In the first round of the World Snooker Championship, which just ended on April 18, 2022, Beijing time, Scotland's McGill and Highfield staged a glue match. In this game, McGill, who is good at defense, successfully advanced to the round of 16 at this World Championships with a single score of 56, 70, 71, 59 and excellent control of the situation and excellent control ability to beat Highfield, who scored 59, 55 and 73 points. Next, he will compete with the winners between Wafi and Trump for the final eight places.
McGill led Highfield 3-1 on three combos
In the first four innings of McGill and Highfield, neither was in very good form. In the first set, Highfield took the lead in taking a 1-0 lead 64:33 with multiple picks. In the second set, McGill scored 56 points and then won the game 85-36 to draw 1-1 with Highfield. In the third set, McGill won the game 54:12 with his excellent ability to seize the opportunity to lead Highfield 2-1. In the 4th inning, After Hayfield scored the first 32 points, there was a serious error, McGill single-handedly blasted 70 points and won the game 70-32 to lead Highfield 3-1 to end the first four sets.
McGill temporarily led Highfield 6-3
After the game entered the second half of the first stage of the game, the two men's form still did not improve. The game moved to the fifth inning, and McGill took the lead in winning the game 77-29 with a single score of 71 points to continue to lead Highfield 4-1. In the 6th inning, McGill scored 15 points and made a mistake, and Hayfield single-handedly scored 59 points to win the set 59-15 to determine that McGill was 2-4 behind McGill. In the 7th set, McGill took a 5-2 lead by winning the game 87:23 on multiple mobile games. In the 8th inning, Hayfield scored 55 points to win the game 94-15 and trail McGill 3-5. In the 9th set, McGill won the set 76-16 to give him a 6-3 lead over Highfield.
McGill eliminated Highfield 10-7 to advance
After the game entered the second stage, Highfield's form picked up. The match went into the 10th set, and Hayfield decided to fall behind McGill 4-6 with a first set of 74-7. In the 11th inning, McGill scored 59 points to take a 7-4 lead in a 64-63 single set against Highfield. In the 12th inning, Hayfield trailed McGill 5-7 with a 95-44 performance. In the 13th inning, Hayfield single-handedly blasted 73 points to keep a 77-0 clean sheet behind McGill 6-7. In the 14th set, McGill took an 8-6 lead with a brilliant ability to take advantage of the opportunity to win the game 81-43. In the 15th set, McGill won the game 75:43 with a scattered attack to lead Highfield 9-6 to get the match point. In the 16th inning, Hayfield won the game 94-1 and thus trailed McGill 7-9. In the 17th set, McGill defeated Hayfield 10-7 to advance to the Round of 16 of the World Championships with a 90-32 performance.