On April 24, 2022, Beijing time, the Snooker World Championship continued, and the defending champion Selby lost 10-13 to Yan Bingtao and was out of the game. The other two title-winning favourites, Trump and Neil Robertson, were stubbornly blocked by their opponents, and Trump overtook after falling behind 1-3, ending the first stage 4-4. Title-winning favourite Neil Robertson shot a 2-stroke breaker to tie the 4th with 2-4 trails, and the opponents were tenacious, and Trump and Neil Robertson had a hard time getting through easily.
In the past few seasons, the post-80s big three Trump, Neil Robertson and Selby have slowly dominated, and the three have taken away most of the ranking champions, such as Selby, who was the winner of the last World Championship, And Neil Robertson has played steadily this season, as evidenced by ranking first in a single season. Therefore, these players are the favorites to win this World Championship.
Both Trump and Neil Robertson easily passed the first round, but in the second round, facing stronger opponents, the two were in more general competitive form, especially Trump, which continued the downturn of the season and greatly reduced their offensive strength. In the second round against Anthony McGill, the game was relatively technical and slow, although Trump overtook the score in the case of 1-3 behind, and also had a single-shot performance during the period, but the game was indeed more general.
In the end, Anthony McGill seized the opportunity in the final set of the first stage to tie the score to 4. Trump is not in good shape, Anthony McGill is a particularly tenacious player, and this game is probably going to be particularly long.
In another game, title-winning favourite Neil Robertson lost four innings in a row with a 2-0 lead, and in the final moments, he scored a single shot of 117 and 131 points to barely trail to four draws. It should be said that Lisovsky's progress is obvious, the attack is more reasonable, the defense has improved, and Neil Robertson is difficult to pass easily.
The last game at the end of this matchday, the defending champion Selby is out, in the face of the more and more mature Yan Bingtao, Selby played to the extreme in the current state, a lot of data are dominant, the defensive end also showed strength, but Yan Bingtao is particularly tenacious, from the second stage, he has been maintaining the lead, after winning the 22nd set through the super long battle, the blow to Selby is very large, Yan Bingtao completed the break in the 23rd innings, and finally eliminated Selby 13-10 and advanced to the quarterfinals!