On February 16, Beijing time, the six matches on the first day of the snooker Welsh Open qualifiers have ended. On the first matchday, there were no Chinese players playing. Jimmy Robertson vs Peter Devlin, 0-2 behind, staged a 4-3 counter-kill and contributed a very good match.
Jimmy Robertson has played very well this season, knocking out Bretchell and Higgins to reach the semi-finals in the just-concluded Players Championship. Although he lost to the final champion Neil Robertson in the semi-finals, Jimmy Robertson still brought many surprises.
In the match against Devlin, Jimmy Robertson started slowly and hotly. In the first set, 51-95 lost to Devlin and lost one set. In the second set, Devlin scored 64 points to win another set 79-40. In the third set, the two sides fought each other, and after several attacks and defenses, Jimmy Robertson had a slight advantage, and finally won the first set 67-62. In the fourth set, the two sides were still very glued, and in this tug-of-war, jimmy Robertson still had the upper hand, and the score was drawn 60-50 to a 2-2 draw.
In the fifth set, Jimmy Robertson scored 57 points to rewrite the score to 3-2 70-53, the first time to reverse the score. In the sixth set, Devlin scored a single 53 points to tie the score at 70-42. The two sides came to a 3-3 double match point, a tiebreaker. In the decider, Devlin scored only 22 points, and Jimmy Robertson did not give him another chance, shooting a single shot to win the opponent by 53 points, ending the game 75-22, and winning 4-3.
In tonight's match, there were 8 groups of duels, with two Chinese players playing. They are Lu Ning and Lü Haotian. Ronin's opponent was Lee Walker. The two sides have met only once, in this season's single-time limited time, when Ronin won. Lu Haotian's opponent was Anthony Hamilton. The two sides met 4 times, and Lu Haotian won 3 times, taking the advantage. The game will be broadcast live throughout Kuaishou, and everyone is welcome to watch it.