The much-anticipated World Snooker Championships ended on two days, and the round of 16 seats have been produced for 5 seats. Defending champion Selby refused to be upset, and Zhao Xintong and O'Sullivan advanced strongly. Page and Maguire also beat their opponents to advance to the round of 16. The other two seeded players, Murphy and Hawkins, suffered a round trip.
Zhao Xintong advanced strongly
China's Zhao Xintong's opponent is Clark, who is 50 meters away. On the first day of the game, Zhao Xintong completely suppressed the opponent and gained a 7-2 lead. The next day, Clark was still sleepwalking, and Zhao Xintong continued to feel like a match, keeping a clean sheet in the first two sets of 119-0, 82-0 consecutive clean sheets, and 9-2 to get the match point. In the 12th inning, Clark, who did not give up, won the mobile phone meeting, but only scored 40 points before ending. After some entanglement between the two sides, Zhao Xintong won 67-40 several times, thus defeating Clark 10-2 with a large score and advancing to the Round of 16 of the World Championships.
Before Zhao Xintong, defending champion Selby played a one-day double. Facing the weak Jones, the Joker took the lead 6-3 in the first stage. In the second stage, Master Sai did not give his opponent too many opportunities, ending the battle 10-7, becoming the first player to advance to the round of 16.
Rocket sent away Brother Potato
Zhao Xintong's lock-up of a place in the round of 16 is O'Sullivan. He trailed 3-0 at the start of the first stage against Gilbert, but came back 6-3 with a wave of six consecutive whips. In the second stage, the Rockets continued to threaten, and played another potato brother 4-2 to advance 10-5.
Compared to the above three, the other two seeded players are not so lucky. Hawkins, ranked ninth in the world, was completely out of shape against Page, and the whole game was in a state of falling behind to chase points. After Master Huo chased 7-8, Page broke through the 100 in two consecutive sets, winning two consecutive sets 132-0 and 135-0 to give Master Huo a round trip with a large score of 10-7.
Murphy was no match for the coat
Tenth-placed Murphy faced old Maguire, trailing 3-6 in the first stage. In the second stage, he struggled to catch up, and at one point he overtook 8-7. At this time, the coat suddenly exerted its strength, crackled and played three consecutive whips, winning three consecutive sets 102-0, 82-0 and 73-30, directly stuning the magician, and winning 10-8 to advance to the second round. Murphy, who finished runners-up last year, took a crucible round trip and sadly bid farewell to the World Championships.