The 2021-2022 World Snooker Championship continues, and today will enter the eighth matchday competition, two Chinese players will attack the top eight seats, China's top seed Zhao Xintong and Maguire launched the third stage of competition, the current big score behind Zhao Xintong to advance must play 8:1 score, very difficult. Yan Bingtao will start a two-stage competition with the defending champion Selby, yan Bingtao, who is currently in good shape, may bring us surprises, the first stage of the two matches are evenly divided, and the victory or defeat depends on the play of the next two stages of the competition between the two sides. O'Sullivan and Mark Allen began the third stage of the match, the current big score of 12:4 O'Sullivan promotion is not suspenseful, the third stage of the game is actually meaningless. Title-winning favourite Neil Robertson and No. 2 favourite Trump will make their debut on this matchday, with No. 3 seed Neil Robertson facing Lisovsky, one of the "91 Three Masters", and Trump's opponent being the powerful Anthony McGill.
2021-2022 Snooker World Championships April 23 Schedule:
17:00: Selby vs Yan Bingtao (2nd stage)
17:00: Zhao Xintong vs Maguire (Stage 3)
21:30: McGill vs Trump (Stage 1)
21:30: Allen vs O'Sullivan (Stage 3)
2:00 a.m. – Selby vs Yan Bingtao (Stage 3)
Next day 2:00: Robertson vs Lissovsky (Stage 1)
The most watched match of the day is the performance of the two Chinese players, Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao will complete the second round of the competition today, and whether they can advance is the focus of everyone's attention. Zhao Xintong, the No. 7 seed, and Maguire competed in the third stage of the match, and Zhao Xintong fell behind 5:11 in the first two stages of the game and was on the verge of being eliminated. Objectively speaking, it is almost impossible for Zhao Xintong to complete the reversal, first, the point difference is too large and the opponent's strength is not weak, and second, Zhao Xintong's own offensive state is not good, Zhao Xintong originally won with accuracy, without the offensive feel, Zhao Xintong basically did not have much competitiveness, and if there is no accident, Zhao Xintong will not be able to reach the top eight.
For Zhao Xintong, the third stage of the competition does not need to think too much, just play as a usual practice, which may have a good effect. In fact, in the history of the Snooker World Championship, there are also precedents for the first two stages of 5:11 behind, and finally the earth-shattering reversal, the 2010 World Championships, Neil Robertson faced exactly the same situation as today's Zhao Xintong, in the match with Martin Gould, Neil Robertson staged a big reversal in the third stage when he fell behind 5:11, and finally killed Gould 13:12, after escaping from death Neil Robertson will pass the final and win the only world championship so far, can Zhao Xintong replicate Neil Robertson Miracle? Let's wait and see!
Unlike Zhao Xintong, who faced the dilemma, whether Yan Bingtao could advance depended entirely on himself, although the opponent Selby was strong, but Yan Bingtao was not completely without opportunities. The two will play the last two stages of the game today, after the end of the first stage of the game, Yan Bingtao drew 4:4 with Selby, in fact, Yan Bingtao had the opportunity to take the lead in the first stage of the game, but unfortunately failed to seize the opportunity, but even so, it is very rare to bite the score of the game with Selby. From the two previous confrontations and the first stage of the game, Yan Bingtao is not afraid of Selby's "grinding and rubbing" style of play, Yan Bingtao's "treating his body with his human way" has made the opponent more uncomfortable, the last two sets of the first stage of the game, Selby quietly changed his style, in fact, this is a success for Yan Bingtao, indicating that the opponent is gradually losing patience, if Yan Bingtao can fully exert his own strength, he can completely knock out the defending champion.
Title-winning favourite Neil Robertson and Number two-win favourite Trump will make their debut on this matchday, with Trump facing McGill and Neil Robertson facing Lissovsky. Trump's match with McGill was the focus of the second round, and the two were on a par with each other, although Trump had won eight previous encounters, but those were all victories in the ultra-short game, and the historical head-to-head record did not have much reference value.
The No. 4 seed Trump is one of the favorites to win the championship, he won the World Championship in 2019, but the next two World Championships Trump performance is not too good, this season Trump is obviously not in the previous two seasons, the first round of this World Championship his state is not very good, against McGill, Trump did not have an absolute advantage, McGill's last two World Championships performances are outstanding, respectively, into the semi-finals and quarterfinals, the state is quite stable. Trump is good at attacking, and McGill's defense can be said to be watertight, the suspense of the two meeting in the second round of the game is very suspenseful, Trump paper strength is dominant, but McGill also has a lot of chances to win.
Biggest champion neil Robertson to meet Lisowski, this is also the two consecutive World Championships in the second round of the encounter, the last World Championship Neil Robertson defeated Lisowski 13:9 to advance to the quarterfinals, this world championship Neil Robertson is the number one favorite to win the championship, promotion seems to be more certain. The two have played each other 11 times in history, Neil Robertson 10 wins and 1 loss occupy an absolute advantage, as long as the normal play Neil Robertson to win the promotion is not difficult, Neil Robertson this season in a state of explosion, won four championships and a runner-up, is the best performance of all players, because of this, Neil Robertson became the biggest favorite to win the World Championship, many experts are optimistic about Neil Robertson's career for the second time in Crucible successfully reached the top. Although the strength is dominant, but Neil Robertson can not be careless, Lisovsky is not a qualifier, he has a considerable strength, although Lisovsky has not won the ranking championship, but he has also reached the final many times, in recent times Lisovsky's state has returned to the obvious, Neil Robertson must be prepared for difficulties.