On April 20, 2022, Beijing time, the Snooker World Championship ended the fourth matchday competition, and Robertson, Bingham and Yan Bingtao advanced to the round of 16. So far, the top 16 has decided 11 seats, only 5 seats, and China's famous Ding Junhui will launch an impact on the top 16 seats.
On the fourth matchday, Neil Robertson eliminated Ashley Hugh Gill 10-5, Stewart Bingham eliminated Lu Haotian 10-5 and Yan Bingtao eliminated Chris Walkerlin 10-6. It should be said that the seeded players showed a good competitive state, facing the lower ranking qualifiers, the three seeded players had obvious advantages and easily passed the pass.
So far, 11 places have been decided in the Round of 16 of the World Championships, including five players with world titles: Selby, Mark Williams, Stuart Bingham, Neil Robertson and Ronnie O'Sullivan. The other six players who advanced to the Round of 16 were Yan Bingtao, Jackson Page, Anthony McGill, Zhao Xintong, Stephen Maguire and Mark Allen.
Only two seeded players have been hit in a round, Barry Hawkins in the top half and Sean Murphy in the bottom half. Compared with the previous two seasons, the first round of this World Championship is a bit flat, the seeded players showed a strong personal strength, except for Jackson Peggy's 10-7 elimination of Barry Hawkins, which is a real big downfall, other competitions have had very normal results.
The second round of matches that have been decided is Selby vs. Yan Bingtao, Jackson Peggy vs. Mark Williams, Zhao Xintong vs Stephen Maguire, mark Allen vs O'Sullivan. Both Young Chinese players have to play against strong opponents, of course, to try to reach the quarterfinals. Among them, Zhao Xintong's hope of advancing to the quarterfinals is greater, Yan Bingtao and Selby's style of play is more similar, although Selby is experienced, but this season's mental state is not good, Yan Bingtao has the opportunity to create a big cold.
Veteran Bingham will face the winner between Karen Wilson and Ding Junhui in the second round, Anthony McGill against the winner between Trump and Wafi, and Neil Robertson against the winner between Lisowski and Matthew Stevens.
With only the last five spots left in the round of 16, Lisovsky led Matthew Stevens 6-3 and made it to the round of 16 with one foot. Higgins and Tacchaia's match was fiercely contested, with Higgins temporarily trailing 4-5, a game that could be upset. The other three games are Karen Wilson vs. Ding Junhui, Trump vs. Hussein Wafi, and Luka Brechel vs. Sankam, all three of which are contested by qualifiers who have a chance to win, and whether the first round of matches can break the blandness depends on these three matches!