Susa esigabeni umnqobi we-2022 World Snooker Championship.
Context:I-World Snooker Championship ka-2022 (ngokusemthethweni i-Betfred World Snooker Championship ka-2022) kwakuwumqhudelwano wezobuchwepheshe we-snooker owawubanjwe kusukela ngo-Ephreli 16 kuya kuMeyi 2 2022 eCrucible Theatre eSheffield, eNgilandi, unyaka wama-46 ngokulandelana lapho kubanjwa khona i-World Snooker Championship. Umqhudelwano wesi-16 nowokugcina wesizini ye-snooker ka-2021<unk>22, lo mqhudelwano uhlelwe yi-World Snooker Tour futhi uxhaswe yinkampani yokubheja kwezemidlalo iBetfred. Yasakazwa e-United Kingdom yi-BBC, e-Europe (kufaka phakathi i-UK) yi-Eurosport, nakwezinye izindawo emhlabeni yi-Matchroom Sport nezinye iziteshi. Isamba semiklomelo sasingu-£2,395,000, lapho umnqobi athola khona i-£500,000.  Imiqhudelwano yokuqokwa yalolu chungechunge yenzeka kusukela ngomhlaka 4 kuya ku-13 Ephreli 2022 e-English Institute of Sport, yafaka abadlali abangama-128 abangochwepheshe nabamemezelwe. Isigaba esiyinhloko somqhudelwano sasiqukethe abadlali abangu-32: abadlali abangu-16 abaphezulu abavela kumazinga omhlaba we-snooker nabanye abadlali abangu-16 abavela emidlalweni yokuhlolwa. U-Ashley Hugill, uJackson Page, noHossein Vafaei baqala ukudlala e-Crucible, uVafaei waba ngumdlali wokuqala wase-Iran ukufinyelela esiteji esikhulu. UMark Selby wayengumdlali ophethe isicoco, ngemuva kokunqoba i-2021 final 18<unk>15 ngokumelene noShaun Murphy. Uhlulwe ngo-10 kuya ku-13 ku-Yan Bingtao emdlalweni wesibili owakhiqiza ifreyimu ende kunazo zonke eyake yadlalwa eCrucible, ehlala imizuzu engama-85.  URonnie O'Sullivan walinganisa irekhodi likaSteve Davis lokuvela izikhathi ezingu-30 eCrucible. Wafinyelela irekhodi lama-20 emidlalweni yama-quarter-final kanye ne-13 emidlalweni yama-semi-final ngaphambi kokunqoba uJudd Trump 18<unk>13 emdlalweni wokugcina ukuze alinganise irekhodi likaStephen Hendry lezindondo eziyisikhombisa zomhlaba. Kwakuyisihloko sika-O'Sullivan esingu-39 esisezingeni eliphezulu kanye nesihloko sika-21 se-Triple Crown. Eneminyaka engu-46 nezinsuku eziyi-148, waba ngumpetha wezwe omdala kunabo bonke emlandweni walo mdlalo, edlula uRay Reardon, owayeneminyaka engu-45 nezinsuku ezingama-203 lapho ewina isihloko sakhe sokugcina somhlaba ngo-1978. U-O'Sullivan waphinde waphula irekhodi likaHendry lokuwina okungu-70 eCrucible, wabeka irekhodi elisha lama-74.  UNeil Robertson wenza i-break enkulu emdlalweni wakhe wesibili ngokumelene noJack Lisowski, owesihlanu emsebenzini wakhe kanye nesikhathi se-12 lapho i-147 yafinyelelwa khona eCrucible. UGraeme Dott uphinde wafaka i-maximum break emdlalweni wakhe wesithathu wokulinganisa ngokumelene noPang Junxu, okwesibili emsebenzini wakhe kanye nesikhathi sesihlanu ukuthi kwenziwe i-maximum kumqhudelwano wokulinganisa we-World Championship. Isiteji esiyinhloko sakhiqiza irekhodi lamakhulu eminyaka ayi-109, edlula amakhulu eminyaka ayi-108 enziwe ngonyaka owedlule. UMark Williams wenza amakhulu ayishumi nesithupha ngesikhathi somcimbi, elinganisa irekhodi elibekwe nguHendry ngo-2002.
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