The 2021-2022 Snooker World Championships entered the third matchday competition on the 18th, and in the previous matchday competition, China's Zhao Xintong defeated Clark and advanced to the second round. In addition, defending champion Selby and top seed O'Sullivan also successfully defeated their opponents to advance to the round of 16, while No. 9 seed Hawkins and No. 10 seed Sean Murphy were out of the game, Hawkins lost to Page, and Murphy lost to Maguire. In this way, the World Championship Round of 16 has produced five seats, the third match day will produce three top 16 seats, and China's famous Lu Haotian will appear in the third match day, he will start the first stage of the competition with the world champion Bingham, Lu Haotian must start the first stage of the game, once the score is pulled apart it is difficult to chase back. Title-winning favourite Neil Robertson will also be on this matchday, and his opponent is the new generation of "Grind king" Ashley Hurgil, which is a huge test for Neil Robertson.
2021-2022 Snooker World Championships April 18 Fixtures:
17:00: McGill vs Hayfield (Second Stage)
17:00: Mark Allen vs Donaldson (Stage 1)
21:30: Williams vs Michael White (Second Stage)
21:30: Robertson vs Hugel (Stage 1)
2:00 a.m. Bingham vs Lui Haotian (Stage 1)
Next day 2:00: Mark Allen vs Donaldson (Stage 2)
Chinese young player Lu Haotian's opponent in the first round of the competition is the world champion Bingham, which is a huge challenge for Lu Haotian, after all, the latter is a world champion, the comprehensive strength is quite strong, Bingham has always been stable in the World Championships, last year also reached the final four, the comprehensive strength is much stronger than Lu Haotian. However, Bingham is actually not in good shape this season, in addition to having an excellent performance in the Snooker Champions League, his performance in other ranking matches is not good, which is an opportunity for Lu Haotian, lu Haotian is in good shape at this World Championship, he has won three consecutive games in the qualification round to enter the main game, and his morale is currently high, although the world ranking is not as good as Bingham, but this does not mean that Lu Haotian has no chance to defeat his opponents at all. On this matchday, Lu Haotian and Bingham only played in the first stage of the match, and Lu Haotian had to make a good start to bite the score so that he had a chance to compete with his opponent in the second stage of the game.
Neil Robertson, the No. 3 seed and biggest favourite at the World Championships, will also make his debut on this matchday, with his first-round opponent Ashley Hurgil, who made his career to the world championship for the first time. Although Neil Robertson is only the No. 3 seed of the tournament, but because of his outstanding performance this season, he has won three ranking championships and a masters championship, Neil Robertson has become the biggest favorite to win the World Championship, from the comparison of neil Robertson and Hugger's strength, there should be no suspense between the two sides. However, Hurgil has an excellent performance in the World Championship qualifiers, he eliminated a number of famous players after advancing to the main tournament, in addition, Hurgil is known as a new generation of "grinding king", in the third round of the qualifiers, Hurgil reversed the elimination of the famous gould, after the game Gould was very dissatisfied with Huggier's way of playing, Hurgil averaged more than 30 seconds of shot time, which is probably even the criticized Selby sighed, the opponent is in good shape, plus can grind, which is a test for world champion Neil Robertson.
Three-time World Championship champion and No. 8 seed Mark Williams and the former "talented teenager" Michael White began the first round of the second stage of the competition, the first stage of the 7:2 lead Mark Williams as long as there is no state cliff decline, to advance to the second round of the World Championships should not have any suspense, the biggest attraction is whether Michael White can win a few more rounds from the opponent. 6:3 lead anthony McGill will play the first round of the second stage of the match with Hayfield, the last few World Championships, Anthony McGill has been unusually stable, the previous year's World Championships she reached the final four, last year's World Championships he beat O'Sullivan to reach the quarterfinals, this year's World Championships can basically book a place in the round of 16, of course, leading the opponent three sets is not a particularly big advantage, McGill needs to be prepared for difficulties.
"Little Steel Cannon" Mark Allen's first-round opponent is Scott Donaldson, the latter is in good shape this season, many ranking matches have a good performance, Mark Allen is a seeded player, but the comprehensive strength is not necessarily much higher than Donaldson, the two will decide the winner in this matchday, Mark Allen needs to beware of being upset in the game.