On 17 February 2022, the Snooker Welsh Open Qualifiers continued. Yuan Sijun kept a 4-0 clean sheet Patrick, becoming the only Chinese player to qualify on the day; Chang Bingyu and Lei Peifan lost to the powerful Ryan Day and Carter respectively. Evans lost 4-1 to Wahdi and his first career win still hasn't come.
Yuan Sijun only shot a 50+ against Patrick, but the 4-0 score made him the only Chinese player to qualify on the day. Although Chang Bingyu lost Yu Rong, in the case of Ryan Dai's first set to break the hundred, Chang Bingyu played 2 consecutive shots of 70+, once 2-1 to overtake the score, Ryan Dai also won 2 consecutive sets, 3-2 to get the match point, and in the 6th set again played a break hundred, 4-2 to beat Chang Bingyu. Repefan also lost three consecutive sets after taking a 2-1 lead, losing 2-4 to Carter.
World champion Dort scored consecutive shots of 52, 96 and 53 and scored 4-3 against Halworth after conceding two match points. 12-time women's World Championship champion Evans lost 1-4 to Iran's Wahedi, and the first win of his career is still not coming, the latter in the game to shoot 1 hundred, 2 50+.
Results on the 17th
F. Patrick 0-4 Sijun Yuan, Z. Shure No. 4-2 B. Pinches
R. Dai 4-2 Chang Bingyu, A. Carter 4-2 Lei Peifan
R. Muir 2-4 H. Mia, A. Carty 4-1 D. Jones
G. Dot 4-3 S. Halworth, R. Evans 1-4 S. Wahdi
18th fixtures
18:00
Zhou Yuelong vs. J. Jones, N. Bond vs Scarlett
21:00
M. George U vs. L. Klex, Cao Yupeng vs. Fan Zhengyi
24:00
A. Taylor vs. J. O'Neal, Xiao Guodong vs. M. White
27:00
G. Wilson vs. P. Lyns, M. Holt vs. M. O'Denel