On April 20, Beijing time, the 2022 Snooker World Championships continue to be held at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, UK! The first round is gradually coming to an end, and the top 16 seats have been determined for 11 people. As of now, the seed players are still Shaun Murphy and Barry Hawkins, the Chinese players Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao have advanced to the next round, and Lu Haotian is unfortunately out. Today's Chinese player Ding Junhui will usher in the first round of the main tournament schedule, facing the old opponent Karen Wilson can successfully qualify?
In the match that ended yesterday, Yan Bingtao defeated Wakelin 10-6 to advance to the round of 16 against defending champions Selby. Lu Haotian lost 5-10 to Bingham and missed the promotion, and his trip to the World Championships came to an end. Three Chinese players ended the first round of matches, with two advancing and one eliminated. In other games, Neil Robertson beat Hugh Gill 10-5 to advance to the round of 16, Higgins temporarily trailed Thai player Unu 4-5 and Lisovsky led Matthew 6-3 in the first stage.
So far, in the number of games that have been completed, it is who leads in the first stage and who will advance in the end. Higgins, who is currently trailing 4-5 as a seeded player, can he complete the reversal? Today's schedule is as follows: (Beijing time)
17:00 (Phase 1), 02:00 a.m. (Phase 2), Karen Wilson (England) vs Ding Junhui (China) (CCTV5+ 17:00 live)
Karen Wilson is now ranked No. 5 in the world and Ding Junhui is now ranked No. 29 in the world. The historical record of the two: Ding Junhui 6 wins and 8 losses! Since entering 2022, the two have played each other four times, and Wilson has won 3 wins and 1 loss. The last two were at the Turkish Masters in March, where Ding Junhui won 5-3 and at the Gibraltar Open, Wilson won 4-1. In other words, the game between the two depends on the state of the field, who is better and who wins more!
17:00 (Second Stage), John Higgins (Scotland) 4-5 Takaya Unu (Thailand) (All-time record: John Higgins 4 wins, 2 losses)
21:30 (First Stage), Judd Trump (England) vs Hussein Wafi (Iran) (All-time record: Judd Trump 6 wins and 3 losses) (CCTV5 22:25 live)
21:30 (Second Stage), Jack Lissovsky (England) 6-3 Matthew Stevens (Wales) (All-time record: Jack Lissovsky 2 wins, 1 loss)
02:00 a.m. the next day (first stage), Luca Bressell (Belgium) vs Noppen Sankam (Thailand) (All-time record: Luca Bressell 3 wins, 1 loss)