On the evening of April 18, Beijing time, the Snooker World Championship ended two more battles, Mark Allen narrowly defeated Donaldson 5-4 in the first stage, and McGill eliminated Highfield 10-7 in the second stage. At this point, 6 seats were born in the round of 16: Zhao Xintong, Selby, O'Sullivan, Jackson Page, Maguire and McGill.
Let's start with the promoter McGill. At the World Championships, McGill was the No. 13 seed, and in the first round, his opponent was Highfield, who broke through from the qualifiers. McGill has performed quite well in Crucible over the past 2 years, once in the round of 4 and once in the top of 8. In the first stage, McGill led 6-3. In the second stage of today's match, McGill was countered by Highfield in the first half to make it 3-1, and the lead was narrowed from three innings to one. Returning from a break, McGill won two straight sets to take a 9-6 lead and took the lead out of match point. Highfield saved a match point. In the 17th inning, McGill won the game with a luckball and won a thrilling game, advancing 10-7. Overall, McGill is in poor form, which is a positive for Ding Junhui and Trump in the same district.
Let's talk about Mark Allen, who narrowly beat Donaldson 5-4 in the first stage. In this game, Mark Allen played quite badly, because opponent Donaldson was obviously deliberately slowing down the game, and even made temporary appearances, and all kinds of small tricks continued. Mark Allen is known as a "small steel cannon" and likes to fight against opponents, and Donaldson's fighting orders are very uncomfortable. The course of the game was extremely slow at one point. However, in the second half, Snooker star Mark Allen still regained control of the rhythm of the game, breaking through the hundreds in a row, speeding up the progress, one shot 107 points + 109 points, narrowly defeated Donaldson in the first stage with a large score of 5-4, refused the game and was postponed!
The following 21:30, no.1 Neil Robertson of the single season, appeared to meet qualifier Hu gill for the first stage of the competition. Mark Williams will play the second stage of the showdown with Michael White, the first stage, Mark Williams 7-2 a sharp lead, the promotion is in sight!