In the early morning of April 19, Beijing time, the first round of the 2022 Snooker World Championships continued. China's Lu Haotian competed against Bingham. After the fierce battle of the first nine sets, the first stage of the match between the two sides ended, and Bingham temporarily led Lu Haotian 6-3, only 4 wins away from advancing to the next round.
In the first set, the two sides competed fiercely, and Lu Haotian took the lead to win the first set 71-63. In the second set Bingham found the feel to win the game 65-0. In the third inning, Bingham scored 52 points to win 97-22 and then back 2-1. In the 4th inning, Lu Haotian scored a single shot of 104 points, and the two sides fought 2-2 in the first four sets.
In the fifth inning, Bingham blasted out 54 points to win the round 79-16 and regain the lead. Bingham scored a one-shot 85 and 86 innings of the 6th and 7th innings to take advantage of 5-2 after two consecutive innings. In the eighth inning, Bingham blasted a high score of 140 points, and the single score of 140 was also the highest single score since the beginning of the game. In the 9th game, although Bingham scored 68 points, Lu Haotian resisted the pressure and scored 69 points to win the set 69-68.
In the end, the 9-inning match was over, and Bingham temporarily led China's Lu Haotian 6-3. After a short break, the second phase of the match will begin at 21:30 Beijing time on April 19, and the first round of the World Championships will use a 19-game 10-win system, and the first to win 10 sets can advance to the next round.