On April 26, 2022, Beijing time, the Snooker World Championship ended the 10th matchday competition, and the quarterfinals were officially released. O'Sullivan, Higgins and Mark Williams joined forces to advance, and another veteran, Bingham, also won the quarterfinals, which is equivalent to having four post-70s veterans in the quarterfinals. In addition, Trump and Stephen Maguire are post-80s, Yan Bingtao is after 00, and there is only one post-90s player in the quarterfinals, that is, Lissovsky.
In the past few seasons, veterans such as O'Sullivan, Higgins, mark Williams and other veterans still maintain the top level, and the post-80s big three Selby, Trump, and Neil Robertson have slowly become the protagonists, and Yan Bingtao, as a new generation of players, is also accelerating to catch up. In comparison, the collective sense of existence of the post-90s is very low, and it is reasonable to say that the post-90s players should become the protagonists of the snooker stage.
However, in addition to Karen Wilson, other post-90s players are not competitive, until the outbreak of Zhao Xintong and Luka Brechel this season, which made the post-90s collective stronger, or more competitive. At this World Championship, five post-90s players played as seeded players, namely No. 5 seed Karen Wilson, No. 7 seed Zhao Xintong, No. 11 seed Luka Brechel, No. 13 seed Anthony McGill, and No. 14 seed Lisovsky.
Obviously, Karen Wilson has the best record at Crucible and is the most stable player in the post-90s group. Zhao Xintong's upward momentum is fierce, and he is favored by O'Sullivan, Hendry and other celebrities, and of course, he is also the post-90s player that Chinese fans are most concerned about. However, after the 10th matchday, four post-90s seeded players were out.
In the first round of the regular round, Luka Brechel lost 5-10 to Sankam, suffering a round trip. In the second round of the regular round, Zhao Xintong lost 9-13 to Stephen Maguire, Karen Wilson lost 9-13 to Bingham, and Anthony McGill lost 11-13 to Trump. Zhao Xintong and Karen Wilson are both out of the game under the condition of being optimistic, which also shows that the play of post-90s players is still not stable.
After the four players were out, only Lisovsky was still in the signing table, the talented Lisovsky did improve, and with the help of Peter Alberton, the offensive and defensive Lissovsky seemed to have found a balance. Facing the championship favourite Neil Robertson, he led 9-7 in the first two stages, and fell behind 10-11, 11-12 in the third stage, according to Lisovsky's past performance, he may be about to collapse again, but this time, he withstood the pressure and won 2 consecutive sets to eliminate world champion Neil Robertson, breaking out of the big cold.
Lisovsky has been pursuing the ranking championship, and O'Sullivan is anxious for him. Today, Lisovsky has ushered in the greatest victory of his career, and it is indeed a surprise that he has reserved the hope of competing for the championship for the post-90s collective. Next, Lisovsky is not in the best form against Higgins, and has the opportunity to move on!