The semi-finals of the 2022 World Snooker Championships were in full swing in Crucible, and the scene was pushed to a climax by breaking the 100 poles again and again.
By the semifinals, Little and Uncle Ma were tied 14-14, with the Rockets leading the Wizards 15-9. Uncle Ma's number of breakers has reached 15, ranking first among all players this season. Among them, in the first round of the match against Little White, he played 4 strokes to break the hundred, the second round against Peggy was even more fiercely 6 shots to break the hundred, the quarterfinals against Yan Bingtao sent another 2 shots to break the hundred, plus the semifinals have not yet ended against the little one has played 3 shots to break the hundred.
At the single World Championships, he shot a 15-stroke 100 to reach the second position in history, equaling Ding Junhui's record of 15 shots in 2016, second only to Hendry's 16-stroke record set in 2002. At present, Uncle Ma still has at least 3 games to play, and according to his current hot state, it is likely to equal Hendry's record. If he can reverse Xiaote to reach the final, then Uncle Ma is likely to break the record of 20 years ago.
The Rockets have already shot 12 to break the 100 in the game, second only to Uncle Ma, just one stroke away from their World Championship record of 13. The Rockets shot 13 at the 2004, 2013 and 2014 World Championships. Considering that the Rockets are already leading the Wizards by a large margin and are only 2 innings away from advancing to the finals, it is no longer necessary for the Rockets to tie or break their own records, and it is not difficult to shoot another 3 to break the 100 in the final of the 18. Therefore, after the end of this World Championship, Hendry's 16-stroke record is likely to be an ancient one.
The World Championship single-game record of breaking 100 is jointly maintained by Ding Junhui and Trump. Ding Junhui shot a 7-stroke breaker in the 2016 semi-finals, and Trump shot a 7-stroke breaker in the 2019 final. Uncle Ma scored a 6-stroke breaker in this tournament against Peggy, which is only one step away from the record, which is a bit of a pity. In terms of the number of innings, Uncle Ma only used 16 innings to shoot 6 to break the hundred, which is more efficient.
Will the record-breaking of a single World Championship belong to Uncle Ma or the Rockets, and what do golfers think?