The 2021-2022 Snooker World Championships ended on the ninth matchday, with four world champions, Higgins, Trump, Neil Robertson and Bingham, attacking the quarterfinals. Four-time World Championship winner and "Wizard" Higgins performed steadily, although the first stage of the game was tied with opponents Sankam when the big score was ahead, but Higgins was full of fire in the second stage, he won seven consecutive sets to establish a huge lead, after the end of the two stages, Higgins temporarily led Sankam 11:5, and the promotion was a foregone conclusion. Also in the lead is Trump, who did not play a single shot against Anthony McGill, but with more stable play, temporarily led McGill 10:6, and the prospects for reaching the quarterfinals are equally optimistic.
Four-time World Championship winner Higgins' second-round opponent is Thailand's famous Sankam, Higgins' opponent in the first round is also a Thai player, known as the "fast gunner" Tatchaia, and finally Higgins fell behind in the first stage of the competition and relied on the outstanding performance of the second stage to eliminate the opponent to advance. In the first stage of the match with Sankam, Higgins was in a bitter battle, and unlike the first round of the game, Higgins took a 4:1 lead from the first stage of the second round, and the trailing Sankam then showed amazing patience and stability, although he did not play a particularly high score, but relying on steady defense and good offensive status, Sankam won three consecutive sets, tenaciously chased the score to 4:4 draw, Higgins had to let people pinch him in the last four sets of depression. As fears turned out to be completely superfluous, "Wizard" Higgins continued his steady performance this season, as he suddenly went on to win seven straight sets at the start of the second stage to establish a promotion advantage.
In the ninth game Higgins entered the state quickly, after several attacks, he won 80:9 to win the score again, in the 10th game Higgins opened a single shot with full firepower and then hit the next city, in the 11th game Higgins played more and more confidently, multiple starter attacks to 68:9 to the next city, in the 12th game Higgins single shot 60 points and then won 83:0, Higgins won four consecutive sets in one go to ensure that the first two stages of the score will not be behind. After a short break, Higgins did not lose firepower, and Sancam was still sluggish, Higgins played a single shot 69 points and then went to the next city, in the 14th game Sankam missed a good opportunity to chase points, he did not seize the opportunity when he was leading the score, Higgins cleared the stage to reverse, in the 15th set Higgins blasted out the second stage of the game after breaking the hundred, after winning seven consecutive sets Higgins led 11:4, basically ensuring the promotion to the quarterfinals, in the 16th game Higgins had a chance to win another set, and after playing a single shot of 38 points, there was a mistake Thornham seized the opportunity to shoot a single shot of 64 points and won, the first two stages of the game ended, Higgins led 11:5, and the promotion was a foregone conclusion.
The second favorite to win the championship, the No. 4 seed Trump to meet Anthony McGill, the match between the two is the second round of focus battle, McGill has played well in the last two World Championships, reaching the quarterfinals in a row, coupled with McGill's attack and defense, Trump is not easy to qualify. In the first stage of the game, Trump won three consecutive sets when he was 1-3 behind, and McGill won the final set to equalize the score. Compared with the previous two seasons, Trump's continuous scoring ability has declined significantly, which is the main reason why Trump has played bumps in the game, as the second favorite to win the championship, Trump hopes to adjust to the state as soon as possible, otherwise against Anthony McGill is less fierce. As a world champion and a "post-80s" player with the most ranking champions, Trump's adjustment ability is indeed first-class, and he gradually improved in the second stage of the competition.
At the beginning of the second stage of the game, Trump took the lead, and after several attacks, he won the first set with a narrow victory of 74:65, and in the 10th game, Anthony McGill did not want to be weak, and single-shot 60 points and then won a set at 72:27, and the two sides were tied at 5:5. In the next three sets, Trump suddenly gave up, although he only shot a 50+, but with the ability to control the game, he won three consecutive sets of 85:27, 76:4, 60:27 to open the score to 8:5. In the 14th game Anthony McGill stopped the loss in time, single shot 97 points and then pulled back a set to chase the score to 6:8, the 15th game Trump was in good shape, after scoring 79 points, he extended the score again to the third set and led 9:6, in the 16th game McGill missed the opportunity to close the score, he made a mistake after scoring first, Trump attacked multiple times to win 65:29, the big score was 10:6 to end the second stage of the game, holding the lead in four sets, Trump's quarter-finals should be relatively stable.