In the early morning of April 28, Beijing time, the top 4 of the Snooker World Championship was released! In the semi-finals, Higgins will meet O'Sullivan, Little PK Uncle Ma, and Chinese snooker's only seedling Yan Bingtao is unfortunately out of the quarterfinals.
Review the four 1/4 finals one by one
First of all, in the first half, Mark Williams 13-11 Nick Yan Bingtao. In the first stage, Uncle Ma won the first two sets in a row, Yan Bingtao chased two sets in a row, and Uncle Ma hit 4 strokes and 50+ and won 4 more sets, and the General Administration led 6-2. In the second stage, Yan Bingtao controlled the rhythm of the game, Uncle Ma was very uncomfortable, and after playing 6-2, Yan Bingtao equalized the General Bureau points 8-8. In the third stage of the decisive battle, Yan Bingtao took the lead in winning the general bureau point advantage 10-8, and Ma Uncle turned the tables strongly, a wave of 5-1, winning the last three sets in a row, eliminating Yan Bingtao 13-11.
Uncle Ma's semi-final opponent will be Xiao Te. In the quarter-finals, Trump eliminated Bingham, who was also the world champion. The game was full of ups and downs. In the second stage, Bingham won five consecutive sets to lead 8-5. It seems that Bingham is fully up. However, a super reversal and a rare crash followed, with Bingham losing the last three innings of the second phase and losing five innings in the third in a row, accumulating eight consecutive innings, and being taken away 8-13 directly, and Trump staged a crazy reversal.
In the second half, Higgins saved the match point, trailing 11-12 and turning the tables 13-12 to kill Lissovsky to advance. Higgins was actually the hotter favourite to win in this group, but in the last round, Lisowski eliminated top pick Neil Robertson, which was incredible. In the first stage, Higgins led 5-3. In the second stage, Lisovsky bit the score. In the third stage, Lisovsky won three consecutive sets after falling behind 9-11 and took the lead 12-11 to get the match point. Higgins scored 105 points on a single stroke to save the match point. Lisovsky's fatal red ball error in the decider, Higgins single-handed victory! In the semi-finals of the 2022 World Championships, the 76th "Xio" is coming!
Another quarter-final in the region ended early, with O'Sullivan beating Maguire 13-5. O'Sullivan is the six-time winner of the World Championships, and Maguire is the only qualifier in the quarterfinals of this World Championship. In the first stage, O'Sullivan won six consecutive sets and led 6-2. In the second stage, O'Sullivan continued to extend his advantage, entering the final stage of the showdown with an 11-5 advantage of six sets. In the third stage, Maguire had lost confidence, and O'Sullivan shot a single shot of 71 and 126 points in a row to easily reach the quarter-finals with a 13-5 overall score.