On February 17, Beijing time, the Snooker Welsh Open continued. Among the Chinese players playing today, Lu Ning successfully advanced to the main tournament by taking a position, and the young player Lu Haotian lost to Hamilton and did not qualify. On the foreign side, Brechel became the first player out of the TOP16, and Wafi reversed the 4-3 defeat of Higginson.
Lu Haotian took the lead in the match against Hamilton to the match point, but still did not qualify 3-4. In the first set, Hamilton scored 78 points through multiple starts to win the opening 78-9. In the second set, Hamilton scored 105 points to win another set 105-4 to give a 2-0 lead. In the third set, the two sides began to fight, and after several attacks and defenses, Lu Haotian took the advantage and pulled back a set 62-40. In the fourth set, Lu Haotian scored 68 points through multiple starts, and won another set 68-17 to tie the score to 2-2.
In the fifth set, Lu Haotian scored 112 points, 112-18 to lead Hamilton to match point. But in the sixth inning, Hamilton scored 71 points to tie the score again. Both sides came to the double match point to decide the tiebreaker. In the seventh set, the two sides once again began to fight, in the tug-of-war Hamilton gradually mastered the rhythm, and finally won the game 71-27, and defeated Lu Haotian 4-3 to advance to the main match.
In the match against Wafi, Higginson took the lead 3-1 to the match point, but in the end he was reversed. In the first set of the game, Wafi blasted a single shot of 122 points to win the opening goal for himself 122-0. In the second set, Waffy scored another 50-pointer, but Higgins scored 67 points multiple times to tie the score at 1-1 at 67-56. In the third set, Higgins won the tug-of-war to pull the score to 2-1 66-40. In the fourth set, Higginson won the match 80-54 and took the lead 3-1 to match point.
In the fifth set, Waffy, who fought back, began to chase straight, but the single shot 76 points to chase back the first set. In the sixth set, Waffy once again scored a single 64 points to keep a 102-0 clean sheet to tie the score into a 3-3 double-match point decider. In the decider, the two sides engage in a tug-of-war, with you and I testing each other. In several attacks and defenses, Wafi had a slight advantage, and finally won the game 63-52, and the big score was 4-3 Togginson to advance to the main game.
In tonight's game, three players came out. They are Yuan Sijun, Chang Bingyu and Lei Peifan. I wish the three players a good result in the game.