In the early morning of April 22, Beijing time, the second round of the 2022 Snooker World Championship began, and the No. 7 seed and Chinese star Zhao Xintong ushered in his first second round of the World Championships, against Scottish Maguire, who eliminated the 10th seed Murphy in the first round. In the first stage of the 8-inning match, the two showed a very strong offensive firepower, Zhao Xintong once blasted a large number of 100 single shots 136 points to take a 3-2 lead, but was won by Maguire for three consecutive sets, and finally temporarily fell behind 3-5.
This year's World Championships was the second time in Zhao Xintong's career to participate in the main competition, and as a seed, he faced Wales' Clark in the first round, and he played a great form, winning 10-2, becoming the player who won the biggest point difference in the first round. After winning the first round, Zhao Xintong also won his first victory in the Crucible main competition. Zhao Xintong's opponent is Scotland's maguire, who launched a strong dialogue with Murphy in the first round, and finally succeeded in 10-8 "upset" and successfully advanced to the round of 16.
Zhao Xintong and Maguire have only met once in the past record, in the second round of the 2016 British Championship, when Zhao Xintong lost 2-6. However, at this time and another time, Zhao Xintong this season has achieved a big explosion, winning the British Championship and the German Masters two ranking championships in a row, ranking among the top eight in the world, becoming the No. 7 seed of the World Championships. Before the World Championships, Maguire fell sharply in the world rankings, falling out of the top 16, and could only participate in the qualifiers to get the opportunity to return to the main game. But it is undeniable that Maguire is still a master of the quasi-top 16 level, which should not be underestimated.
In the game, Zhao Xintong scored a 1-0 lead with a single shot of 72 in the first set; in the second set, Maguire completed a one-shot victory, bursting out of the hundred, and chasing 102 points to a 1-1 draw. In the third set, Maguire won the two-man fight to win 2-1. In the fourth set, Zhao Xintong scored 86 points to tie and enter the intermission. In the fifth set, Zhao Xintong played a hundred moments and scored 136 points in a row to complete a 3-2 rebound. But then in three straight sets, Maguire scored a 65-pointer, a 107-point breaker and an 80-point run to win three straight sets and backtrack again to end the first stage with a 5-3 lead.
According to the schedule, the 8-inning match of the second stage of the two will continue at 9:30 pm Beijing time on April 22, and the remaining matches of the third stage will be played at 5 pm Beijing time on April 23. The second round of the tournament was played in a 25-inning, 13-win format, which was played in three stages of 889.