The main draw of the 2022 British Snooker Championship ended the second matchday of contention, and the three seeded players and sunset horses made this year's championship look a little cold.
The first was the British Championship treble, with world number two "Australian artillery" Neil Robertson swept 2-6 by veteran Joe Perry, and the result was eye-popping. But it has to be said that Joe Perry played a rare quality game, Robertson was in no form and only scored two 50+ points in the whole game, and it was inevitable to lose.
Higgins, who has four World Championship titles in hand, may really be due to age, the whole game is obviously not focused enough, it is really surprising to be upset by Tom Forde 6-4, but Tom Forde, although he does not have the strength to compete for the championship, but occasionally has a good performance, easy to play the role of spoiler. Higgins did have some grievances this time, but this result stemmed from his poor condition and did not play at a normal level.
Barry Hawkins, although he does not have many titles, is strong and stable, has always been a regular in the final four of the tournament, because he defeated Ding Junhui many times, he was dubbed the "Ding Junhui" nemesis, and maintained a three-game winning streak against Ding Junhui. It was already a tough battle to be tested by Ding Junhui again in the first round of this competition, and Ding Junhui has maintained his recent form quite well.
Ding Junhui already has three British Championship titles in hand, but after winning the British Championship in 2019, he has slipped to 38th in the ranking for three years, so he has to pass the test of qualification to qualify for the main event. Ding Junhui defeated Tachaiya and Milkins successively to get tickets to the main draw, and the signing of Hawkins, who suffered in the first round, was not very ideal, and was not favored by the outside world to advance. But Director Ding failed to disappoint the fans, the opening was not smooth, 1-3 trailing into the intermission, after a short break, Ding Junhui suddenly broke out a wave of five-game consecutive "riot operation" to beat Master Huo, ending a three-game losing streak while successfully advancing to the round of 16, and also became the first Chinese player to advance to the round of 16.
So far, the round of 16 has produced eight seats, with four seeded and four non-seeded players, seeded by Mark Allen, Ryan Day, Kyren Wilson and Brecel. Non-seeded players are Sam Craigie, Joe Perry, Tom Forde and Ding Junhui.