In the early hours of this morning, the 2022 Snooker Turkish Masters concluded a round of qualifying, resulting in the round of 64 to enter the main tournament. The main stage will take place on 7-13 March in Antalya, a city on the Mediterranean coast of Turkey, with a total prize money of £500,000 and a prize money of £100,000 for the winner. The Turkish Masters is turkey's first professional snooker tournament; Turkey has also become the 19th country to host a large snooker ranking tournament.
The inaugural Turkish Masters, currently ranked in the top 16 players in the world, only Rocket O'Sullivan did not register. The reason the Rockets didn't sign up was that the five-figure pounds asked for by The Fire Teacher were rejected. In british overseas competitions, after the fire teacher is old, it is normal to pay for the appearance. What impressed me was that at the 2019 World Open held in Yushan, China, Mr. Huo got a five-figure appearance fee, and then rushed to Yushan to participate in the qualifiers that were postponed to the main tournament, and the result was a 3-5 defeat to Dale, which ended hastily. Teacher Huo quickly slipped away, leaving a cry of criticism. Therefore, given the appearance fee, the fire teacher is not necessarily a good fight, it is estimated that this is also a reason why the organizers and sponsors in Turkey do not give the appearance fee. After the absence of Mr. Fire, Wilson became the No. 4 seed of the tournament. Together with Selby, Trump and Robertson, the qualifying round for the top four seeds of the tournament, plus the qualifiers with two Turkish amateur players, were postponed to the main stage.
Distribution of the top 16 seeds in the tournament:
1st district, Selby, Lissovsky; 2nd district, Maguire, Zhao Xintong;
Zone 3, Higgins, Bingham (out); Zone 4, McGill, Karen Wilson;
District 5, Robertson, Yan Bingtao; District 6, Allen, Murphy;
Zone 7, Mark Williams, Hawkins (out); Zone 8, Luka Bracher, Judd Trump.
The top 16 seeds in the qualifying round were out, with Bingham and Hawkins losing to Page and Yuan Sijun respectively by 3-5. China's two top 16, Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao, both won 5-1 against their opponents to advance to the main tournament.
In addition to Fu Jiajun and Wu Anyi, 25 players of the Chinese Legion signed up to participate. Ding Junhui, who is now ranked 30th in the world, played against Pajit in the qualifiers; after Ding Junhui broke the hundred starts, the mistakes behind him began to increase; after 2-1, the opportunity to reverse the single set in the 4th set, Ding Junhui failed to seize it due to mistakes. In the 6th set, Ding Junhui broke through the hundred again; in the 7th set, Ding Junhui made a number of simple ball mistakes, which was really the opponent Pajit's comparison dish, and it was also a series of mistakes, Ding Junhui shot 60+, 5-2 to end the battle. Ding Junhui and Brother Wilson are in the same 4th District, and Ding Junhui plays Against Milkins in the next round. Including Zhao, Yan, Ding, Zhou Yuelong, Liang Wenbo, Xiao Guodong, Lu Ning, Cao Yupeng, Tian Pengfei, Yuan Sijun, etc., a total of 13 people advanced to the main competition, and the main force that can play is basically there. In addition, Wu Yize's match against Selby was extended to the main game.
After the Turkish Masters qualifiers, the Players' Championship will begin in the early morning of tomorrow morning; the match between Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao will start at the same time at 9 o'clock tomorrow night.