Beijing time on April 19 news, snooker World Championship ended the 4th matchday of the main tournament, this match day and the birth of 3 promoters, from last night and this morning, McGill, Mark Williams, Mark Allen have passed the first round and advanced to the round of 16. McGill 10-7 Highfield, Mark Williams 10-3 Michael White, Mark Allen 10-6 Donaldson.
So far, the 2022 World Snooker Championship has produced 8 players in the round of 16. Four round-of-16 spots in the 1/4 zone were occupied by Selby, Mark Williams and Jackson Page. Only McGill qualified for the 2/4 zone. The 3/4 zone has yet to produce a qualifier, with Neil Robertson leading Hugel 6-3 in the first stage. The four round of 16 seats in the 4/4 district have all been created: Zhao Xintong, Maguire, Mark Allen, O'Sullivan. Zhao Xintong 10-2 Jamie Clark, Maguire 10-8 Murphy, Mark Allen 10-6 Donaldson, O'Sullivan 10-5 Gilbert, it can be said that these 4 games did not have any cold-scoring births, playing the super death division 4/4 zone!
Zhao Xintong, Mark Allen and O'Sullivan are the top three seeds of this World Championship. O'Sullivan is the Six Champions of the World Championships, and Maguire and Mark Allen are both Six-Time Champions of the Rankings, and the division has three six-crowns. In addition, Zhao Xintong is also the second in the world in a single season, second only to Neil Robertson, the number one favorite to win the World Championships.
Except for Maguire, who only had 5 strokes and 50+ in the first round, the other three performed extremely well in the first round: Zhao Xintong scored 8 50+ and 2 shots to break 100; O'Sullivan also scored 8 50+, and the number of breaks reached 3 times; Mark Allen, who advanced in the early hours of this morning, also had a single performance of 7 strokes 50+ and 2 strokes.
Next 4/4 zone matchup: Zhao Xintong vs Maguire, Mark Allen vs O'Sullivan, 2 peak matches, competing for 2 top 8 spots, the winner will decide the breakout of the district in two or two PK to enter the final four.