On April 19, 2022, the first round of the Snooker World Championships continued with China's Yan Bingtao playing against qualifier Chris Lee. Wei Kelin and Yan Bingtao were caught in a bitter battle, and were reversed by the opponent in a single set twice, but fortunately Yan Bingtao adjusted in time to take a 5-4 lead, and Robertson eliminated Ashley 10-5. Hegel, became the ninth player to advance to the round of 16.
Yan Bingtao ranked 16th in the world, has reached the final five times in his career, won 2 championships and 3 asian championships, the highlight moment is to defeat Higgins, win the Masters championship, become the first post-00s three major competition winners, this year Yan Bingtao won the second place in the German Masters, the final defeated his friend Zhao Xintong, the last World Championship Yan Bingtao defeated Martin. Gould advanced to the round of 16 and lost to Sean. Murphy was eliminated.
First round against Chris. Wakelin, who is no. 62 in the world rankings, broke through the qualifying tournament for the second time in his career and came to Crucible to challenge the seeded players, just at a recent tournament, Chris Bergeron. Wei Kelin once defeated Zhao Xintong and Fan Zhengyi to come to the World Championships to play Yan Bingtao, and the three best young players in China's snooker were all with Chris. Wakelin began to compete and be tested.
According to the arrangement of the World Taiwan Federation, only nine sets were played in the first half, and the final result had to wait until the next stage, yan Bingtao played a single 71 points in the first set to take the lead, and in the second set Chris. Wakelin completed a high-quality clearance, blasted out a single shot of 130 points also in color, in the third set Yan Bingtao played a single 68 points, the super score did not score, Chris . Wakelin was in good shape, shooting a single 74 to clear the stage reversal.
In the fourth inning, Yan Bingtao scored a single 79 points to equalize, the game entered the intermission, the two sides seized the time to adjust, in the fifth set Yan Bingtao played a single 69 points to interrupt the attack, Chris. Wei Kelin's defense was not in place, Yan Bingtao played a single 56 points to win another set, and in the sixth set Yan Bingtao played a single shot of 62 points, and the super score did not score, Chris. Wakelin scored a single 51 points to complete the reversal 64-62.
In the seventh set, Yan Bingtao made a mistake in leading 40-15, his position was still short, often interrupting the attack and creating opportunities for opponents, Chris. Wei Kelin played a single 55 points, to win another set at 70-40, the eighth set Yan Bingtao played a single shot 84 points in time to stop the loss, but unfortunately failed to complete the break of 100, the ninth set Yan Bingtao blasted a single shot 100 points to take the lead, the second half will be played tomorrow.
Playing at the same time, Robertson won eight straight sets to blast a single shot of 132 points, 127 points, 109 points, 97 points, 72 points and 10-5 to eliminate Ashley. Högel, waiting for Lisovsky and Matthew. Stevens' winner competed for the quarter-finals and was expected to achieve another good result.