In the early morning of April 22, Beijing time, the last match of the first round of the 2022 World Snooker Championships ended, and trump trump, the No. 4 seed, won 10-4 against Iran's famous Wafi who first qualified for the main tournament, becoming the last player to advance to the round of 16. So far, all the top 16 of this year's World Championships have been born, 4 members of the Chinese Legion have played in the first round, and 2 have successfully broken through, namely Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao, two seeds. In the second round, Zhao Xintong faced Maguire, and Yan Bingtao challenged Selby.
The final two matches of the first round were a duel between Trump and Brechel, two seeded players, and qualifiers. Among them, the 11th seed Brechel against Thailand's Sankam, there was a cold goal, in the first stage, the Belgian was 3-6 behind, the game state was quite bad, not even a single shot 50+ data, in the second stage, Sankam continued to run wild, and finally completed the upset at 10-5, becoming the third qualifier to advance to the round of 16. Previously, Hawkins and Murphy, the two seeds, were successfully upset by Page and Maguire respectively.
As one of the favorites to win the tournament, Trump's opponent is Iran's first man Wafi, who has entered the main tournament for the first time. Before the game, Wafi made him a redman because of his remarks against O'Sullivan, but when he got to the field, facing Trump, he was not too eye-catching, and after the first stage of 9 innings, he fell behind 3-6, and only scored a high score of 99 points in the whole game. In the second stage, Trump still controlled the overall situation, played 4-1 again, and finally won easily 10-4 and successfully advanced.
At this point, the round of 16 of the 2022 Snooker World Championship was born, only 3 seeds were out, and the Chinese team Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao successfully advanced to occupy 2 seats. The second round of matches is as follows:
Upper half
Selby vs Yan Bingtao
Page vs Williams
Wilson vs Bingham
McGill vs Trump
Lower half
Robertson vs Lisowski
San kam vs Higgins
Zhao Xintong vs Maguire
Alan vs O'Sullivan
In the first second round of the competition, Williams, one of the "seven five three masters", ushered in the Welsh civil war with Paige, the biggest dark horse in the event. As a result, in the first stage of the 8-inning game, Williams was full of firepower, blasted out 3 shots to break the hundred, and took a strong 7-1 lead, giving a good lesson to the newcomers who reached the main stage of the World Championship for the first time.