Snooker World Championship Tragedy: Wu Yize defeats Lei Peifan 10-2, seeds win all 9 matches & China claims 4 spots in the top 16

On April 21 Beijing time, the first round of the Snooker World Championship main event continued. A key match just concluded: in a Chinese derby, Wu Yize unleashed full firepower, sweeping through with overwhelming dominance to crush Lei Peifan 10-2, creating a super lopsided result. He successfully secured a ticket to the top 16, becoming the fourth Chinese player to advance to this stage. The previous three were Zhao Xintong, Xiao Guodong, and Ding Junhui!

Wu Yize is a Chinese rising star born in the 2000s. His performance this season has been outstanding, with a very sharp attacking style. This season he won the International Championship, claiming his first ranking tournament title. Since then, he has often delivered stable performances and currently sits firmly within the world top 16, ranked tenth. In the first round of the main event, he faced Lei Peifan, also a player born in the 2000s, ranked 30th in the world, who once defeated Wu Yize to win the Scottish Open title. However, after that victory, his performances have been average. His characteristic is weak attack but strong defense. In this World Championship, he fought through the qualifiers to reach the main event. The two staged a youth storm derby battle for a top 16 spot – regardless of who won, it guaranteed one would advance!

After the match began, Wu Yize quickly found his form, aggressively punching out to take a dream start of 4-0. Lei Peifan scrapped and managed multiple visits to narrow it to 1-4. However, Wu Yize again unleashed full firepower, winning four consecutive frames to end the first session 8-1, essentially killing the suspense. In the second session, Lei Peifan won a frame with a single break to pull back to 2-8. Wu Yize, maintaining his form, produced another 60+ break and a century break, winning two straight frames to triumph 10-2 and storm into the top 16, creating the most lopsided scoreline of the first round. Truly ferocious – his attack was unstoppable!

This scoreline is also the largest margin in the first round. It must be said Wu Yize played extremely brutally, completely a one-sided crushing. Throughout the match, he blasted two century breaks and six 50+ breaks, effortlessly seizing the top 16 ticket. With Wu Yize's advancement, all seeded players in this World Championship have won their 9 matches so far – such dominance is very rare. The advancement of top players also makes the quarter-final battles even more intense. So, who will be the first seeded player eliminated? Let's wait and see, go!

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