In the early morning of April 26, Beijing time, the last two matches of the second round of the 2022 Snooker World Championship ended the competition, and the last two places in the top 8 were born. Robertson, the biggest champion, chased points behind and played his fifth career score of 147, achieving a big score and taking the lead in the match point, he was won two consecutive sets by Lisovsky, completed the kill at 13-12, and unfortunately was out of the round of 8. The 4th seed Trump withstood McGill's counterattack in the third stage and eventually won 13-11 to advance to the quarter-finals against Bingham.
At this point, all the top 8 of this year's World Championships were born, the top half: Yan Bingtao vs Williams, Bingham vs Trump; the bottom half: Lisovsky vs Higgins, Maguire vs O'Sullivan. After 11 years, "753 Jie" has once again gathered in the top 8 of the World Championships! The last time was in 2011. In fact, the three collectives have only reached the quarter-finals a total of 3 times before, in 1998, 1999 and 2011. From the perspective of age composition, the post-70s are still strong, with 4 people occupying half, 2 people after the 80s, 1 person after the 90s, and Yan Bingtao has become the only representative of the post-00s.
This year's World Championships officially recognized the biggest favorite to win the championship, the 3rd seed Australian star Robertson, the second round of the 14th seed Lisowski, the two launched an offensive battle, the first stage Robertson blasted 2 shots to break the hundred, in the case of backwardness, chased to 4-4 draw. At the beginning of the second stage, Lisovsky also hit 2 consecutive shots to break the 100, expanding the lead again, and then the two came and went, alternately taking their respective innings, and Lisovsky was obviously more proactive, blasting out the third shot of the game to break the hundred, ending the second stage with a 9-7 lead.
At the beginning of the third stage, Lisovsky won the first set to extend the lead 10-7. In the 18th inning, Lisovsky was reversed by Robertson 60-58 with a 2-point advantage in the case of 53 points. After the 19th inning, it became the focus of the whole game, Lisovsky was awarded 4 points for opening defensive mistakes, and Robertson began to attack around the black ball, successfully scored 15 reds and 15 blacks, and achieved a full score of 147 moments after completing the clear ball! It was Robertson's fifth career score of 147, earning a £40,000 prize at this year's World Championships.
Robertson then won two more straight sets to make it 11-10, and In the 22nd set, Lisowski scored 88 points to tie 11-11. Robertson then won the 23rd set to take the lead in match points, but Lisovsky completed a single reversal in the 24th set, dragging the game into the decider. In the final decider, the two of you came and went, both had the opportunity to end the game, but under the pressure of the mistakes continued, and finally Lisovsky seized the opportunity and completed the reversal of the two consecutive sets of victories, 13-12! Sending out the biggest favourite to win the championship, Lisovsky advanced strongly to the quarterfinals and will face Higgins.
As one of the favourites to win the title, Trump, faced the impact of Scots McGill, he did not seem to be too adaptable in the first stage, and was bitten by the opponent, also a 4-4 draw. But after entering the second stage, the balance of the scene was broken, and Trump opened up the point difference with a wave of consecutive wins, ending with a 10-6 lead and shaking hands to win the initiative.
Entering the third stage, the two men each completed a breaker, and Trump led 11-7. But McGill then went on to win three straight sets, shooting a single 78, 77 and a hundred-pointer of 124 to tie the score to 10-11. Trump then scored 56 points to get the match point first, and under the pressure, McGill scored a 51 point to chase back a match point. In the final set, Trump scored a thrilling 55 points in a single shot, and finally completed the kill, winning 13-11 and successfully advancing to the quarterfinals.