On April 18, 2022, the snooker World Championship continued to compete in the first round, and five top 16 seats have been determined, china's famous Zhao Xintong against Maguire, two consecutive rounds against non-seeded players, in the eyes of outside fans is also good, but Maguire is very strong, different from the general qualifiers, Zhao Xintong still has to be prepared to face difficulties and strive to be the best of himself.
The first round faces qualifier Jamie. Clark, Zhao Xintong performed strongly, banged out a 10-2 victory, the first time in his career to advance to the World Championship Round of 16, after the game in an interview with the World Taiwan Federation, Zhao Xintong said that he will continue to cheer, go all out to play every game, to enjoy the fun brought by the game, but also hope to play with O'Sullivan in Crucible, the two will meet until the quarterfinals.
At the same time, Zhao Xintong also mentioned Ding Junhui, emphasizing that Ding Junhui is always a top player, but it takes time to find the state, whether it is O'Sullivan, or Ding Junhui, they have provided a lot of help to Zhao Xintong, for which he expressed his gratitude and wished the two good results.
Next Zhao Xintong's opponent is Maguire, the two sides only met once in their careers, Zhao Xintong lost to Maguire, but the interval is longer, the reference value is not large, Maguire said that he is not in the best state, it is not easy to defeat Murphy, before the next game starts, he urgently needs to improve, Zhao Xintong has improved rapidly this season and become a candidate for this year's World Championship.
Hendry and Davis, who served as commentators, were also full of praise, Hendra pointed out that Zhao Xintong played very beautifully, the ornamental was very high, and he scored a lot of single shots, feeling that he was still relatively relaxed to some extent, and the most incomprehensible thing was that Zhao Xintong had excellent talent, why did he win the first crown at the age of 24, because he played professionally for a long time, in fact, he should have achieved some results a long time ago.
Davis mentioned that O'Sullivan is very generous and provides a lot of help to Zhao Xintong, from the first round of performance, it is not difficult to see that Zhao Xintong has a very comprehensive technology, but it is still very difficult to win the world championship, because there are too many players with strength now, looking forward to his next performance, whether it is Hendry, or Davis, are optimistic about Zhao Xintong to create another good result in this year's World Championships.
In addition to Zhao Xintong, there is another young player who has outstanding performance, he is Jackson, a post-00s young player from Wales. Page, starting from the qualifiers, won five consecutive games to advance to the round of 16, eliminating seeded players Hawkins and Jackson. Page bluntly said that he was focused on the game itself and especially enjoyed the process, thanks to Mark. Williams helped herself and learned a lot from him.
mark. Williams led Michael 7-2. White, who caused the game to lose suspense early and also looked forward to the master-apprentice showdown behind, was on the crucible arena, Mark. Williams is expected to give Jackson. Page conducts a practical lesson.