In the first round of the World Snooker Championship, which just ended on April 21, 2022, Beijing time, Thailand's Noppon Sancham advanced to the round of 16 with a performance of 110, 127, 56 and 54 points. Next, Sankham will play higgins in the quarter-finals. In terms of overall strength, Higgins is significantly stronger, but facing the young Sankham, Higgins will not be easy to win.
Sankam won two straight sets to lead Brechel 3-1
In the first four innings between Thornham and Brechel, neither was in good form. In the first set, Sankam took a 1-0 lead with a 93:15 lead and the next set. In the second set, Sankam again scored 70 points with a scattered offense and staged a single set at 70:60 to take a 2-0 lead. In the third set, Brechel trailed Sancham 1-2 by winning the game 81-34 on multiple mobile games. In the 4th set, Sankham won the game 58-46 to secure a 3-1 lead over Brechel.
Brechel won two straight sets to trail Sankham 3-6
After entering the first stage of the game in the second half, Sankam's form clearly picked up. In the fifth inning, Sankham scored the first 110-point shot to take a 4-1 lead in the round at 112:7. In the 6th set, Sankam won the set 68-28 with a number of excellent opportunities to take a 5-1 lead over Brechel. In the 7th set, Sankam blasted 127 points to win the game 127-6 to give Bretchell a 6-1 lead. In the 8th inning, Brechel scored 68 points on a piecemeal offense and won the game 68-31 to trail Sankham 2-6. In the ninth set, Brechel won the game 82:36 with a very good chance to determine that he was 3-6 behind Sankam.
Sankam won three straight sets to beat Brechel 10-5
After the game entered the second stage of the game, Brechel's form was still not improving. The game moved to the 10th inning, with Sankam taking the lead to take a 7-3 lead with an 80-0 clean sheet with Brechel's performance. In the 11th set, Sankham blasted a 56-pointer to win the game 61-8 to take an 8-3 lead over Brechel. In the 12th set, Sankham scored 54 points to win the game 75-7 to take a 9-3 lead over Brechel to get the match point. In the 13th set, Brechel single-handedly scored 51 points to win the game 77-52, thus trailing Sankham 4-9. In the 14th set, Brechel finally played a good hand, and he won the set 109-15 with a single shot of 109 points to close the gap to Sankam 5-9 to close the gap to four sets. In the 15th set, Brechel had a good chance of rewriting the score, but too many mistakes made him miss the victory of the game. In the end, Sankam successfully advanced to the round of 16 with a 10-5 win over Brechel with multiple play opportunities and a 63-8 performance. Next, he will stage a real matchup with Higgins as a ball-handling player.