On April 28, 2022, Beijing time, the Snooker World Championship ended the 12th matchday competition, and the last two quarter-finals were brilliant, and they staged a desperate reversal. World champion Trump roared 8-0 with a 5-8 trail to knock Bingham 13-5. Another title-winning favourite, Higgins, saved the match point from 11-12 trail, killing Lisowski in the final moments and again taking on O'Sullivan in the semi-finals.
At this World Championship, the three veterans O'Sullivan, Mark Williams and Higgins once again became the protagonists. O'Sullivan took the lead to advance to the final four and won it so easily that he faced little test in his first three games. In contrast, Mark Williams encountered stubborn resistance, he missed the first stage 6-2 lead, after the end of the second stage was chased by Yan Bingtao to 8 draws. By the third stage, Mark Williams was behind 8-10, but he then blasted a 5-1 to eliminate Yan Bingtao 13-11 to advance to the final four.
75 Whether sanjie can meet the final four depends on Higgins, who also suffered a bitter battle. In the third stage, Higgins missed consecutive opportunities with an 11-9 lead, there were too many mistakes, Lisovsky won three consecutive sets, directly 12-11 to win the match point, leaving Higgins in a desperate situation. But Higgins, like Mark Williams, was too consistent in his key moments.
In desperation, Higgins scored a single 105 points to bring the game to the decider. In the decider, Higgins picked up after Lisowski made a mistake and scored a particularly high-quality 72 points, saving the match point and beating Lissovsky 13-12 in a bad situation, and advancing to the final four. At the critical moment, Higgins did not drop the chain, and the 75 three masters joined hands to advance to the final four.
The other top four spot belongs to Trump, who is in more average form, and although Trump is the favourite to win the title, his performance in the first few rounds is indeed too average, facing Bingham, he actually lost 5 consecutive sets, at one point 5-8 behind and fell into a desperate situation. Many fans said that the 5 games trumped up made Trump feel like an amateur player. However, the subsequent trend of the game was a big surprise, Trump did not break the 100 performance of a single shot, only played 5 50+ in the last minute, but won 8 consecutive sets, directly taking away the victory 13-8.
Trump, who was not in good shape, was able to win and advance to the final four, which was really surprising. However, he will face mark Williams, who is in better form and stronger, and if Trump can't improve his form, it will be difficult to beat Mark Williams. Because judging from the performance of this World Championship, Mark Williams' bench scoring ability is stronger, and the ability to score consecutive points is also above Trump.
No matter what, Trump will face 75 Sanjie alone, can he have the last laugh? Let's wait and see!