In the second round of the 2022 Snooker World Championships, Zhao Xintong lost to Maguire 9-13 and stopped in the round of 16. Throughout the three stages of the game, Zhao Xintong lost to himself, and his mistakes were too many. And Maguire's tactical thinking is clear, that is, to reduce mistakes, and Zhao Xintong consumes, and finally advances to the top 8. Originally, Zhao Xintong had the opportunity to play against O'Sullivan, but now he regrets to be out, becoming the third person out of China.
In the first round, Zhao Xintong easily defeated Clark. In the second round, Zhao Xintong's opponent was Maguire. Originally, the outside world has always been optimistic about Zhao Xintong's promotion. Unexpectedly, Zhao Xintong's state was somewhat depressed.
In the first stage, Zhao Xintong fell behind 3-5. In the second stage, Zhao Xintong was very bad, constantly making mistakes, watching the opponent continue to open up the point difference, and at the end of the second stage, Zhao Xintong fell behind 5-11.
Now ushered in the third stage, Zhao Xintong has no choice, want to reverse, this stage needs to play 8-1 or 8-0 score, extremely difficult. Before the game, Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao chatted, both of them had to play, and were very good friends, Zhao Xintong said to Yan Bingtao, "Alas, I don't know if I can survive until the intermission (there is a short break after playing 4 innings in the third stage). ”
In the 17th set, Zhao Xintong and Maguire both made mistakes, and in the end, it was Zhao Xintong who seized the opportunity to pull back Yicheng 82-24 and fall behind 6-11. In the 18th inning, Maguire quickly made a mistake again, and Zhao Xintong's opportunity came. Single shot 85 points, Zhao Xintong chased to 7-11! In the 19th set, Maguire won the mobile phone meeting, he did not give Zhao Xintong another chance, single shot 81 points, 12-7 to get the match point, this time, Zhao Xintong really did not have a chance. In the 20th set, Zhao Xintong made a mistake after a single shot of 67 points, but Maguire did not seize the opportunity, and Zhao Xintong chased it to 8-12!
In this way, Zhao Xintong survived to the third stage of intermission, the 21st inning, Zhao Xintong saved 1 match point 70-7, 9-12! In the 22nd set, Zhao Xintong made a mistake in attacking the powder ball, and Maguire did not give a chance to win 13-9!
In this competition, Zhao Xintong was pinned on high hopes, but against Maguire, Zhao Xintong did not play at the best level. Of course, Maguire's performance is also outstanding, and the winning is well deserved. At this point, there is only 1 person left in the Chinese snooker army, that is, Yan Bingtao. In the first round, Lu Haotian and Ding Junhui were out successively. In the second round, Zhao Xintong, the highest ranked Chinese player, also returned home.