The 2021-2022 World Snooker Championships ended on the eighth matchday, and three more players successfully advanced to the quarterfinals, among which Chinese teenager Yan Bingtao defeated the defending champion Selby 13:10 to advance to the quarter-finals, while Zhao Xintong lost to Maguire 9:13 in another match, missing the quarterfinals, and the champion favorite O'Sullivan defeated Mark Allen 13:4 to advance to the quarterfinals of the World Championships. In the other two games in the first stage of the second round, the two world champions were in a state of flux, with top-winning favourite Neil Robertson losing four consecutive sets against Lissovsky and struggling to draw 4:4 with the last two sets. Another title-winning favourite, Trump, was still in a slump in attack, he also fell behind 1:3 in the game, relying on the experience of the old road, and finally fought with Anthony McGill to a 4-4 draw, and the ups and downs of the two world champions also added a lot of uncertainty to these two games, and the two had to play in the next two stages to qualify.
World champion, no. 4 seed, the third champion of this World Championships, the second round of the popular Trump opponent is Anthony McGill, the latter strength can not be underestimated, the last two World Championships once reached the final four and once advanced to the quarterfinals, is the 13th seed of this World Championship, the strength of the two sides is still relatively close. Title-winning favourite Trump was not in good shape in the first round of the game, especially his offensive form was not at its best, which was undoubtedly very unfavorable to him, after all, the opponents in the later games were getting stronger and stronger, and it was impossible for all the players to keep giving Trump the opportunity to attack like his opponent Invarfi in the first round.
Anthony McGill won the first round of the first round of the qualifier Highfield 10:7, the state is relatively normal, compared with Trump, Anthony McGill's style is more like Selby, is a more able to grind player, Trump to pass McGill this level is not small difficult. Sure enough, the first two sets of the first round of the two-person round were played inextricably, and the two sets took nearly an hour and a half, McGill won the first set 66:36, Trump won the second set 64:47, and the two sides drew the first two sets to a 1-1 draw.
In the third set, the two sides were in a bitter battle, the more defensive Anthony McGill repeatedly attacked and then won 70:48 to the next city, and in the fourth game McGill was in a state of flux, shooting 129 points and then winning 140:4 to lead Trump 3:1. The trailing Trump then launched a counterattack, in the fifth game Trump single shot 103 points to win back a city, in the sixth game both had a chance, Trump offensively scored 64 points intermittently after a narrow victory of 64:36, tenaciously chasing the score to a 3:3 draw. In the seventh inning, Trump's offensive state still did not improve much, but McGill did not have a chance to shoot, Trump won 80-0 on multiple attacks, the big score was 4:3, and in the eighth game McGill played twice and scored a single 68 points to win 93:0, and the first stage of the game between the two sides was tied 4:4. Judging from the first stage of the game, Trump's offensive feel is still not good, and in order to beat McGill, Trump must improve his form as soon as possible, otherwise the subsequent game is very dangerous.
The top favourite to win the championship, the No. 3 seed Neil Robertson's second-round opponent is the "uncrowned king" Lisovsky, the two also met in the second round of last year's World Championships, and as a result, Neil Robertson defeated his opponent to advance strongly. Both performed well in the first round, with Neil Robertson beating Ashley Hurgil 8-0 and Lisowski refusing to be reversed, winning two sets against world runner-up Matthew Stevens. The two sides have played each other many times before, Neil Robertson has the advantage, at the beginning of the game, Neil Robertson entered the state quickly, the first game Neil Robertson single shot 62 points and then took the lead at 75:6, in the second game Lisovsky single shot 55 points before stopping the attack, Neil Robertson seized the opportunity to play a single 76 points and then reversed the victory, after winning two consecutive sets Neil Robertson took a 2:0 lead.
The trailing Lisovsky then launched a crazy counterattack, while Neil Robertson's state was suddenly dropped, in the third set Lisowski single-handed 65 points to win and pull back a set, the fourth set of the game the two sides fell into a bitter battle, Lisovsky attacked several times and then won another set at 55:45, the big score chased to 2:2 draw. In the fifth set, Lisovsky scored 44 points and then made a mistake, Neil Robertson failed to seize the opportunity, Lisovsky then attacked several times to win another set 68:1, the big score was 3:2, in the sixth game Neil Robertson took the lead in attacking but made a mistake, Lisovsky single shot 66 points and then won, after winning four consecutive sets, Lisovsky led the biggest favorite to win the championship 4:2. Trailing Neil Robertson was not willing to let the score be pulled apart continuously, and then he was full of firepower in the next two sets, single shot 117 points, 131 points and then won two consecutive sets, tenaciously chasing the score to 4:4 draw.