On February 18, Beijing time, in the final round of the Snooker Welsh Open Qualifiers, Chinese rising star Zhou Yuelong was tragically reversed in the situation of 3-2 lead in the big score, wasting match points, losing the last two sets in a row, and finally being killed by Jamie Jones with a big score of 3-4! Zhou Yuelong missed the regular race, and Jamie Jones advanced.
At present, among the new generation of Chinese snooker players, Zhou Yuelong is second only to Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao, who once played a single stroke of 147 in the Indian Open, and also reached the final of the Snooker European Masters, although he failed to win the championship, but Zhou Yuelong is in continuous progress, at present, Zhou Yuelong ranks 20th in the world. In this battle, Zhou Yuelong faced an opponent of Jamie Jones. Jamie Jones is ranked 38th in the world.
In the first set, Zhou Yuelong scored 2 par 60+, par 66 points and par 62 points, 128-0, first to the next city. In the second set, Zhou Yuelong hit another 68 points, 92-49, won another set, and established an advantage of 2-0. In the third inning, Jamie Jones scored 67 points on a single shot back in color. In the fourth inning, Jamie Jones scored another 61 points. After two consecutive sets, Jamie Jones chased the big score to a 2-2 draw. In the fifth game, Zhou Yuelong seized the opportunity to blast a single shot to break 117 points to win!
In the sixth set, Jamie Jones scored 56 points to win 72-20, again to tie the General Score and drag the game into the decider. In the decider game, Jamie Jones took the lead, first got 19 points, and then in the defense, Jamie Jones missed the ball, Zhou Yuelong overtook 26-20, however, Zhou Yuelong failed to kill the game with a single shot, but was made a snooker by the opponent, Zhou Yuelong was killed and was punished consecutively, showing a desperate look! In the end, Zhou Yuelong lost the decider and stopped the final round of the qualifier 3-4, missing the regular match.