On April 25, Beijing time, the quarterfinals of the Snooker World Championships continued. Neil Robertson, a former champion and one of the Big Four, was upset 7-9 behind Lissovsky. Given that no one had turned the tables before this tournament in two stages, Robertson was afraid of the doom of being out. In the other game, Trump led McGill 10-6 and promotion was in sight.
Robertson is currently ranked No. 3 in the world and Lisowski is no. 14, and there is a certain gap in strength between the two. Both sides played easier in the first round, with Robertson eliminating Hugel 10-5 and Lisovsky eliminating Matthew Stevens 10-8. The two played very quickly in the first stage, making it 4-4. Robertson won two sets first, then Lisovsky won four straight sets, and Robertson then shot two to break the hundred, and the two sides were equally divided.
Coming to the second stage, Lisovsky took the lead, shooting consecutive 119 and 122 points to stretch the score to 6-4. Robertson then scored a 60-pointer to win the set. In the 12th set, Lisovsky played several times, winning 79-27 and going to the break 7-5. Returning from the break, Robertson scored a single 54 points to win 102-0 clean sheets and make it 6-7.
But Lissovsky was in a very hot offensive form, shooting consecutive singles of 137 and 74 points to lead 9-6. In the 16th set, Robertson scored a single 69 points, winning 99-32 to avoid a big score behind, but still ended the second stage 7-9 behind. In the second round of the previously concluded competition, the players who led the first two stages finally advanced smoothly. Robertson, who has been forced into a desperate situation.
In the other game, Trump did not face too many challenges. Facing McGill, Trump trailed to 4 draws in the first stage after falling behind 1-3. Coming to the second stage, although Trump did not play the super strong feel of continuous attack, with stability, he played two 3-1 in the first and second halves. At the end of the two stages, Trump led 10-6 and was close to qualifying.