On April 23, 2022, the Snooker World Championship Quarterfinals decided two places, following Mark Bergeron. Williams eliminated Jackson 13-3. After Page, Maguire defeated Zhao Xintong 13-9 to advance, waiting for O'Sullivan and Mark. Allen's winner, O'Sullivan, led Mark 12-4. Allen, got the match point in advance, resulting in the result of losing suspense, after Zhao Xintong was out, the Chinese player was only Yan Bingtao.
In the first eight innings, Maguire led Zhao Xintong 5-3, Zhao Xintong played a single 72 points in the first set to take the lead, in the second set Maguire blasted a single 102 points to equalize, in the third set Maguire won 58-15, in the fourth set Zhao Xintong played a single 86 points and also with color, in the fifth set Zhao Xintong blasted a single shot 136 points to take the lead, and in the sixth set Maguire played a single 65 points to equalize at 79-52.
Next Maguire blasted out a single shot 107 points, the eighth set Maguire played a single shot 80 points, 2-3 behind to win three consecutive sets, indeed Maguire defense quality is higher, the overall performance is relatively stable, although his world ranking is only 40, but there is no difference with some seeded players, Zhao Xintong has strong offensive ability, but this style of play is very dependent on the feel, as long as the state declines, it is difficult to find the rhythm.
At the end of the eighth inning in the second stage, Maguire led Zhao Xintong 11-5, continued to open up the point difference, resulting in the loss of suspense in advance, both had a significant decline in the feel, for the handling of the chaos, Maguire had an absolute advantage, Maguire won 72-6 in the 9th set, Zhao Xintong withstood the pressure in the 10th set, and reversed at 63-61, and Maguire played a single 64 points in the 11th set to win a set at 71-16.
Then Maguire took advantage of the chase, played a single 82 points to win another round, in the 13th set Zhao Xintong played a single shot 72 points and also rose in color, the score alternately rose, but Zhao Xintong's state could not continue to maintain, the 14th set Maguire played many times, to complete the super score 70-0, the 15th set Zhao Xintong made another mistake, Maguire played a single 61 points, and Maguire won 56-42 in the 16th set, leading six sets.
At the beginning of the final stage, Zhao Xintong played several times in the 17th set to win the fight 82-24, Zhao Xintong played a single 85 points in the 18th set to win another round, Maguire played a single 81 points in the 19th set, 12-7 to get the match point, and then Zhao Xintong played a single 67 points, saving two match points at 71-16, 70-7, and Maguire played a single 59 points in the 22nd set to end the game.
Maguire eliminated Zhao Xintong 13-9, starting from the qualifiers, winning four consecutive games to advance to the quarterfinals, waiting for O'Sullivan and Mark. Allen's winner, two stages over, O'Sullivan 12-4 to match points, Mark. If Allen wants to reverse, he must win nine consecutive sets, which is almost impossible to do, and after Zhao Xintong was eliminated, the Chinese player was only Yan Bingtao.