On April 27, 2022, Beijing time, the Snooker World Championship continued, and in the quarterfinals, the three champions O'Sullivan, Higgins and Trump all took the lead, and O'Sullivan, who played the first two stages, led Maguire 11-5, and there was basically no suspense in advancing to the final four.
At this World Championship, there are four post-70s veterans in the top eight, in addition to the 75 three masters, there is also Bingham, and the four of them have the possibility of meeting the top four. Among them, O'Sullivan took the lead, and although the state was average in the first stage, he led Maguire 6-2. Moving into the second stage, Stephen Maguire shot consecutive singles of 62 and 73 points to tie the score to 4-6, and the game looked suspenseful.
However, O'Sullivan then took over the game again, and he played a single shot of 64 points, 55 points, 69 points, 94 points, 73 points, winning five consecutive games to take a 10-4 lead, and the game basically lost suspense. In the final inning of the second stage, Stephen Maguire scored a single 66 points, which was a stop to the decline, but he fell behind 5-11, O'Sullivan only needed to win two more sets, he could eliminate Maguire, it can be said that O'Sullivan basically won the first four seats in this tournament.
Higgins' opponent was Lisovsky, who eliminated Neil Robertson and gained confidence. However, Lisovsky may be more expensive, playing average against Higgins, although scoring 98 and 77 points, but falling behind 3-5. Higgins scored 91 and 67 points, and while maintaining the lead in the first stage, the quality of the offense was also mediocre, with neither playing at their best.
Another veteran, Bingham, played against Trump, who shot two 50+ in the first set, but Trump then went on to shoot a 100 and a two-shot 50+ to take a 4-2 lead at the end of the sixth set. Bingham then hit a single shot of 106 points, but in the final set of the first stage, he made some mistakes and Trump ended the first stage with a 5-3 lead.
O'Sullivan, Higgins and Trump are all recognized as the big favourites to win the championship, and it is normal for them to take the lead, especially O'Sullivan's ability to score consecutive points in the face of opponents of average strength, which is admirable. Higgins and Trump are still in the lead, but the advantage is not too big, after all, they still have two stages of the game, and if they want to advance to the final four, every next set is particularly important! Good luck to all the contestants!