In the second round of the World Snooker Championship, which just ended on April 23, 2022, Beijing time, Stephen Maguire successfully advanced to the quarterfinals with a single score of 102, 107, 65, 80, 64, 61 and 59. Next, he will compete with the winners between O'Sullivan and Allen for a place in the final four. Objectively speaking, Maguire has almost certainly competed with O'Sullivan for a place in the final four.
Maguire won three straight sets to lead Zhao Xintong 5-3
In the first stage of the match between the two sides, Maguire's form can be described as very good. In the first set, Zhao Xintong scored 72 points and won a set 110:16 to take a 1-0 lead. In the second set, Maguire scored a 102-point clean sheet to draw 1-1 with Zhao Xintong. In the third set, Maguire won another set 58:15 to take a 2-1 lead. In the 4th set, Zhao Xintong scored an 86-point clean sheet to draw 2-2 with Maguire. In the 5th set, Zhao Xintong single-handedly struck a 136-point clean sheet maguire to take a 3-2 lead. In the 6th set, Maguire scored 65 points and 79:52 to win the set 3-3 with Zhao Xintong. In the 7th set, Maguire scored 107 points and took a 4-3 lead by taking the set 107-28. In the 8th inning, Maguire scored an 80-point clean sheet to take a 5-3 lead.
Zhao Xintong lost three consecutive sets to 5-11 behind Maguire
After the game entered the second stage, Zhao Xintong's state was still not very good. The game moved to the ninth inning, with Maguire taking the lead to take a 6-3 lead in the first set 72-6. In the 10th set, Zhao Xintong beat his opponent 63:61 in a single set to trail Maguire 4-6. In the 11th set, Maguire scored 64 points to take a 7-4 lead in the set 71-16. In the 12th set, Maguire took an 8-4 lead with 82-27 points on a single shot. In the 13th set, Zhao Xintong scored 72 points to win the set 81:16 and trail maguire 5-8. In the 14th set, Maguire took a 9-4 lead with a 70-0 clean sheet. In the 15th set, Maguire scored 61 points to win the set 68-24 to determine a 10-5 lead over Zhao Xintong. In the 16th set, Maguire won the game 56:42 with multiple opportunities to win the game to determine an 11-5 lead over Zhao Xintong.
Maguire won two more sets to beat Zhao Xintong 13-9
After the game entered the third stage, Zhao Xintong's state has obviously improved, but in the face of the huge innings difference, Zhao Xintong is also weak. The game came to the 17th set, and Zhao Xintong took the lead in winning the game 82:24 with multiple opportunities to win the game and fell behind Maguire 6-11. In the 18th set, Zhao Xintong single-handedly blasted an 85-point clean sheet and decided to trail Maguire 7-11. In the 19th set, Maguire single-handedly struck an 81-point clean sheet to give Zhao Xintong a 12-7 lead. In the 20th set, Zhao Xintong won the game 71-16 with a single shot of 67 points to win the game and thus trail maguire 8-12. In the 21st set, Zhao Xintong won the set 70:7 with multiple mobile phones and fell behind Maguire 9-12. In the 22nd set, Maguire single-handedly blasted 59 points to win the set 78-5 to eliminate Zhao Xintong 13-9 to advance to the quarterfinals.