On April 26, Beijing time, the Snooker World Championship was born in the top 8. On the final matchday of the second round, title-winning rival Neil Robertson, despite firing a single shot of 147, was upset and Lissovsky advanced strongly. Higgins and Trump advanced easily, with Bingham eventually beating Wilson 13-9 to advance. At this point, all the top 8 are out, specifically against O'Sullivan vs Maguire, Yan Bingtao vs Mark Williams, Lisovsky vs Bingham, Trump vs Higgins.
After the first two stages, Higgins and Trump scored 11-5 and 10-6 respectively, and there was not much suspense in the promotion. In the end, Higgins beat Sankam 13-7, thus giving the 75 three masters the fourth time in their careers to join the Crucible Quarter-Finals. In the third stage of Trump's match against McGill, although McGill played very tenaciously, blasting out 3 shots to chase 11-12, but in the 24th set, Trump still scored 55 points, won 69-41, and eliminated the opponent 13-11 to advance.
Bingham's first two stages against Wilson were tied 8-8. As soon as the third stage came, Bingham 96-0 and 97-0 kept two consecutive clean sheets against Wilson. Bingham then hit another 76 and 52 consecutive shots to win four consecutive 12-8 match points. Back from the break, Wilson pulled back a set. But the game had basically lost suspense at this point, and in the end Bingham won 13-9 to advance to the quarterfinals.
The best game came in the showdown between Robertson and Lissovsky, with Robertson trailing 7-9 in the first two stages. In the third stage, Robertson blasted a single 147, which was also the 12th 147 in the World Championship regular. Robertson used this to win four consecutive sets at one point 11-10, and then won the match point 12-11. As a result, Robertson was too conservative, conceding two match points in a row, and finally lost 12-13.
At this point, the top 8 of the World Championships have all been released. Selby and Robertson, two of the big four, announced that they were out, 75 three Jelly Sullivan, Higgins and Mark Williams gathered, veteran Bingham and post-90s player Lisowski strongly advanced, in addition to Trump, China's post-00s player Yan Bingtao created the best result of post-00s players in the World Championships, and the only qualifier Maguire became a dark horse.