On April 22, 2022, Beijing time, the Snooker World Championship entered the 7th matchday of the main tournament, and the second round was fully launched. At present, Zhao Xintong, who is 3-5 behind, ushers in a life-and-death battle, and the second stage is to strive to reverse the unfavorable situation and retain the suspense to the third stage. In addition, O'Sullivan, Selby and Yan Bingtao will all appear on this match day, and the strong dialogue will be staged at any time.
At the end of the first 6 match days, the round of 16 was officially released, because only 3 seeded players suffered a round trip, this round of 16 lineup is quite strong, almost every game in the second round is a strong dialogue, and the schedule of the 7th matchday is as follows:
April 22, 17 points:
Jackson Page 1-7 Mark Williams (Phase II)
Mark Allen vs O'Sullivan (Phase I)
April 22, 21 points 30 mins:
Selby vs Yan Bingtao (Phase 1)
Zhao Xintong 3-5 Stephen Maguire (Phase II)
April 23 at 2 a.m.:
Jackson Page 1-7 Mark Williams (Phase III)
Mark Allen vs O'Sullivan (Phase II)
As can be seen from the schedule, this matchday will determine the first quarter-finals seat, Mark Williams temporarily led Jackson Page 7-1, if this state can continue, the second stage may be divided. Not surprisingly, Mark Williams will take the first quarter-finals spot.
Zhao Xintong, who was 3-5 behind in the first stage, ushered in a life-and-death battle, and he had to reverse the unfavorable situation in the second stage, at least not to be extended by the opponent to take the lead, that is, to continue the suspense to the third stage. Fans are looking forward to Zhao Xintong and O'Sullivan beating their respective opponents, and in the 1/4 final direct dialogue, Zhao Xintong will work towards this goal and strive to achieve a bigger breakthrough.
O'Sullivan is fighting old rival Mark Allen again, the two clashed in their last meeting, and while Mark Allen recognises O'Sullivan's status, he is also confident of beating O'Sullivan and the two will complete the first two stages of the matchday.
Another game was when Chinese teenager Yan Bingtao challenged defending champion Selby, both of whom had similar styles and were particularly patient players. Yan Bingtao showed maturity that did not match his age and became more and more confident in himself. Although Selby is a defending champion and has a lot of experience in Crucible, he has been in a slump this season, especially under great pressure at the mental level, and Yan Bingtao has a chance to find a breakthrough in Selby. Good luck to the two Chinese players!