On April 19, 2022, the Snooker World Championships continued, with world champion Bingham eliminating Lu Haotian 10-5 to advance to the round of 16, waiting for Ding Junhui and Karen. Wilson's winner, Bingham broke through from the qualifiers last year, narrowly defeating Ding Junhui in the first round, and this time the two are expected to meet again, provided that Ding Junhui passes Karen. Wilson's difficulty, Lu Haotian became the first Chinese player to be out of the main game.
World No. 12 Bingham is very strong, once won a world championship, last year to reach the final four lost to Selby, although this season's state is not the best, did not reach the final, but his recent results are still relatively stable, only far from the Grand Slam British Championship, Bingham has a strong ability to score consecutively, coupled with the high quality of defense, the possibility of qualifiers upset is unlikely.
China's post-90s star Lu Haotian once won the second place in the ranking competition, when he lost to Matthew. Sert, missed the first crown of his career, he has broken through the qualifiers three times, came to Crucible to challenge the seeded players, the best result is the round of 16, four Chinese players participating in the main tournament, Lu Haotian is the most difficult to promote, facing the world champion Bingham, the outside fans are not optimistic, there is a gap in strength.
The first round used a 19-set 10-win system, the first half ended with nine innings, Bingham led Lu Haotian 6-3, Bingham won four consecutive sets, Lu Haotian completed a reversal in the ninth set, Lu Haotian won 71-63 in the first set, Bingham equalized 65-0 in the second set, Bingham scored a single 52 points in the third set, won another set at 97-22, and Lu Haotian did not want to show weakness in the fourth set, and blasted out a single score of 103 points to color.
After returning from the halftime break, Bingham blasted out a single shot of 140 points, 86 points, 85 points, 54 points to win four consecutive sets, widening the point difference to 6-2, Lu Haotian's defensive quality is not high, often creating opportunities for opponents, Bingham feels hot, many times completed a single-shot win, in the ninth set Bingham played a single 68 points to interrupt the attack, the super score ball did not score, Lu Haotian played a single shot 69 points to clear the table, to 69-68 reverse.
Coming to the second half, the state of the two was average, Bingham had the advantage, bingham hit piecemeal in the 10th set, multiple hands to complete the super score 65-0, in the 11th set Lu Haotian wasted two opportunities, only 22 points on the error, Bingham played a single 66 points to win another set, in the 12th set Lu Haotian played a single 86 points to win a set, the 13th set Lu Haotian played a single 62 points, to win 76-69.
In the 14th set, Lu Haotian played a single 55 points to interrupt the attack, Bingham seized the opportunity, played a single 68 points to complete the reversal, 9-5 to get the match point, the 15th set Bingham played steadily, ended the game 67-6, and finally eliminated Lu Haotian 10-5 to advance to the Round of 16 of the World Championships.