Lu Haotian blasted out a single shot of 103 points, still behind the world champion! Three seeded players advanced to the round of 16. The third matchday of the 2022 World Snooker Championships is over, with three more seeded players advancing to the Round of 16, with McGill beating Hayfield 10-7, Mark Williams beating Michael White 10-3 and Mark Allen beating Donaldson 10-6. Although China's Lu Haotian scored a single 103 points, he still trailed the previous champion Bingham 3-6, and the prospects for promotion were not optimistic.
Lu Haotian once reached the round of 16 of the World Championships, and this World Championship is Lu Haotian's third world championship main tournament trip, so the outside world is still looking forward to Lu Haotian's achievements, but this time the world championship Lu Haotian met the world champion Bingham in the first round. In the first set, Bingham scored 63 points first, but did not overtake the point, and then Lu Haotian won the first set 71-63. In the second set, Lu Haotian made a mistake and Bingham played twice to win the set 65-0. In the third set, Bingham scored a single 52 points to win 97-22, 2-1 on aggregate. In the fourth set, Lu Haotian scored a single shot of 103 points, and the total score of the two was tied at 2-2. Then the situation on the court changed suddenly, and when he returned from the break, Bingham scored a single shot of 54 points, 85 points, 86 points, and 140 points to win four consecutive innings, and the total score became 6-2.
In the ninth set, Bingham still maintained a fiery feel, played a single 68 points, but there was no super score, Lu Haotian seized the opportunity, played a single 69 points, thrilling to win this set. As Lu Haotian recovered a set, the first stage of the game was also over, and Lu Haotian trailed Bingham 3-6. From the perspective of the game, Bingham's state in the first four innings is also very general, Lu Haotian in the fourth set after the single shot over a hundred, there is a full opportunity to expand the lead, but then the situation on the field reversed, Bingham blasted out three 50+ and a shot to break the hundred, directly pulled the total score apart, fortunately, Lu Haotian won back a set before the end of the first stage of the game, but also maintained the hope of promotion. This article is original by Xiao Lizi, please do not copy or port.
The second stage of the game, for Lu Haotian will certainly be very difficult, but still hope that he can adjust the state, play a high-quality defense, fully attack the opponent, this World Championship so far no player in the first stage of the backward situation to complete the reversal, so Lu Haotian is expected to become the first player to complete the counterattack, but the premise is that he must play the best state, look forward to him to complete the counterattack.