The 2021-2022 Snooker World Championships will begin a third matchday competition, which will be contested for multiple matches, and China's Lu Haotian will also appear on this match day, and he will compete with world champion Bingham in the first round of the first round of competition. In the first two matches, the 13th seed Anthony McGill, although not in good shape, won the second round of the World Championship for three consecutive years with a 10-7 victory over opponents Highfield with the accumulated lead in the first stage of the game. And the "small steel cannon" Mark Allen and Scott Donaldson, known as Ding Junhui's "nemesis", fell into a bitter battle, after the end of the first stage of the game between the two sides, Mark Allen only led 5:4, and it is difficult to say who died in the game.
Mark, the 15th seed of the tournament, known as the "small steel cannon" Allen first round of the game to meet Scott Donaldson, Scott Donaldson is a "post-80s" celebrity, because he has won many times ding Junhui is called "Ding Junhui nemesis", he has a fairly strong strength, Mark Allen is in good shape at the beginning of this season, won the Northern Ireland Open championship, but in the last few ranking matches he did not perform well, although he is a seeded player, but the game with Scott Donaldson does not have an absolute certainty of victory. Mark Allen got into shape quickly in the first set, after a single shot blasted 80 points to win the first set 105:1, in the second game Donaldson was not willing to show weakness, single shot 50 points after pulling back a set at 80:9, the third game Donaldson was still hot, single shot 78 points and then won another set, in the fourth game Donaldson missed the opportunity to expand the score, he was defeated by Mark Allen when he led 60:0, and the two sides fought a 2-2 draw in the first four games.
In the fifth game, Donaldson was full of firepower, several times attacked and singled 68 points after a 124-0 clean sheet against the opponent Mark Allen, and once again turned the score back, behind Mark Allen then launched a counterattack, in the sixth game he attacked several times to win the equalizer at 69:32, in the seventh game Mark Allen gradually recovered in form, single shot 107 points after winning, the big score 4:3 to overtake Donaldson, in the eighth game Donaldson still played aggressively, single shot 54 points and then equalized again, In the ninth inning, Mark Allen was in a state of great form, scoring 109 points and winning, leading 5:4 to end the first stage of the first round. The second stage of the game will be carried out in a few hours, the current difference between the two is not large, and from the perspective of the game process, the comprehensive strength of the two is also equal, the victory or defeat of the game is unpredictable, and the second stage of the game will directly determine the outcome of the whole game.
Anthony McGill, the 13th seed and one of the "91 Three Masters", competed with qualifier Hayfield in the second stage of the competition, and the two were in a very different state in the first stage of the game, McGill won four consecutive sets to establish an advantage in the first set and finally ended the first stage of the competition with a 6:3 lead. Trailing Highfield must play at least 7-3 in the second stage to have any hope of winning. At the beginning of the game, Hayfield got into shape quickly, he won 74:7 after several attacks and pulled back a city and chased the score to 4:6, in the 11th set Hayfield missed a good opportunity to close the score, he was about to complete the super score, he made a fatal mistake, McGill seized the opportunity to blast 59 points and then narrowed the score gap to three sets with a one-point victory. In the 12th inning, Hayfield was not affected by the loss of the previous game, winning 95:44 after several attacks, and in the 13th game, Hayfield continued to score 73 points and won, and the big score was chased to 6:7, seeing the hope of a big reversal.
Seeing that the opponent was about to equalize, Anthony McGill did not mess up, in the 14th game McGill won 81:43 and took an 8:6 lead after multiple attacks, and Highfield, who missed the equalizer, missed the opportunity again in the 15th set, he had the opportunity to win with one shot, and as a result, there was a mistake in the attack, McGill played multiple attacks and won another set at 75:43, and won the match point 9:6. The trailing Highfield played well in the 16th inning, winning 94:1 and saving a match point after several attacks, and in the 17th game, Highfield also had a chance but did not seize it, McGill won 90:32 after a single shot of 51 points, and won 10:7 on aggregate to advance to the round of 16 of the World Championships, it is worth mentioning that this is McGill's third consecutive year in the second round of the World Championships, he reached the final four at the Previous Year's World Championships, and last year he advanced to the quarterfinals after defeating O'Sullivan.