In the early morning of April 22, the second round of the Snooker World Championships was in full swing, and the British Champion Zhao Xintong performed well in the first stage of the match with Stephen Maguire, blasting 1 shot to break 1002 70+, and the first stage was 3-5 behind the world champion Stephen Maguire, who handed over 2 strokes to break 2 100 60+, and the two sides will decide the winner in the remaining two stages. In another match played at the same time, No. 4 seed Judd Trump swept Iranian debut player Hussein Wafi 10-4 to advance to the round of 16, and at this point, the round of 16 of this World Championship was born!
Maguire narrowly defeated his old rival Sean Murphy 10-8 in the first round, becoming the first batch of qualifiers to advance to the round of 16, showing a good economic level, and Zhao Xintong washed Jamie Clark 10-2, playing the biggest score difference in the first round, during which he played 2 strokes to break 6 50+, showing super attacking power, so even if Maguire's Crucible experience is better, the outside world is still optimistic that Zhao Xintong can win. At the beginning of the game, Zhao Xintong quickly entered the game, after a little testing by both sides, Zhao Xintong started to shoot a single shot 72 points to go to the next city, in the second set, Maguire returned a 102-point break not to show weakness, the total score was 1-1!
In the 3rd set, Maguire's experience played a role, and Maguire won 58-15 in the fight! In the 4th set, Zhao Xintong single-shot 86 points clean sheet opponent, in the 5th inning, Zhao Xintong single shot 136 points to break the hundred again clean sheet opponent, 3-2 anti-score! In the 6th set, Zhao Xintong was reversed by Maguire with 52 points in his hand, and the game was drawn again! In the 7th set, Zhao Xintong tipped the library ball into the upper hand, regrettably handed over the ball after getting 28 points, and Maguire started to break the hundred again! The aggregate score was 4-3 against Zhao Xintong! In the 8th inning, Maguire scored 80 points straight from the far post. According to the schedule, the second stage of the competition between the two sides will be held at 21:30 Beijing time on April 22, and the third stage will be held at 17:00 on April 23, when the "inverted sword flower" will push relevant reports, so stay tuned.