On April 24, 2022, Beijing time, the Snooker World Championship entered the 9th match day, the second round of the main round, and world champion Bingham won four consecutive sets to temporarily lead Karen Wilson 5-3. Another world champion, Higgins, was in average form, facing Thailand's Sankam, who conceded three consecutive sets with a 4-1 lead, ending the first stage 4-4. Higgins is in very average form, with a lot of mistakes, and there is a possibility of upsetting in this game.
In the second round of the main tournament, Mark Williams, Stephen Maguire, O'Sullivan and Yan Bingtao have advanced to the quarter-finals, and the remaining four quarter-finals will be decided in two match days. The first to appear was the champion favorite Higgins, in the first round of the game, Higgins eliminated Tacchaia, although he won, but the state is more general, did not play the favorite style of the championship.
In the second round, Higgins' opponent was still the Thai, that is, Sankham, who eliminated Luka Brecher. Whether it is personal strength or competition experience, Higgins is above the opponent, and normally Higgins can easily pass the level, but his state is still very average. In the opening round, Higgins scored a single shot of 59 and 82 points to make a fantastic 3-0 start. Higgins could have led 4-0 but went wrong in the fourth set and Sankham pulled back the set 69-59.
Returning from the break, Higgins scored a single 90 points to take a 4-1 lead. After that, Higgins made too many mistakes, some of which were simply inexplicable, and Sancam did not score more than 50 points in a single shot, but won 3 consecutive sets to tie the score to 4 draws. It can only be said that Higgins' state of presence is not ideal, whether it is possession or hitting the ball, there have been many low-level mistakes, which is obviously not the normal level of Higgins.
If Higgins is still in this state after that, there is a possibility of upsetting this game, after all, Sankam is not a soft persimmon, and completing reversals in consecutive sets has also given him great confidence.
In another game, world champion Bingham led Karen Wilson 5-3. Previously, Karen Wilson eliminated Ding Junhui and his morale was boosted, facing Bingham, he lost four consecutive sets after winning the first set, and although he played a single 81 and 103 points, he still fell behind 3-5 in the first stage. Against the experienced Bingham, Karen Wilson didn't do much at some point, and if the second stage didn't turn the tide, Karen Wilson would probably be eliminated.
Overall, the viewing of these two games is more general, not like Mark Williams, O'Sullivan, playing a smooth attack, nor like Yan Bingtao and Selby, playing a high-intensity defense, the next second stage is particularly important, good luck to all players!