In the early morning of April 23, the snooker World Championship ended the second leg of a focus battle, and finally China's Zhao Xintong failed to find his hand in time after falling behind 3-5 in the first leg, and the second leg was played by the opponent another 2-6, and the two stages were significantly behind qualifier Stephen Maguire in the second stage, and advanced to the top 8. If the promotion requires a 8-1 or 8-0 comeback in Stage 3 to reverse Maguire, let's find out if there is such a case in the history of the World Championships.
In the quarter-finals of the 2007 World Championships, Sean Murphy, who had just won the World Championships for two years, was full of spirits and once again met his final opponent Matthew Stevens two years ago, and Murphy also fell behind 5-11 in the first two stages. At the beginning of the 3rd stage, Murphy slammed 2 shots in a row to 50+ to 7-11! In the 19th inning, Stevens scored a 52-point shot to take five match points 12-7! However, in the 20-25 sets, Murphy won 6 consecutive sets, with an aggregate score of 13-12 to complete the super reversal, of which 4 of the last 6 innings did not produce 50+, all of which were multi-round offensive and defensive battles. Unfortunately, Murphy lost 16-17 to runners-up Selby in the ensuing semi-finals.
In the second round of the 2010 World Championships, Neil Robertson, who held four ranking champions at the time, played against Martin Gould, the first two stages were also 5-11 Robertson trailed, the third stage came up, Robertson shot a 60+ and a breaker, chasing the score to 7-11, followed by the 19th-24th innings, a total of 6 games were all multi-legged offensive and defensive battles, the two sides did not play any 50+, Robertson won 5 of them, the total score came to 12-12! In the decider Robertson scored a 52-pointer to complete the shootout! He then swept Stephen Davis 13-5 in the quarter-finals, Carter 17-12 in the semi-finals, and Lectradt 18-13 in the final, winning the World Championship for the first time in his career.
Therefore, 5-11 is not a situation that must be lost, and Zhao Xintong still has the hope of impacting the top 8. But the above two cases have one thing in common, that is, the process of reversal is difficult, many innings are without a single high score of you and me, you need to have enough patience to deal with the opponent. Zhao Xintong needs to do two things well, first, to ensure his advantage on the offensive end, and second, to have enough patience, patience, and patience on the defensive end. Maguire is not at his peak, this game Maguire is more just to pick up leaks, so Zhao Xintong must reduce active mistakes and strengthen defense to find opportunities. Come on.