In the second round of the 2022 World Snooker Championships, that is, the quarter-finals, Zhao Xintong played against stephen Maguire after the 80s, and in the end, Maguire eliminated Zhao Xintong 13-9.
Zhao Xintong, known as the "Chinese Rocket" after the 90s, is quite sharp in attack, and this season he has also cashed in his talent, winning the British Championship and the German Masters, both important ranking competitions and showing a very strong momentum. In the first round, he was in a hot state, easily eliminated Jamie Clark and reached the round of 16; although Maguire successfully broke through from the qualifiers, he also had the strength of seeded players, and eliminated seeded player Sean Murphy in the first round of the main tournament. Zhao Xintong and Maguire have played each other once before, but in 2016, Zhao Xintong lost 2-6 to Maguire. The two are relative strangers!
Zhao Xintong was slightly passive in the first stage 3-5, and in the second stage, Zhao Xintong's disadvantages became more and more obvious, attack and defense were not online, Maguire took advantage of the hot iron to achieve an 11-5 lead, the advantage is quite obvious. In the third stage, Zhao Xintong also failed to complete the big reversal, losing 9-13.
Earlier, Mark Williams beat Jackson Page 13-3 and had locked up his first quarter-final spot! In this way, the top 8 has been out of the second place: Mark Williams, Stephen Maguire, and the Chinese genius Zhao Xintong has stopped drinking and hating.
In another ongoing game, China's post-00s young player Yan Bingtao occupies the initiative and currently leads Mark Selby 7-5 and is expected to qualify.