On February 17, 2022, the Snooker Welsh Open continued, and the first cold spot broke out in the qualifiers, and the post-90s star Luca . Brechel performed poorly, losing to black player McLeod, china's was mixed, and Lu Ning eliminated Li 4-2. Walker advanced, Lu Haotian lost 3-4 to Anthony. Hamilton, Northern Ireland Open champion Mark. Kim lost to Highfield and also missed qualifying.
The Welsh Open was the final leg of the homegrown series with a prize money of £70,000 and the defending champion was Jordan. Brown, who defeated O'Sullivan last year to win his first ranking title of his career, was a big surprise, but since then, Jordan . Brown has a mediocre record and has not performed too well, so he is not optimistic about defending his title, and now only plays a round of 7 innings and 4 wins of qualifying.
Post-90s star Luca. Brechel, ranked 16th in the world, has won the ranking championship twice in his career, and this year he reached the final back-to-back, lost to Zhao Xintong in the British Championship and won the second place, and won the Scottish Open against Higgins, and the opponent in the qualifying round was The 82nd MacLeod, who once eliminated Trump in the first round of the World Championships, or has a certain strength.
In the first set, Brechel scored a single 60 points, the super score was not scored, McLeod completed the clearance, reversed 69-65, in the second set Brechel played several times to equalize the score 91-6, in the third set Brechel made repeated mistakes, McLeod played a single 54 point, 66-34 to take the lead, in the fourth set McLeod won the fight 66-44, 3-1 to win the match point, Brechel could not find the form.
Next both sides were piecemeal, Brechel saved a match point at 72-46, McLeod completed the score in the sixth set, locked up the victory 68-54, and finally advanced to the regular game 4-2, breaking the first cold goal, Brechel became the first out of the top sixteen players, although he has had a good performance in the recent past, but the on-field play is indeed too unstable, has been more dependent on personal offensive feel.
The two Chinese players took the lead in ending the game, with one win and one loss, and Lu Ning scored a single shot of 81 points, 68 points, 57 points to eliminate Li 4-2. Walker, Lu Haotian defeated Anthony 3-4. Hamilton, who scored a single 112 points to take the lead in the match point, lost two consecutive sets and missed the opportunity, And Hayfield played a single shot of 95 points, 76 points, 60 points, 53 points and a 4-3 victory over Mark. Kim, the strength of the two is relatively close.
Tonight there are three Chinese teenagers facing the test, Yuan Sijun against Patrick, Lei Peifan against Captain Carter, Chang Bingyu against Ryan. Dai, facing stronger opponents, at that time, whether they can make a breakthrough and qualify for the main competition, let us wait and see.