The 2021-2022 World Snooker Championships continue, with three more seeded players beating their opponents on the third matchday to advance to the Round of 16. No. 8 seed Mark Williams was in a state of flux as he swept the former "gifted teenager" Michael White 10:3 to advance to the second round. No. 15 seed Mark Allen overcame the weakness of the first stage of the game and with the wonderful performance of the second stage of the game, he finally defeated the famous Scott Donaldson 10:6 to advance to the second round. McGill, the 13th seed, competed with Highfield for a place in the round of 16, and McGill, who led by a large margin in the first stage, played steadily in the second stage of the match, and finally defeated the opponent 10:7 to advance to the round of 16.
In the other two first round first stage matches, China's lu haotian failed to create a miracle, in the match with world champion Bingham, Lu Haotian lost four consecutive sets in the middle of the game stage into passivity, and finally he fell behind his opponent 3:6, which can be described as a lifeline. World champion and number one favourite Neil Robertson started 1-3 behind Hugel, then won five straight sets to end the first stage of the tournament with a 6-3 lead, basically locking in a promotion spot.
China's Lu Haotian's first round of competition opponent is the world champion Bingham, the latter is not in good shape this season, but the so-called "skinny camel is bigger than the horse", Bingham has always played stably at the World Championships, last year he also reached the world championship four, Lu Haotian is not in good shape this season, but in this world championship qualification tournament he is in a state of explosion, he has won Xu Si, Lu Ning and Dale after advancing to the world championship main game, everyone expects Lu Haotian to continue the previous fiery state "upset" to beat Bingham, but unfortunately, Lu Haotian's performance in the first stage of the game was not good, although he also played a single shot to break the hundred, but he is currently behind with more mistakes. In the first set, the two sides competed fiercely, With Lu Haotian winning the first city with a narrow victory of 71:63 and winning the first place in the second set, and world champion Bingham attacking multiple times to keep a clean sheet at 65:0, and the two sides won the first two sets of the game to a 1:1 draw.
In the third game, Bingham seized the opportunity of Lu Haotian's mistake to play a single 52 points and won 97:22, the big score was 2:1, and in the fourth game, Lu Haotian was not willing to show weakness, and won after a single shot of 103 points, tenaciously chasing the score to 2:2. After a short break, Bingham's form gradually returned to courage, in the fifth game Bingham single shot 54 points and then won 79:16, the sixth game Lu Haotian was full of holes in the defensive end, Bingham seized the opportunity to shoot 85 points and then won a big game to lead Lu Haotian 4:2. In the seventh game, Lu Haotian's state behind was still not improving, Bingham won again, played a single 86 points and then the next city, the eighth game Bingham played more and more relaxed, a single shot out of 140 points after winning, the big score 6:2 far ahead, Lu Haotian lost four consecutive sets into passivity, the ninth game Bingham missed a good opportunity, a single shot of 68 points after a mistake, Lu Haotian single shot 69 points after winning, did not let the opponent continue to expand the score but also retained a glimmer of hope of promotion.
The No. 3 seed of the tournament, the biggest winner of this world championship, Neil Robertson's opponent in the first round of the tournament is Hu gill, Robertson has won the world championship 12 years ago, but in the past ten years, he has not won the championship again, this season Neil Robertson is in a state of great form, five times to the final and four championships and a runner-up, the best performance of all the players. Ashley Hurgil is outside the world ranking of 70, and there is a big gap with Neil Robertson, but because Hurgil's playing style belongs to the "grinding control play", this game is still widely concerned by the outside world. In the first set Neil Robertson was in a state of fluency, scoring 127 points to keep a clean sheet and taking the lead in the next city, and in the second set, Hurgil was not to be outdone, and then played a single 85 points and then pulled back a city with 94: 94, and the two sides drew the first two sets to a 1-1 draw. In the third set, the two sides were very fiercely contested, world champion Neil Robertson made consecutive mistakes, And Hugel seized the opportunity to attack several times to win another set 79:20, and the big score was 2:1 against Robertson.
In the fourth set, Hurgil was in a state of fluency, taking advantage of Robertson's mistake to shoot a single 77 points and then win another set 84:26 to give Neil Robertson a 3-1 lead. Trailing Neil Robertson stopped the loss in time in the fifth inning, he attacked several times and narrowly won 78:41 and chased back a set, after recovering one set Neil Robertson's state continued to return to courage, the sixth set of the game's top favorite single shot hit 72 points and then won another set 72:4, tenaciously chasing the score to a 3:3 draw. The vietnamese brave Neil Robertson then took full control of the game, in the seventh game Neil Robertson single-handed 97 points after a 107-0 clean sheet, the big score of 4:3 to win, the eighth inning Neil Robertson continued to play a single 109 points after a clean sheet Hu gill, the ninth game Neil Robertson full firepower, a single shot 132 points after another clean sheet opponent, after a wave of five consecutive wins, Neil Robertson led Hugel 6:3 to end the first stage of the first round of the two. Big-scorer Leader Neil Robertson could basically lock in a place in the round of 16 as long as he played normally in the second stage of the game.