships, and he will compete with Sean Murphy and Maguire for a place in the quarterfinals of the World Championships. In a first-round first-stage competition, 13th seed Anthony McGill played well, losing one set and then winning four consecutive sets to establish a lead, and finally McGill led Highfield 6-3 to end the first stage of the match.
Zhao Xintong this world championship as a seeded player directly into the main competition, this season Zhao Xintong suddenly emerged, he performed well in the British Championship and the German Masters, has passed the level will reach the final and finally won the championship, the world ranking has also jumped to the top ten in the world, in the latest snooker rankings, Zhao Xintong ranked sixth in the world, he was also placed high hopes by Chinese fans. This year is the second time in Zhao Xintong's career to participate in the World Championships, and it is also the first time that Zhao Xintong participated in the World Championships as a seeded player, and three years ago he lost to world champion Selby in the first round of the main tournament, regrettably stopping the first round. Zhao Xintong is the No. 7 seed of the tournament, and the first round of the competition is the qualifier Jamie Clark, who performed well in the qualifiers, especially the final round of upset defeat to world champion Graham Dort was impressive. The first stage of the game between the two unexpectedly showed a one-sided situation, and Zhao Xintong, who is known for his attack, was full of firepower, and he took a 7-2 lead after playing a six-shot winning point in the game, and the promotion seemed to be no suspense.
In the second stage of the game, Zhao Xintong continued the fiery feel of the previous first stage of the game, in the 10th game Zhao Xintong took the lead in attacking and scored 31 points into the defense, and after the two sides attacked and defended each other, Zhao Xintong once again found an opportunity, and won after a single shot of 88 points, leading Clark 8:2. In the 11th game, Clark, who was behind by a large score, was ready to let go, his attack seemed to be a little aggressive, but unfortunately the feel was slightly inferior, Zhao Xintong seized Clark's mid-range offensive error opportunity to blast an 82-point shot and then kept a clean sheet again, and the big score was 9:2 far ahead to get the match point.
In the 12th game, Zhao Xintong once again seized the opponent's offensive mistakes to take the lead in attacking, after scoring 34 points, because the mother ball was not ideal and interrupted the attack, Clark not only did not seize the opportunity but also left the red ball in the pocket when attacking, Zhao Xintong seized the opportunity to attack and complete the super point, the backward Clark did not intend to give up, but unfortunately he made successive mistakes after that, and finally Zhao Xintong won 67:30, and won the second stage of the game with a 10:2 disparity after winning three consecutive sets. Advancing to the second round of the World Championships, he will compete with world champions Sean Murphy and Maguire for the quarter-finals.
The first round of the tournament's 13th seeded McGill was against Highfield, who broke through from the qualifiers, McGill made a splash at the World Championships two years ago, he made a big splash all the way to the final four, lost a good game in the semi-finals when he was leading by the big score, and finally lost to Karen Wilson in the finals, last year's World Championships, McGill still performed well, he beat O'Sullivan to reach the quarterfinals. However, McGill's performance this season is not good, opponent Hayfield in the final round of qualifying in the decider reversal defeated China's Yuan Sijun, it should be said that McGill although the strength is superior, but there is no absolute certainty of winning.
At the beginning of the game, Hayfield relied on multiple starting opportunities to take the lead at 64:33, and then in the next four games, McGill took the initiative on the field, single shot 56 points, 70 points, 71 points after winning four consecutive sets to lead the opponent, in the sixth game Hayfield single shot 59 points after winning the first set, the seventh game McGill multiple attacks to win 87:23, the big score 5:2 lead, the last two sets of the first stage of the game, McGill leads Highfield 6-3 after each win and is expected to reach the second round of the World Championships for three consecutive years.