On February 15, Beijing time, the Snooker Welsh Open will be held in Wolverhampton for a round of qualifying, Zhao Xintong, Yan Bingtao led the Chinese 25 people to participate, Ding Junhui led 4 Chinese derbys, Fu Jiajun has not yet played, top 16 all play, in addition to Hendry truce, a total of 9 amateur players including Little White, George Wu and other 9 amateur players to participate, the main tournament will be held in Newport from February 28 to March 6, the specific qualification table is as follows:
In terms of Chinese players, the much-watched Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao town guarded the upper and lower half of the district, Zhao Xintong faced the world's 68th-ranked Oliver Lanes, Yan Bingtao faced ashley Hugh Gill, who was ranked 81st in the world; Ding Junhui staged a derby with Gao Yang in the first round, and Gao Yang had relegation tasks; the other 3 Chinese derbys were Liang Wenbo vs. Zhang Jiankang, Cao Yupeng vs. Fan Zhengyi, Wu Yize vs. Wu Anyi; Zhou Yuelong against Jamie Jones, Lu Ning vs. Lee Walker, Chang Bingyu challenged Ryan Dai, Pang Junxu, Chen Zifan and Anda Zhang played against TOP16 Higgins, Selby and McGill respectively.
In terms of top 16, in addition to the several players already mentioned above, Trump and Robertson are in the top half, respectively, against Dean Young and Jimmy White, in addition to Murphy, Maguire, Hawkins and Brechel are also in the top half, plus Zhao Xintong and McGill, the top half occupies 5 left-handed TOP16; 75 Three Jay and Selby in the bottom half, the first round opponent is not strong, plus Yan Bingtao, Bingham, Wilson and Allen, the lower half gathers top masters of all ages, in a smooth situation, Ding Junhui's potential opponent in the third round is O'Sullivan, and the potential opponent in the fourth round is Yan Bingtao.
According to the schedule, Ding Junhui's competition will be held at 21:00 Beijing time on February 19, and Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao and all the TOP16 qualification matches will be postponed to the main stage according to the usual practice.