Late on the night of April 18, Beijing time, the 7th person to advance to the 2022 Snooker World Championship was born, following Selby, Zhao Xintong, O'Sullivan, Maguire, Jackson Page, McGill, Mark Williams defeated Michael White 10-3 to enter the round of 16.
Mark Williams, a three-time world champion who once fulfilled his promise to run naked in Crucible after winning the world championship for the third time in 2018, Uncle Ma has always been a temperamental person who is very popular with fans. At the World Championships, Mark Williams was the No. 8 seed, and the opponent in the first round was Michael White, who broke through from the qualifiers. Speaking of Michael White, old fans should not be unfamiliar, once the son of snooker's chosen son, known as a genius by the British media, but since then, because of alcoholism, Michael White's career has fallen, this season, Michael White is even an amateur player, of course, Michael White has realized his problems, the World Championship qualifiers, Michael White has passed 4 levels in a row, becoming the only amateur player to enter the main game from the qualifiers.
From a former genius to today's biggest dark horse in qualifying, Michael White met the familiar old senior Mark Williams in the first round of the main tournament, both of whom are Welsh players. Nine years ago, Michael White's Crucible debut opponent was Mark Williams, when Michael White won his first world championship 10-6. Nine years later, the prodigal michael White once again met Mark Williams in Crucible and staged the Welsh derby.
In the first stage that ended before, Mark Williams was full of firepower, hitting a single shot with 121 points, 90 points, 71 points, 116 points, 138 points to win the first five sets, and then Mark Williams won the sixth and seventh sets 58-50, 72-13 to achieve a 7-0 lead. Michael White hit a single 56 and 68 consecutive runs to win two straight sets. Mark Williams led sharply 7-2 to end the first stage.
In tonight's second-stage game, Michael White failed to continue the good form at the end of the first stage, Mark Williams won the tenth set 104-18, and then blasted a single 50 points to win the eleventh set 99-32, leading the General Bureau 9-2 and getting N match points!
In the twelfth inning, Michael White refused to surrender his weapon, of course, Mark Williams also made mistakes, Michael White seized the opportunity to blast a single 83 point to win, 114-24, saving a match point.
In the thirteenth set, Mark Williams still cashed in on the match point, the world championship 3 champions KO qualifier the biggest dark horse advanced to the round of 16, Uncle Ma's 10-3 score is also second only to Zhao Xintong's 10-2.
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