The 2021-2022 Snooker Players Tournament continued, with the No. 7 seed and defending champion "Wizard" Higgins performing strongly, and the first round of the match against Iran's Hussein Wafi was in a state of flux, and after firing a three-shot break, he won 6:3 to advance to the quarterfinals and take a solid step towards defending his title. Belgian brechel, the No. 2 seed who has reached the British Championships and the Scottish Open finals back-to-back this season, played poorly against jimmy Robertson, the 15th seed of the tournament, giving up six consecutive sets after winning the first set, losing 1:6 to his opponents and being eliminated in the first round. In the first quarter-final, Mark Williams, one of the "75 Three Masters" and known as the "Golden Left Hand", won first and then lost in the match against RichIe Walton, and he lost four consecutive sets to his opponents with an incredible 5:2 lead, missing the final four of the Players Championship.
Defending champion "Wizard" Higgins is in a state of great form this season, he reached the final five times and won the Snooker Champions League last week, after coming to the Players Championship, Higgins' first-round opponent was Hussein Wafi, the winner of this season's single-game championship, the two sides were in a bitter fight in the first set, Wafi scored several times and won 74:49, and in the second game, Hussein Wafi took a 2:0 lead after repeated attacks. In the third inning, Wafi scored 54 points, while Higgins won back a city 74:54 after scoring multiple points, and in the fourth game Higgins continued to work hard to win another set, and the first four sets were tied to a 2-2 draw. Higgins was in hot form in the fifth inning, scoring 134 points to outdo the score, and in the sixth game, Wafi won 65-17, and the two sides drew again. In the seventh game Higgins singled out 101 points and then won another set, in the eighth game Higgins once again blasted a single shot to break the hundred and won the match point 5:3, and in the ninth game Higgins did not give his opponent another chance, winning 106:10 after several starts, defeating Wafi on aggregate 6:3 and advancing to the quarterfinals.
Belgian famous Belgian Brechel in good shape this season is the first round opponent is Jimmy Robertson, the former "genius boy" Brechel this season came out of nowhere, he reached the final at the British Championship and finally lost to Zhao Xintong to win the runner-up, and then passed the final at the Scottish Open, and finally defeated Higgins to win the championship, with the excellent performance of these two events, Brechel's single-season ranking is second, and he also became the no. 2 seed of this players' championship, facing Jimmy Robertson, Brechel was unanimously optimistic. In the first set, Brechel lived up to expectations, scoring 88 points in one shot and then taking the lead in the next city, in the second set Brechel missed a good opportunity to expand the score, Jimmy Robertson scored several times and narrowly won 58:49 and pulled back a city, and in the third game Jimmy Robertson continued to win 62:26 and the next city, the big score was 2:1. The ensuing match became Jimmy Robertson's personal performance time, Jimmy Robertson played a single 51, 51, 91 points and then won three consecutive sets to win 5:1 to win the match point, and in the seventh game Jimmy Robertson scored a single 56 points, 60 points and then won 127:1, and swept Brechel 6:1 on aggregate to advance to the quarterfinals.
"Golden Left Hand" Mark Williams and Rich Wharton took the lead in the final four, Mark Williams has performed well this season, currently ranked ninth in the world rankings, he is also the No. 4 seed in this competition, Rich Wharton ranked 20th in the world, and has performed smoothly this season. The first two sets of the two sides won one set each to a 1:1 draw, followed by mark Williams in a bursting state, he played a single 103 point, 107 points, 102 points to win three consecutive sets to lead 4:1, behind Walton in the sixth set after a single shot 123 points, the seventh game Mark Williams won 67:42 to get the match point. Rich Walton played a single 65 points in the eighth and ninth innings, 80 points and then chased two consecutive sets to close the score to 4:5, the tenth game between the two sides played very fiercely, Rich Walton finally seized the opportunity to win and equalize, in the decider Walton played a single 58 points to stop the attack, Mark Williams started the attack but made a mistake, Rich Walton finally won the innings, the total score of 6:5 reverse Mark Williams, the first to advance to the final four of the Players Championship.