Beijing time on April 20 news, the first round of the 2022 Snooker World Championship continues. In a focus match, 24-year-old Chinese teenager Lu Haotian lost 5-10 to world champion "Shark" Stuart Bingham, missing the round of 16 of the World Championships. In the previous World Championship qualifiers, Lu Haotian achieved three consecutive victories, including a 10-4 victory over dominic Dale in the promotion round.
The 2022 World Snooker Championships, the most important event of the year, is the most important event of the year, with the top 16 seeded players in the world rankings, as well as players who have advanced to the main tournament through qualifiers, competing for this most important event for 17 days. Lu Haotian, ranked 64th in the world, is extremely strong, having reached the main stage of the World Championship twice before.
This year, he won the third round of three World Championship qualification rounds and advanced to the main world championship for the third time. Among them, the World Championship qualifier round, in the match against the famous Dale, the first half of the 8-1 far lead, the second half 9-1 win match points, and 10-4 win to advance to the World Championship main tournament.
Coming to the first round of the match against world champion Bingham, in the first half, Lu Haotian fell behind 3-6. After a few hours of rest, Lu Haotian and Bingham began to compete in the second half. In the tenth set, after the game returned, Bingham won 65-0 through several starts, and the score came to 7-3.
In the eleventh set, Bingham scored a one-shot 66 to win another set 74-22 and extend the advantage to 8-4. In the twelfth set, after losing two consecutive sets at the beginning of the second half, Lu Haotian stopped the decline in this set, and his one-shot 86 points won, 86-14 pulled back a set, the score was 4-8.
In the thirteenth set, Lu Haotian played another 62 points, 76-69 to win another set, the score came to 5-8. In the fourteenth set, Lu Haotian and Bingham went on a 55-point streak, who scored a single 68 points and won 68-55, the score went to 9-5, And Bingham won 4 match points.
In the fifteenth set, Lu Haotian, who had no way back, failed to save the match point, Bingham passed several starts, 67-6 to lock in the win, and the 24-year-old Lu Haotian missed the round of 16. Overall, Lu Haotian has some regrets, but being able to play in the main game of the World Championship is already the best ending of this season, and he looks forward to playing better in the new season.