On April 19, Beijing time, the first round of the 2022 Snooker World Championships continued.
In the previously concluded matches, the mainland player, the 2021 British Championship champion Zhao Xintong easily defeated the opponent 10-2 to advance to the next round, the second Chinese player Lu Haotian ended the first stage of the game in the early morning of this morning, currently 3-6 behind Bingham, according to the 19th innings and 10 wins rule, Lu Haotian still has the opportunity to turn the situation around in the second stage, the other two Chinese players Ding Junhui, Yan Bingtao is not yet out.
Among the other notable matches, Mark Williams beat Michael White 10-3, and "Melbourne Machine" Neil Robertson scored consecutive singles to break the 100 in the first stage with a 1-3 start, and entered the second stage 6-3. In the earlier game, rocket O'Sullivan beat David Gilbert 10-5 to advance to the round of sixteen, and after the game, rocket O'Sullivan unexpectedly mentioned China in an interview.
"In my opinion, only if China says they can come up with a £3 million championship prize money to make the World Championships a tournament that can compete with golf and tennis, they can do it and have the potential to do it." Neither the UK nor the rest of Europe can do it, but China can. O'Sullivan said that in addition, O'Sullivan also said that the number of fans in China can bring considerable attention to Snooker, which is very helpful in increasing the popularity of snooker.
Of course, thanks to the praise of the rocket, but his words sound a little awkward, giving people a feeling that we are "stupid and have a lot of money", in addition, O'Sullivan is a famous "big mouth" in the field of snooker, often saying some incomprehensible and quite personal remarks, the Snooker World Championships are not like the tradition of changing the location of the competition every time in other sports, and the annual World Championships will be held in Crucible, which is known as the "hometown of snooker", although many famous players hope that the World Championships will leave Crucible. However, the Taiwan Federation is still unmoved, and we have just listened to the rocket's speech this time.