On April 25, Beijing time, the Snooker World Championship continued. After the world championship four-time champion John Higgins drew 4-4 with dark horse Sancham in the first stage, the second stage played a staggering seven consecutive innings of attacks, opponents Sankam was completely confused, and finally ended the first two stages 5-11, the result of the game has no suspense. In another game, Bingham, with an 8-5 lead, lost three consecutive sets and was chased by Wilson to 8 draws, and the third stage was threatened to be reversed.
Higgins is currently ranked 6th in the world, while Sankam is a qualifier and the number one dark horse at the World Championships. In the last round, Sankam knocked out the 11th seed Brechel, leaving his opponent without temper. Against Higgins, Sancam trailed 1-4 in the first stage, winning three consecutive sets to tie the score, putting more pressure on Higgins.
But in the second phase, Higgins didn't give the youngsters any more chances. In the 9th inning, Higgins won 80-8. In the 10th set, Higgins scored 125 points to win. In the 11th set, Higgins won 68-9. Higgins then shot consecutive single-shot 60 and 69 points to win. In the 14th set, Higgins won 65-58. In the 15th set, Higgins scored 100 points to win.
After a wave of crazy 7 consecutive whips, Higgins is already 11-4 far ahead. In these 7 innings, Sankham's total score was only 93 points! With the exception of the 14th inning, Sankham basically sat off the field while the audience watched Higgins perform. In the 16th set, Sankam finally scored a single 64 points to win, but the 5-11 score basically announced the end of his dark horse journey.
In another match, 46-year-old world champion Bingham played against the strongest post-90s player Wilson. The game was played very intensely between the two sides. In the first stage, Bingham played an offensive attack to win four consecutive sets and eventually won 5-3. In the second stage, Bingham took the lead and won two more sets, at one point leading 7-3. But in the final three innings, Wilson hit consecutive single-shot 66, 59 and 96 points to stubbornly tie the score to 8-8. Bingham wasted a good game and was afraid of being reversed in the long game battle.