On February 3, 2022, the Turkish Masters qualifiers continued. Gilbert lost 4-5 to Hicks in a fantastic confrontation in a tiebreaker. McGill, the only top 16 player to appear on the day, defeated Clarke, who had clashed with him at the World Championships, 5-3.
There were no Chinese players on the day, and the most exciting match came from the showdown with Gilbert and Hicks. The two struggled until the decider, and Hicks scored the last black ball before beating Gilbert 5-4. Throughout the game, Gilbert scored 71, 85, 54, 75 and 63 points, and Hicks' brilliant performance of 72, 80 and 61 points recreated his style when he reached the quarterfinals of the British Championship this season, coincidentally, Gilbert was one of the stepping stones on Hicks' dark horse road.
The only top 16 player to appear was McGill, who met Clark, who had clashed at the World Championships. After McGill made a perfect 3-0 start, Clark shot a 3-50+ to tie 3-3. At the crucial moment, McGill won the match point with a 50+ shot and eventually won 5-3.
Milkins eliminated Bond 5-3 in a game over 100 years old combined. European under-21 champion Emery, who came off the bench, scored a single shot of 122 and 76 points to wash "retired veteran" Fiboden 5-0. Higginson became the only player to shoot a 2-shot breaker of the day, beating O'Neal 5-0.
February 3
R. Milkins 5-2 N. Bond, A. Higginson 5-0 J. O'Neal
Jak Jones 5-1 G. Green, J. Robertson 5-1 D. Young
A. Ussenbach 5-1 J. Cahill, D. Emery 5-0 A. Borden
J. O'Connor 5-2 M. Mann, S. Cregie 5-3 Lin Shanfeng
S. Arcani 3-5 M. White, M. Holt 5-2 J. Astri
A. McGill 5-3 J. Clark, D. Gilbert 4-5 A. Hicks
February 4
18:00
Tian Pengfei vs. A. Taylor, J. Jones vs. J. Wilson
M. Davis vs. R. Muir, Li Xing vs. Fan Zhengyi
22:30
M. Joyce vs. S. Lichtenberg, R. Dai vs. Cao Yupeng
Zhou Yuelong vs. S. Wahdi
27:00
M. Williams vs. R. Evans, M. Stevens vs. F. Ajayib
S. Carrington vs. F. Patrick, L. Brechel vs. P. Devlin