On April 24, 2022, Beijing time, the Snooker World Championship ended the 8th matchday competition, with Yan Bingtao eliminating Selby 13-10, the World Championship Quarterfinals have decided four places, the first half by Yan Bingtao against Mark Williams, the second half by Stephen Maguire against O'Sullivan. On the 9th matchday, four more world champions reached the quarter-finals, namely Bingham, Trump, Neil Robertson and Higgins.
On the eighth matchday of the main tournament, three places were decided in the quarterfinals, and Stephen Maguire eliminated Zhao Xintong 13-9, the first qualifier to advance to the quarterfinals of this world championship. O'Sullivan easily eliminated Mark Allen 13-4 and will compete with Stephen Maguire for a place in the final four. In the last game, Yan Bingtao eliminated the defending champion Selby 13-10, breaking out of the big cold, yan Bingtao will compete with Mark Williams for the final four places.
It should be said that every game in the second round of the main tournament is a wonderful matchup, Yan Bingtao's defeat of Selby is a big cold, and he can still win in the case of a number of data backwards, it is indeed not easy. In addition, there is a big cold goal in the making, and perhaps there is a chance to appear, the in-form Trump and Anthony McGill finished the first stage, the score is 4-4, if you can't improve your form next, the world champion Trump is likely to be out of the cold.
The number one favourite for this tournament was Neil Robertson, who had been consistent this season, won the most titles and occupied the first place in a single season, but in Crucible, like Trump, he seemed to have lost his power, although he played two shots to break the hundred while 2-4 behind, but he failed to establish a lead in the first stage, his opponent Lisovsky was not a soft persimmon, this time progress was obvious, 4-4 showed that both sides were on the same running line, Neil Trump was not able to establish a lead in the first stage. Robertson also wants to improve his performance.
In addition, there are two other world champions who will appear on Match Day 9, namely Bingham and Higgins. Bingham against Karen Wilson and Higgins against Thailand's Sankam. The schedule for Matchday 9 is as follows:
April 24, 17 points:
Karen Wilson vs Stewart Bingham (Phase I)
Noppen Thornham vs John Higgins (Phase I)
April 24, 21 points 30 mins:
Anthony McGill vs Judd Trump (Phase II)
Neil Robertson vs Jack Lissovsky (Phase II)
April 25 at 2 a.m.:
Karen Wilson vs Stewart Bingham (Phase II)
Noppen Sankham vs John Higgins (Phase II)
Normally, there will be no quarter-final spots on matchday 9, but if there is a particularly disparity in individual matches, it is also possible to end the game in two stages, and Higgins has a chance to establish the lead early against the dark horse Sancham in qualifying!