In the second round of the 2022 World Snooker Championships, the two TOP16 players who were in a big gap in the first two stages failed to perform a miracle, and the No. 7 seed Zhao Xintong was finally eliminated by qualifier Maguire 9-13, and the world's 15th Mark Allen lost to O'Sullivan 4-13, and the top 2 seeds joined hands to get out!
After the end of the first two stages, Mark Allen fell behind 4-12, and unless he countered O'Sullivan 9-0 in the third stage, Mark Allen would eventually be out. However, playing back O'Sullivan 9-0, this is a miracle, and it is an unlikely miracle, Mark Allen failed to do, expected! However, Mark Allen lost the first set in the third stage and seemed a little absent-minded, and O'Sullivan did not fail to give a chance. However, Mark Allen has long lost the confidence to reverse, perhaps, this is the deterrent of O'Sullivan, the six-time champion of the World Championship.
Perhaps, O'Sullivan is not the peak of his personal career, but O'Sullivan, who is almost 47 years old, is still one of the top players in today's professional snooker world, which is admirable! In fact, judging from the performance of the World Championships this season, Mark Williams and Higgins are also in good shape. 75 Sanjie joined hands to reach the quarter-finals of the 2022 World Championships? O'Sullivan and Mark Williams have advanced, leaving Higgins behind.
Mark Allen failed to perform a miracle, and so did Zhao Xintong! Trailing 5-11 in the first two stages, he eventually lost to Maguire 9-13 and stopped in the round of 16. However, compared with Mark Allen's absent-mindedness, Zhao Xintong did work hard, and once fought back against Maguire in the third stage to chase 9-12.
On his personal social media account, Zhao Xintong commented on himself: from beginning to end, there were some accidents, and the unexpected thing was that I broke the bottleneck and won two ranking championships, and also unexpectedly lost my abnormality in the second round of the World Championships.
After playing the second stage of the game, I told myself that I must break through the shackles of my thoughts, as if the game had been lost. Although the result has not changed, at least I feel that my state has improved today.
Victory is not arrogance, defeat is not discouraged. I still learned a lot of lessons from this defeat, such as how to win the game when I feel completely in the hand, or how to make beautiful snooker in a high-quality duel in a row.
I think I'm still a lot worse. At the age of 25, I let myself mature more and more, so that I can be worthy of so many people who have expectations for me.
Hahahahahaha, this time I have failed to live up to your expectations, Zhao Xintong, who has lost his accuracy, did not win this game for you, but please believe that I will work harder in the future, and I will get up immediately after falling and prove myself again.
The next time, it depends on @Mr_ Yan Bingtao. I'm going to take a vacation and dive in for further study.