The 2021-2022 Snooker World Championship entered the sixth matchday competition, in the last matchday, the Chinese team suffered a heavy blow, the fans pinned high hopes on Ding Junhui failed to create a miracle, in the match against the fifth seed Karen Wilson, Ding Junhui won first and then lost, and finally lost 8:10, encountered a "round trip" for two consecutive years. In addition, world champion Higgins and Lisovsky, one of the "three masters of 91", have also successfully defeated their respective opponents Tachaia and Matthew Stevens to advance to the round of 16, and there are only two vacant seats left in the round of 16 of the World Championship. In today's game, China's top seed Zhao Xintong will take the lead in the second round of the game, he will compete with Maguire, who eliminated world champion Sean Murphy, for the quarterfinals, and the second round will also usher in a "master-apprentice war", Mark Williams and the young Jackson Page compete for the quarterfinals, Page and Williams practice together and accept the latter's guidance, whether Page can win the game is worth paying attention to. In addition, world champion Trump and seeded player Brechel will attack the last two round of 16 seats.
2021-2022 Snooker World Championships Schedule on 21 April:
20:00 : Bressel vs Sankham (Stage 2)
20:00: Page vs Williams (Second Round, First Stage)
2:00 a.m. Trump vs Wafi (Stage 2)
2:00 a.m.: Zhao Xintong vs Maguire (Round 2 Stage 1)
China's snooker number one player Zhao Xintong will appear in the second round of the competition, his second round opponent is "little brother" Maguire, both of them have excellent performances in the first round, Zhao Xintong 10:2 victory over the strength of Clark, strong promotion to the second round, and Maguire in the first round of the game to beat the world champion Sean Murphy, strong promotion to the round of 16. Judging from the first round of matches, Zhao Xintong's state is good, especially the attack basically plays its own level, that is, it needs to do better in the ball and defense, the World Championships is a long contest, and all technical links must be played to the extreme to laugh to the end.
The second round of the competition used a 25-game 13-win system, which has advantages and disadvantages for Zhao Xintong, who has never broken through the second round of the World Championships before, and his experience is still relatively lacking. Maguire's world ranking is not as good as Zhao Xintong, but this does not mean that Maguire's strength is weaker than Zhao Xintong, as a player who has won the ranking championship five times, Maguire has a considerable strength, and the elimination of Murphy in the first round is proof. The two sides will take the lead in completing the first stage of the competition on this match day, just as the so-called good start is half of the success, If Zhao Xintong wants to continue, he must take the initiative in the first stage of the game and lay a good foundation for the next two stages.
Young Jackson Page and three-time World Championship champion Mark Williams competed for an eight-round spot, Jackson Page played well in the first round of the game, facing "Mr. Stability" Hawkins, Jackson Page with the first stage of the cumulative lead, and finally he "upset" to defeat the opponent, strong promotion to the second round. World champion Mark Williams' performance exceeded expectations, and in the first round of the match against the former "genius teenager" Michael White, Williams went all out to win with a huge margin of 10:3.
It is worth mentioning that Mark Williams is Page's master, the two are both Welsh, the two of them not only practice together, but also "Uncle Ma" also guides Page how to improve the level of competition, it can be said that they are a pair of mentors and apprentices. From the world ranking point of view, Mark Williams undoubtedly has the advantage, the experience is also Paige can not be compared, as a master, Mark Williams is more familiar with Page's weaknesses, from the paper analysis, Mark Williams promotion does not seem to have any suspense. However, Page has improved rapidly in recent years, eliminating Hawkins in the main game of the World Championship for the first time, against master Mark Williams, if Page can play the level of the first round, he can create more threats to the "golden left hand".
The sixth tournament will be held in the second round of the competition along with the last two round of 16 seats, and the world champion Trump will be the 11th seed Brechel will strive to advance. Among them, the No. 4 seed Trump will play against Hussein Waffy, after the end of the first stage of the game, Trump temporarily led 6:3, occupying the initiative of promotion, objectively speaking, Trump's first round of the first stage of the game performance is not good, although playing a shot to break a hundred, but the overall performance is not good, if it is not the opponent's limited strength and lack of experience, Trump will not get a three-set lead, the second stage of the game Trump must beware of the opponent's counterattack at the same time his own state must be adjusted in time, If it was still in the state of the previous match day, Trump's road to the promotion may not be easy. As the favourite to win the World Championships, Trump not only has to try to qualify for the second round, he also has to attack the championship, so it is imperative to find the best form as soon as possible.
If Trump needs to be steady and steady in the promotion, then another seeded player, Brechel, needs to play at a high level if he wants to qualify, and after the end of the first stage of the game, Brechel is currently 3:6 behind Thailand's Sankam, and if he wants to qualify, he must be in the best state in the second stage of the game. In the first stage of the game, Brechel's state is sluggish, if it is not the opponent's state also has ups and downs, Brechel may be more points behind, so far in the first stage of the game 3:6 behind the players have not been able to achieve a reversal in the second stage of the game, Brechel is afraid that it is more than a little lucky. Of course, this is not to say that Brechel is completely without opportunities, as a player who has reached the two finals this season, Brechel's strength is beyond doubt, he needs to adjust his form and also need some luck to help, after all, he is currently a big behind side.