The 2021-2022 World Snooker Championship ended another matchday competition, the Chinese team performed poorly, the No. 7 seed Zhao Xintong in the second stage of the match against Maguire not only did not return to the state, but also worse, the first stage of the game 3:5 behind Zhao Xintong in the second stage of the game was blasted by the opponent a 6:2, after the end of the two stages of the game Zhao Xintong 5:11 behind, the possibility of the third stage of the game overturned is minimal. Yan Bingtao, another seeded player in China, is in good shape, basically playing his due level in the match against world champion Selby, although he did not grasp the lead, but it is still a good result to be able to temporarily draw with the defending champion.
Unlike the decent performance of Chinese players, the two world champions who are nearly half a hundred years old are full of firepower, and three-time world champion Mark Williams won 13:3 in the match against jackson Page in just two stages to advance to the quarterfinals. The top seed, six-time World Champion O'Sullivan, was equally outstanding in his match against Mark Allen, with a 6-2 lead in both stages and a 12-4 lead, with no suspense in qualifying.
Mark Williams and O'Sullivan are members of the "75 Three Masters", both of them are 47 years old this year, not long ago belgian famous Brechel also shelled the "75 Three Masters" to hinder the development of snooker, thinking that they blocked the opportunity of young players, but then again, the growth of young players is to work hard to improve, rather than the veterans' rapids, if so, it is quite unfavorable to the development of snooker, Mark Williams and O'Sullivan proved with practical actions that they are not hindering the development of snooker Instead, it pushes snooker to a new level, and as long as the competitive state does not decline, age is not a problem at all.
Six-time World Championship champion O'Sullivan's second round opponent is "small steel cannon" Mark Allen, the two have previously met 10 times, O'Sullivan has the advantage, but the most recent meeting between the two sides is Mark Allen won, which also allowed Mark Allen to have more confidence to defeat the opponent, before the game Allen also released harsh words, he wanted to beat the "Rockets", but it turned out that "Ginger is still old spicy", the two in the first stage of the game appeared one-sided situation, both sides won a round after the opening O'Sullivan firepower won five consecutive sets to open the score Mark Allen narrowly pulled back a set in the final innings of the first-stage match, with O'Sullivan leading the "little steel cannon" Mark Allen 6-2 in the first stage. At the beginning of the second stage of the game, Mark Allen took the lead in finding the feeling of the game, relying on multiple starting opportunities to win the first set 70:41, and the big score was 3:6, seeing a glimmer of hope of catching up.
O'Sullivan was not overwhelmed by the momentum of his opponents, and in the 10th game O'Sullivan won 97:31 after hitting a single shot behind the score, and the big score was 7:3 to re-establish the four-set lead. In the 11th game, O'Sullivan continued to shoot a single score of 67 points after a 71:0 clean sheet to extend the score to 8:3, the 12th game Mark Allen still did not get a chance to shoot, O'Sullivan single shot 88 points after winning, continue to expand the score, the 13th game Mark Allen missed the opportunity to chase the score, the two sides in the face of equal matching O'Sullivan seized the opportunity to shoot a single shot 53 points and then won 66:49, leading Mark Allen 10:3 in the big score.
Mark Alan, who trailed in the 14th inning, let go and scored a 110-point clean sheet after O'Sullivan chased back a set, and in the 15th game Mark Alan missed the opportunity again, O'Sullivan won 81:49 after multiple attacks, and in the final inning of the second stage, O'Sullivan hit a single shot of 100 points after 0:30 to end the fight, after the end of the two stages, O'Sullivan temporarily led Allen 12:4, and in the third stage of the game, he could advance to the quarterfinals with only one more set.
O'Sullivan had to win another set in the third stage, and Mark Williams, who was also the "75 three masters", simply took the lead after the second stage of the game. In the match with young jackson Page, Mark Williams, known as the "world's most accurate man", was in a state of explosion, and Paige did not get too many offensive opportunities in the whole game, mark Williams won directly with a single shot as soon as he had the opportunity, which made the game lose suspense early. In the first stage of the game Mark Williams blasted a three-shot breaker, five shots 50+ after a 7:1 lead, the second stage of the game Mark Williams continued the first stage of the game hot feel, once again played three shots to break the hundred, three shots 50+ after taking away the victory, the total score of 13:3 easily beat Jackson Page, strong promotion to the quarterfinals.
It took only two stages to end the fight, which is still relatively rare in the history of the Snooker World Championships, which shows how good Mark Williams is at the moment. Mark Williams advanced early, O'Sullivan was only one round behind, and the two nearly fifty-year-old world champions performed strongly, and they were the favorites to win the World Championships.