In the early morning of April 22, the first round of the Snooker World Championship was completed, and the final round of 16 squads and matching situations were as follows: Selby vs Yan Bingtao, Page vs Williams, Wilson vs Bingham, McGill vs Trump; Robertson vs Lisovsky, Sankam vs Higgins, Zhao Xintong vs Maguire, Allen vs O'Sullivan. At the same time, the second round of the game is in full swing, in the two first-leg battles that have ended, Williams temporarily led 7-1 ahead of Ai Tu Page, Zhao Xintong temporarily fell behind Maguire 3-5 slightly, according to the schedule, the 7th matchday will produce the first 8 places, while the top 16 players have appeared.
Yan Bingtao came on to fight Selby
Before the game, both sides said that they were very much looking forward to the match between the 25 innings and 13 wins, the total meeting record between the two Yan Bingtao was 4 wins and 3 losses, and there were 3 encounters this season Yan Bingtao maintained a full victory, but the two sides have not yet met in the long-term game, and Selby is particularly good at the world championship such a long-game game, so the past record of the encounter is just a floating cloud for Yan Bingtao. Yan Bingtao needs to play his own offensive level, patiently maneuver with Selby in terms of defense, firmly grasp his own game rhythm, and adjust the mentality and tactics of the game in a timely manner, Selby is not invulnerable.
Zhao Xintong tried to turn the situation around
Zhao Xintong is 3-5 behind Maguire in the first leg of the battle between the two sides, such a score is not necessarily a bad thing, giving Zhao Xintong enough to sound the alarm Maguire is not a fish belly, but an old cannon at the World Championships, the other side has enough experience to deal with you. Judging from the first 8 innings, Maguire did not want to slow down the pace of the game, but suppressed Zhao Xintong in terms of attack, and repeatedly won by playing on the high-level platform with accurate and difficulty, which is a challenge and an opportunity. The disadvantage is that the rhythm of such a game will be easily taken away by the other party, and the advantage is that once Maguire loses such accuracy in the 2nd stage, then Zhao Xintong's opportunity will come, hoping that Zhao Xintong will first bite the score in the 2nd stage, and then think about the reversal of the score, the top 8 is not easy.
In addition, the showdown between O'Sullivan and Allen will be held in two stages before the end of this matchday, and the match between Williams and Page will be decided, when the "Inverted Sword Flower" will be pushed to report in time, so stay tuned.
Day 7 Schedule (Beijing Time):
April 22, 17:00, O'Sullivan vs Allen (1), Page vs Williams (2)
April 22, 21:30, Selby vs Yan Bingtao (1), Zhao Xintong vs Maguire (2)
April 23, 02:00, O'Sullivan vs Allen (2), Page vs Williams (3)