The 2021-2022 Snooker World Championships ended the second matchday competition, and four more players successfully advanced to the second round, of which China's top seed Zhao Xintong advanced to the round of 16 after winning 10:2 over qualifier Clark, which is also the first time zhao Xintong has reached the second round of the World Championship in his career, which means that Zhao Xintong has won the first victory in the world championship main event. One of the favorites to win the championship, "Rockets" O'Sullivan in the first round of the game was first suppressed and then raised, in the second stage of the game he lost two sets before four consecutive cities, the total score of 10:5 beat "Brother Potato" Gilbert. "Little Marquee" Maguire laughed 10:8 in the showdown with world champion Sean Murphy, and after defeating the opponent, he advanced to the second round strongly, and also advanced to the second round, jackson Page, who played well against the 9th seed Hawkins, and finally won 10:7 to advance to the second round. As a result, the World Championship has produced five places in the round of 16, which belong to Zhao Xintong, Selby, O'Sullivan, Maguire and Jackson Page.
The highest-ranked Chinese player, the No. 7 seed Zhao Xintong's opponent in the first round is Clark, with the 7:2 lead achieved in the first stage of the competition, Zhao Xintong basically locked in a top 16 seat, the second stage of the game Zhao Xintong continued the fiery feel, he played two consecutive 80+ after winning three consecutive sets to end the battle, and finally swept the opponent to advance 10:2, which is also the biggest disparity in the world championship so far. Although Zhao Xintong won the victory, he still has a lot of places to improve, the offensive accuracy is not too much of a problem, but the defense and the ability to encircle the ball still need to be strengthened, the World Championships is a long-term format, the comprehensive strength of the players is very high, Zhao Xintong wants to go further, he also needs to continuously improve his strength.
With Zhao Xintong in the same 1/4 zone O'Sullivan is in good shape, the first round of the game on the three shots to break the hundred, career in the World Championships to win has reached 70 games, equaling the "Billiards Emperor" Hendry's winning record, although it is difficult to tie Hendry "Seven Champions", but more than Hendry World Championship winning record is no suspense, O'Sullivan's first round of the first round of the game 10:5 victory over Gilbert, in the current situation, O'Sullivan this year's World Championships is quite good.
As strong as Zhao Xintong and O'Sullivan are world champion Mark Williams, whose first-round opponent is michael White, a former "talented teenager." No. 8 seed Mark Williams was in a state of flux in the first stage of the game, and he continued to work at the beginning of the game, shooting 121 points, 90 points, 71 points, 116 points, 138 points and then winning five consecutive sets, leading the big score of 5:0, and White scored a total of 56 points in the first five games, of which 46 points were still obtained in the third game.
The next two sets Mark Williams offensive state declined, but Michael White still did not seize the opportunity, Mark Williams won two more sets at 58:50, 72:13, the big score was 7:0 far ahead, the last two sets of the first stage of the game, Michael White finally stopped the decline in the losing streak, single shot 56 points, 68 points and then chased two consecutive sets, the big score of 7:2 leading Mark Williams has no suspense. Anthony McGill and Highfield began the first round of the first stage of the competition, this game McGill completely occupied the initiative on the field, and finally led the opponent 6:3 to end the first stage of the game, the hope of promotion is very large.
Some people perform strongly and some people perform poorly, world champion Sean Murphy and No. 9 seed Hawkins played poorly in the first round, "Mr. Stability" Hawkins did not have a chance in the game against young jackson page, although several times the score was forced to only one set, but the young jackson page directly blasted out a single shot in the last two sets to break the hundred and end the battle, the total score of 10:7 after defeating Hawkins advanced to the second round. World champion Sean Murphy's first round out is still a bit "tragic", the first stage of the game 3:6 behind Shaun Murphy at the beginning of the second stage played a wave of 5:1 scoring climax after 8:7 to surpass Maguire, unfortunately the last three sets, Maguire state back to win three consecutive sets to end the battle, world champion Sean Murphy regrettably stopped the first round of the World Championships, broke out of the big cold.
World champion Shaun Murphy is good news for China's Zhao Xintong, according to the schedule, Zhao Xintong's second round opponent is the winner between Murphy and Maguire, Shaun Murphy, known as the "magician", is still stronger than Maguire, and now Murphy is out, Zhao Xintong will compete with Maguire for the quarterfinals, the latter state is very volatile, Zhao Xintong as long as he can play the state and level of the first round of the game, then the probability of Zhao Xintong reaching the quarterfinals is very large.