On the evening of April 19, the snooker World Championship ended a focus battle, the mainland young player Lu Haotian performed poorly, in the case of 3-6 behind at half-time, the aggregate score of 5-10 defeat to the opponent failed to achieve a reversal, Bingham in the 8th innings blasted out the highest single score of the current match so far 140 points, another 7 50+ performance, the second round will be against the winner between Karen Wilson and Ding Junhui, is expected to play against Ding Junhui in the World Championships for two consecutive years. In another match played at the same time, as of press time, four-time World Champion John Higgins temporarily trailed Thailand's Tachaia Uno 2-4.
Bingham is the 2015 world champion and has a brilliant record at the World Championships, and although his status has declined in the past two seasons, he has remained within the top 16 for a long time. Lu Haotian is a relatively outstanding post-90s player in China, who has reached the final of the ranking tournament, and has twice reached Crucible and reached the round of 16, with a certain experience in the world championship, which is the first time in their careers that the two have met. Bingham took a 6-3 lead in the first half, and at the beginning of the second half, Bingham won 65-0 many times, and the aggregate score was 7-3 to further pressure Lu Haotian! In the 11th set, Bingham scored 66 points to win another set 74-22.
In the 12th set, Lu Haotian played a single 86 points to chase 4-8! In the 13th set, Lu Haotian won through the black battle, and the score was 5-8! In the 14th set, Lu Haotian scored a 55-point red ball error, Bingham missed a single 68 points, and appeared on the match point 9-5! In the 15th set, Bingham won straight. Next door, The No. 2 table Higgins hit a 1-100 to temporarily trail Tachaia 2-4, and the second stage of the match between the two sides will be played at 17:00 Beijing time on April 20. Later, at 2:00 a.m., Yan Bingtao will decide with Wecklin, and at the same time, Duan Lisovsky and Stevens will appear, and the "Inverted Sword Flower" will push relevant reports in time, so stay tuned.