On the evening of April 21, Beijing time, the first round of the snooker World Championship penultimate game, Brechel and Sancam's match ended, the first stage 3-6 behind Brechel, in the second stage lost 3 consecutive sets, once 3-9 directly faced the opponent's match point, although saved 2 match points in a row, but in the end, Brechel was still 5-10 upset defeat! The 11th seed Brechel's poor performance was surprising and very disappointing!
In the first stage, Brechel's performance was quite sluggish, falling behind 1-6 at one point, and finally trailing to 3-6 to end the first stage with two consecutive sets in the final stage.
In any case, Brechel is also the world's 11th top 16 player, the 11th seed of this world championship, the scottish open champion this season, the fourth player in a single season, everyone still has hope for him.
However, Brechel was a big surprise, losing three consecutive sets in the second stage, directly facing the opponent's match point 3-9, and Sankam scored 56 and 54 consecutive singles.
For Brechel, to reverse, every next set is a must!! Who would have thought that in the thirteenth set, Brechel directly threw the ball to the opponent as a big gift, Sankam started to establish a 52-0 advantage, and even, Sancam once had a chance to shoot a perfect score of 147.
Brechel is not without a chance, Sankham K ball is not good, Brechel got started, but the "Belgian bullet" has been completely lost, once again failed to score the key goal! Sankam continued to give chances, and Brechel saved the first match point 77-52 thrillingly, finally giving the second stage a break. The set came back, and Brechel broke through a hundred to save another set. However, Sankham then cashed in on match points in the next set, winning 10-5 to advance.
At this point, only the last seat of the round of 16 remains: trump and Wafi's match is not over.
Now, zone 1/4 is against Selby Yan Bingtao and Jackson Page Mark Williams. Zone 2/4: Karen Wilson Bingham, winner between McGill vs Trump and Wafi. Zone 3/4: Neil Robertson-Lissovsky, Higgins-Sankam. Zone 4/4: Zhao Xintong-Maguire, O'Sullivan-Mark Allen.
In the first round, Murphy, Barry Hawkins and Brechel 3 seeds in one round! Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao of the Chinese Snooker Legion were promoted, and Ding Junhui and Lu Haotian were eliminated.