At present, the 2022 Snooker Welsh Open Qualifier is in full swing, and 25 Chinese players have launched a attack on the main event. Looking back at the 2021 Welsh Open, the pre-tournament world number 81st Jordan. Brown's decisive victory in the final against O'Sullivan, then the world's No. 3, surprised many fans! Let's take a look at the progress of the last Welsh Open players.
In the qualifiers, Stewart. Bingham lost 2-4 to Robert. Milkins, became the first top 16 player to get out. In addition, Neil. Robertson chose to retire from the tournament against opponent Mark. Kim wins without a fight. Champion Jordan. Brown swept Luo Honghao 4-0 and O'Sullivan beat Robbie 4-0. Williams. In the qualifiers, 14 Chinese players were eliminated, and Ding Junhui, Yan Bingtao, Zhao Xintong, Zhou Yuelong, Xiao Guodong, Pang Junxu and Si Jiahui advanced to the round of 64.
In the first round of the regular round (64 into 32), Ding Junhui lost 2:4 to Pang Junxu, and Scarlett lost to Trump by the same score. Zhao Xintong lost to Wafei in the decider, and the other four Chinese players successfully advanced. Jordan. Brown beat Sam 4-3. Creede, O'Sullivan swept Jimmy 4-0. White.
In the second round of the main match (32 into 16), Yan Bingtao defeated Xiao Guodong 4:1, and Pang Junxu and Xiao Guodong both defeated Martin 4:2. O'Donnell and Gilbert advanced to the next round. Jordan. Brown defeated his opponent Ussenbach in the decider and advanced dangerously. O'Sullivan once again swept his opponent Martin 4-0. Gould. In this round, the winning favourites Trump and Higgins were eliminated.
In the quarter-finals, Zhou Yuelong lost 1:4 to O'Sullivan, Yan Bingtao lost 2:4 to Selby, and Pang Junxu was eliminated by Maguire 2:4. Murphy beat Hawkins, Jordan in the decider. Brown narrowly defeated Mark 4-3. gold. mark. Allen and Lisovsky are both unfortunately out.
The quarter-finals were made, and five seeded players successfully advanced. The 8 contestants are: Murphy vs. Maguire, Selby vs Jordan. Brown, Mark. Williams vs Tom. Ford, O'Sullivan vs Carter.
In the quarterfinals, Carter withdrew, O'Sullivan advanced directly to the final four, and the other three games were entangled until the tiebreaker. Jordan. Brown eliminated Selby, Mark. Williams beat Tom 5:4. Ford, Maguire narrowly beat Murphy 5-4.
In the semi-finals, O'Sullivan met his old rival Mark. Williams, who beat Kim 6-1 on the left hand, advanced to the final. In another game, the outside world is generally optimistic about Maguire's promotion, but unfortunately Maguire only won the second set, losing 1:6 to Jordan. Brown.
Coming to the stage of the final, because O'Sullivan performed well in the first four rounds, three 4:0, one 4:1, the semi-final also won 6:1 against the opponent, not to mention Jordan. Brown's pre-game world rankings were so low that fans thought the Rockets would take his 38th title of ranking game. At the beginning of the final, the Rockets were not in good shape, bits and pieces, losing two consecutive sets, and jordan in the first stage of the final. Brown led O'Sullivan 5-3.
In the second stage of the final, the Rockets won three consecutive sets, surpassed Brown 6:5, and had the potential to return to the state and reverse the winning championship. The two sides tangled all the way to a 7-7 draw, with Brown scoring 56 points in the 15th inning, winning 69:25 in the innings and winning the match point 8:7. In the 16th inning, the Rockets broke through and scored a single shot of 119 points to drag the game into the decider. Unfortunately, in the decider, Brown locked up the victory with a 74-point shot, and lifted the first ranking championship trophy of his career 9:8!
Last Welsh Open, Jordan. Brown is undoubtedly the biggest dark horse player, with consecutive victories over Selby, Maguire and O'Sullivan, and this championship is full of gold! This championship tour also changed his career at the moment with Jordan. Brown is ranked 24th in the world and will be presented during the main event as the defending champion at the 2022 Welsh Open, with qualifying against Mitchell. Mann. Pang Junxu also performed well, reaching the round of 16 of the ranking three times in his first season, including this edition of the Welsh Open. For his outstanding performance, Pang Junxu won the Best Rookie Award for the 2020/2021 season.