On April 22, the second round of the 2022 World Snooker Championships continued, and the first player to advance to the top 8 on the same day was decided, Williams from Wales, in the duel with jackson Paige, a post-00 compatriot who entered the main world championship for the first time, it took only two stages to win 13-3 and advance to the top 8. In the game, Williams was in full swing, blasting out 6 shots to break the hundred, and the efficiency was amazing. Two other Chinese players played, Zhao Xintong performed badly in the second stage, trailing Maguire 5-11, while Yan Bingtao dragged down defending champion Selby 4-4.
Triple Crown Champion Williams, in the second round met his son's age-old compatriot Paige, before the game, there were netizens joking that Page is Williams's fourth son, the result of the game, also showed a one-sided situation. In the first eight innings, Williams opened 7-0 and Page only took the last set to trail 1-7. In the second stage of the match played in the morning, Williams continued the fiery feel, once again played a 6-2 score, directly in the two stages of the game ahead of schedule, becoming the first player to advance to the quarter-finals. In the game, he shot 6 to break the hundred, and the efficiency was amazing.
As the No. 7 seed of the tournament, China's famous Zhao Xintong and Scotland's Maguire launched a second-stage competition, and in the first stage of yesterday's showdown, Zhao Xintong performed averagely, falling behind 3-5. In today's second stage of the showdown, Zhao Xintong still could not find too good opportunities, and was once again pulled apart by the opponent, falling behind 5-11, almost to the point of defeat. In the remaining competitions of the third stage, he will face great pressure, and whether he can achieve a reversal will also be a huge test for Zhao Xintong.
In the matchup between Yan Bingtao and defending champion Selby, although Yan Bingtao only scored a hundred-shot statistic in the whole game, and Selby was 5 strokes 50+, in the first stage of the 8-game match between the two, Yan Bingtao successfully dragged Selby and ended the stage of the competition with a 4-4 draw. For Yan Bingtao, he needs to strengthen his offensive stability in order not to be pulled apart by Selby.
There was also a match on the day, which was the match between O'Sullivan, one of the favorites to win the championship, and the old rival Allen, the two competed in the first stage of the morning court, O'Sullivan performed eye-catching, completely crushing Allen, playing a 1-shot breaker + 4 par 50+ to take a 6-2 lead. That night, as the match between Williams and Page had ended early at the same time, the two became the only duel, and O'Sullivan continued to go on a rampage, playing another 100+ 4 50+, directly leading 12-4 and getting a match point opportunity. Although Allen scored a 100 shot, it was too difficult to reverse.