On April 25, the 2022 World Snooker Championships concluded two more second round matches at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England, to determine two places in the quarter-finals. Scottish "Wizard" Higgins, the 6th seed and four-time champion, advanced to the quarter-finals with a 13-7 victory over Thailand's dark horse San Kam to advance to the quarter-finals against the winners of Robertson and Lissovsky. In the full game, Higgins shot a 2-shot 100 and a 7-50+; Sankam only scored a 1-100 and a 2-shot 50+. At this point, O'Sullivan, Williams and Higgins of the "753 Masters" Golden 92 generation once again gathered in the Quarterfinals of the World Championships.
And Wilson, the No. 5 seed who defeated Ding Junhui in the first round, was blocked by former champion Bingham, and there was a crash in the third stage, losing four consecutive sets, although he pulled back a match point, but finally lost 9-13, Bingham advanced to the quarterfinals, and will compete with the winners of Trump and McGill for the top 4 places. In the full game, Bingham shot a 1-shot 100 plus a 7-50+, while Wilson also scored a 1-100 and a 6-50+.
Higgins followed the first round against Thailand's Tachaia, and then in the second round, another Thai dark horse, San Kam, the two fought a 4-4 draw in the first stage, and the Thais equalized behind and showed a certain strength. But after the start of the second stage, Higgins fully grasped the initiative on the field, opening a direct wave of seven consecutive wins, opening the point difference, taking an 11-4 lead, and in the last set, Sankham won to stop the decline, but Higgins led 11-5, basically winning.
In the third stage, Higgins completed a small point super point as soon as he came up, directly won the match point opportunity, and led 12-5. At the critical moment, Sankam withstood the pressure and scored a single 70 points in a row and a 112-point breaker of 147 consecutive shots, recovering two match points in a row. But in the last set, Higgins started twice, directly ending the suspense of the game, winning 13-7, advancing to the top 8, waiting for the winner between Robertson and Lisowski, while Robertson, the biggest favorite to win the championship, fell behind 7-9 after two stages, and the prospect of promotion was uncertain.
Karen Wilson, the No. 5 seed who won the first round against China's ding junhui, played against 2015 World Champion Bingham. The two also fought a 4-4 draw in the first stage, with Wilson scoring 100, but Wilson fell behind 1-4 at the beginning and then won three consecutive sets to equalize. In the second eight sets, Bingham also delivered a breakthrough moment, while Wilson continued to use his one-shot winning ability to bite the score, and finally the two continued to draw 8-8.
After the start of the third stage, Bingham began to exert his strength, and completed the super point after several starts in the 17th inning; after the next three sets, Bingham continued to control the scene, successively playing a single 97 points, a single 76 points, a single 52 points, winning four consecutive sets, directly getting the match point opportunity, leading 12-8. In the 21st set, after Bingham had a low-level mistake in the middle bag, Wilson failed to seize the opportunity, and after Being played again by Bingham, he failed to overdo the score, Wilson started again, completed the super point, recovered a match point, and fell behind 9-12. In the last set, Bingham scored several times to end the suspense of the game, winning 13-9 and advancing to the quarterfinals.