On April 18, five places have been confirmed in the round of 16 of the Snooker World Championships, with Selby beating Jimmy Jones (10-7), Zhao Xintong scoring Clark (10-2), O'Sullivan defeating Gilbert (10-5), Jackson Page beating Hawkins (10-7), and qualifying player Harry Maguire eliminating world champion Sean Murphy (10-8). In the two first-stage matches that have been completed, "Uncle Horse" Williams has been tough, throwing seven consecutive whips, and McGill has also performed well, gaining the upper hand 6-3 against Highfield.
In this "Welsh Derby", Williams and Michael White staged a wonderful duel, the two sides have met 9 times before, originally White was the player who had the upper hand, but the first stage of the competition was the "golden left hand" Williams got the initiative.
After the game began, Williams was in a hot state, successively threw out 7 consecutive whips, with 3 shots to break the hundred and 2 strokes 70+ to firmly grasp the situation, of which the fifth set White also got a single shot 50 points, but still was suppressed by Williams, Uncle Ma won 7 consecutive sets, White realized in hindsight, finally had a counterattack action, with two sets of 50 + bang, the big score was fixed at 2-7.
Looking back at the tournament, in the 5 competitions that have so far confirmed the results, the world's no. 1 Selby, the seventh seed Zhao Xintong and the snooker superstar O'Sullivan broke into the round of 16, which was expected, but there were also two events, and the seeded players were eliminated, which was called upset.
Seeded Sean Murphy is ranked 10th in the world and is one of the 80 Five Tigers, but has not performed well this season, becoming a world champion who is frequently unpopular. His first-round opponent is TOP.40 Maguire, and in the career record of the two, Murphy has the advantage.
Throughout the game, neither was in the best form, Maguire led 6-3 in the first half, and Murphy recovered in the second half, playing a 1-1002 50+, but he missed the ball in the crucial 17th inning, allowing Maguire to get the match point first, and finally Maguire locked in the victory.
The match between No. 9 seed Hawkins and TOP.90 Jackson Page is even more unexpected, as a good player who has reached the final of the World Championship, Hawkins has always occupied the top 16 thrones in the world, and Jackson Page has only qualified for the main tournament after four rounds of qualifying, making many fans look forward to Hawkins before the game.
In the first stage, Jackson Page has shown his ability, 6-3 hawkins was out of temper, and in the second stage, the two sides competed more fiercely, the most critical two games, Hawkins made consecutive mistakes, Jackson Page shot two shots (128 points and 135 points), and finally won 10-8.
Next, the two unfinished matches will begin, mcGill and Highfield continue the second stage of the competition at 17:00, Uncle Ma also began to play white in the second stage at 21:30, and Mark Allen vs. Donaldson, Robertson vs. Hegel will also make their World Championship debuts.