On April 19, 2022, Beijing time, the Snooker World Championship continued, and McGill, Mark Williams, and Mark Allen advanced to the round of 16. Two more games ended the first-stage scramble, with Neil Robertson shooting a 3-stroke breaker to give Ashley Hegel a 6-3 lead. Although Lu Haotian fell behind 3-6, he completed the extreme reversal with 68 points behind in the ninth set, narrowly beating world champion Bingham 69-68 in a single set, boosting his self-confidence.
At this World Championship, 4 Chinese players ranked in the round of 32, and Zhao Xintong, who came first, played well, beating Jamie Clark 10-2 to advance to the round of 16. Lü Haotian is the second Chinese player to debut, and Zhao Xintong's excellent performance is also an inspiration to Lu Haotian. In addition, Lu Haotian performed well in the qualifiers, and his competitive status was significantly improved.
However, in the face of the experienced Bingham, Lu Haotian is still quite passive. In the first set, both had some mistakes, and Lu Haotian took the lead 71 to 63. Subsequently, Bingham began to exert his strength, winning two consecutive sets to overtake the score. Lu Haotian scored a single 103 points in the fourth set to tie 2.
From the fifth inning, Bingham took over the game, shooting consecutive singles of 54, 85, 86, 140 points, winning four consecutive sets to take a 6-2 lead, and the game looked one-sided. Bingham had a chance to end the first half with a 7-2 lead, but he missed the opportunity after playing a single 68 point in the ninth inning and was completed by Lu Haotian.
The ninth inning was indeed crucial, Lu Haotian's long platform attack lost, and Bingham then got on the hand and scored a single 68 points. However, Bingham conceded a super dividend ball, and the red ball stopped at the mouth of the bag, giving Lu Haotian a chance. The Chinese youngster then got started and played to his own level, completing the clearance with a single shot of 69 points, narrowly defeating world champion Bingham 69-68 and winning a particularly important set. It's a limit reversal, quite uplifting.
To put it simply, if Lu Haotian is 2-7 behind, there is basically no suspense in this game, after winning the ninth set, Lu Haotian is 3-6 behind, and there is still a chance to catch up or even complete a big reversal in the second half, let's wait and see.
In another game, Neil Robertson scored a single 127 points at the beginning, but then suddenly muted, Ashley Hegel scored 85 and 77 points, and even won three consecutive innings on Neil Robertson. In the face of this situation, the World Federation of Taiwan Officials have issued an exclamation, bluntly saying what happened to our number one favorite to win the championship? Neil Robertson, who has played consistently this season, is indeed recognized as the number one favourite to win the title.
After resting, Neil Robertson regained his touch, played 72 points, 97 points, 109 points, 132 points in a row, he won 5 consecutive games, ending the first half with a 6-3 lead, Neil Robertson's ability to adjust is indeed very strong, if nothing else, he will successfully advance to the round of 16!