China's famous players are behind 5-11! Zhao Xintong is afraid to go out early, unless he can play 8-1 in the third stage. In the second round of the 2022 World Snooker Championships, China's Zhao Xintong played against Maguire. The second round uses a 25-inning 13-win system, divided into three stages, and now the first two stages of the game have ended, Zhao Xintong is 5-11 behind Maguire, for Zhao Xintong, the current promotion prospects are not optimistic, unless you can play 8-1 in the third stage, otherwise you have to get out early.
This season, Zhao Xintong's performance is very outstanding, he has won the British Championship and the German Masters two large ranking championships, the world ranking has also risen to 6th, is currently the only Chinese player in the top 10 in the world ranking, in the last round of competition, Zhao Xintong won 10-2 Jack Clark, the first time in his career to advance to the World Championship Round of 16. Although Maguire is now only ranked 40th in the world ranking, its comprehensive strength far exceeds most of the qualifiers, and the seeded player Murphy was eliminated in the first round of the main tournament, and it should be known that at last year's World Championships, Murphy also won the runner-up, which shows that Maguire has the strength of seeded players. This article is original by Xiao Lizi, please do not copy or port. In the first stage of the game, Zhao Xintong and Maguire both showed a very good state, Maguire blasted out a single shot 102 points, 107 points, 80 points, 65 points, Zhao Xintong blasted a single shot 136 points, 86 points, 72 points, at the end of the first stage of the game, Maguire led Zhao Xintong 6-3.
After the start of the second stage of the game, Maguire took the lead in the form, taking the ninth set 72-9, followed by the tenth set, the two began to fight, Zhao Xintong seized the opportunity to complete the clearance, and won the set 63-61 thrillingly. In the eleventh set, Maguire scored a single 64 points to win 71-16. In the twelfth inning, Zhao Xintong made a mistake when he scored 27 points, and Maguire directly scored a single 82 points. In the thirteenth set, Zhao Xintong scored a single 72 points, chasing the total score to 5-8. In the fourteenth set, Zhao Xintong made a mistake and Maguire won 70-0. In the fifteenth set, Maguire made a mistake in the starting hand, but Zhao Xintong only scored 17 points to interrupt the attack, and then the two entered a defensive battle, and Maguire played a single 61 points to win the key set.
In the sixteenth set, the two were fiercely contested, with Maguire winning the fight 56-42, and after the second stage of the match, Maguire led 11-5. The current situation is very unfavorable to Zhao Xintong, if Zhao Xintong can not play 8-1 in the third stage of the game, then it will be out early, but in the face of Maguire, who is in good shape, Zhao Xintong has been difficult to complete the reversal, fortunately, Zhao Xintong is still very young, and there are still opportunities in the future.