On the evening of April 20, Beijing time, Higgins eliminated Tachaia 10-7, and Ding Junhui led Karen Wilson 5-4. There are some statistics worth noting, Higgins became the first half-time reverse winner of the 2022 Snooker World Championships, the 100% win rate maintained by the leader in the first stage was broken, and Ding Junhui was in the lead at the end of the first stage.
Speaking of matches, Higgins trailed Thailand 4-5 in the first stage. In the second stage of the game, Higgins came up to win by a single shot of 75 points, and tied the General Bureau points. Thachaia scored a 77 points in return to regain the lead. Next, Higgins scored 53 and 100 points in a row to win three consecutive sets at 100-0, 101-17, 65-37, and completed the counter-overtaking with the General Bureau 8-6 and established a two-set advantage. Tachaia won the fifteenth set 64-51. Higgins won the sixteenth set 58-40 to take the match point 9-7 from the General Assembly. In the seventeenth set, Higgins scored 65 points and 100-5 to cash in on the match point, and the General Bureau reversed Tachaia, who was leading at the end of the first stage, 10-7, and in the second stage, Higgins countered Tachaia for a wave of 6-2!
Ding Junhui and Karen Wilson played at the same time as the first stage of the match. At this World Championship, Ding Junhui is a non-seeded player who broke through from the qualifiers, and Karen Wilson is the No. 5 seed. Ding Junhui's start was perfect, with a single shot of 64 points, 72-9 to win the first set, a single shot to break 110 points, 110-0 to win the second set, a single shot of 51 points + 55 points, 110-17 to win the third set, the opening to establish a large 3-0 lead in the general bureau. Karen Wilson then fought back, breaking 101 points to win the fourth set, winning the fifth set 68-57, winning the sixth set with 95 points, and winning three consecutive sets to tie the general score to 3-3. Ding Junhui also responded strongly to his opponents afterwards, scoring 54 points and 82 points per shot, winning two more sets and re-establishing the advantage of the General Bureau 5-3. Karen Wilson won the final set of the first stage 75-35.
Because Higgins won the second stage of the reversal, the first 11 first stage leaders of the first 11 games ended at the end of this World Championship were all promoted to a 100% win rate, so from the perspective of statistics alone, Ding Junhui's half-time lead is not equal to 100% promotion, and the world's 5th Karen Wilson is brewing another reversal.