On April 19, 2022, Beijing time, the Snooker World Championship ended on the third day of the main tournament, and three seeded players advanced to the round of 16, namely Anthony McGill, Mark Williams and Mark Allen. Mark Allen, 36, hit a two-shot breaker to beat Scott Donaldson 10-6 and will face O'Sullivan in the next round.
Barry Hawkins and Sean Murphy were out in succession, and qualifiers showed strong competitiveness. However, the qualifiers who appeared on the third matchday performed averagely, either out or behind, and the seeded players did not let the unpopular continue to be born.
McGill, who led 6-3 in the first stage, withstood the pressure and eliminated Highfield 10-7. With a 7-2 lead, Mark Williams scored a quick final, shooting a single 121 and 50 points in the second stage, and the big score was 10-3 to easily eliminate Michael White. The winning Mark Williams will face Jackson Page in the next round, a Welsh derby and a master-apprentice dialogue.
Mark Allen's opponent was Scott Donaldson, and although he shot a two-shot breaker in the first stage, Mark Allen only took a 5-4 lead. Entering the second stage, Mark Allen showed great strength on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, far better than Scott Donaldson, although he lost two consecutive sets when he led 7-4, but then won three consecutive sets to eliminate Scott Donaldson 10-6 and successfully advance to the round of 16.
With a two-shot breaker and a five-shot 50+, Mark Allen stood in front of O'Sullivan, this game is obviously a strong dialogue, O'Sullivan is certainly more optimistic, but the menacing Mark Allen will create some trouble for O'Sullivan, this game will not be easy.
So far, the snooker Round of 16 has decided 8 seats, namely Selby, Zhao Xintong, O'Sullivan, Jackson Page, Stephen Maguire, Anthony McGill, Mark Williams and Mark Allen. That said, the first round is halfway through.
In the other two games, title-winning favourite Neil Robertson won five straight sets after 1-3 to lead Ashley Hugh Gill 6-3, in which Neil Robertson shot a three-shot breaker and attacked quite strongly. In addition, Bingham scored a single shot of 140 points to lead Lu Haotian 6-3. Although Lü Haotian was behind, the ninth inning was crucial, he played a single shot of 69 points with 68 points behind, completing a big reversal, quite uplifting, 3-6 behind also let Lu Haotian retain a glimmer of hope of turning the tables!