On February 19, 2022, Beijing time, the Snooker Welsh Open continued to qualify, with 5 Chinese players appearing, and 3 people were eliminated. Zhou Yuelong was reversed by his opponents when he took the lead in getting the match point, and Xiao Guodong was directly awarded the first two sets because of his late arrival, and finally lost to Michael White 0-4. Next, Ding Junhui is about to play, and the opponent in the qualification round is Gao Yang.
World No. 20 Zhou Yuelong took the lead against Jamie Jones, and in the first set, Zhou Yuelong shot two consecutive 60+ shots to win 128-0. In the second set, Zhou Yuelong once again contributed a 60+ to lead 2-0. Although the opponent quickly chased to 2 draws, Zhou Yuelong scored a single 117 points in the fifth set to take the lead in getting the match point. Unfortunately, Zhou Yuelong failed to seize the opportunity, and then lost 2 consecutive sets to get out 3-4, and the results this season were indeed not ideal.
In addition to Zhou Yuelong's exit, two other Chinese players were eliminated, namely Fan Zhengyi and Xiao Guodong. Fan Zhengyi played seven sets in the derby, he hit a three-shot 60+, dragging the game into the decider with three degrees behind, but unfortunately was killed by Cao Yupeng's single 88 points in the last moment, and lost 3-4.
In contrast, Xiao Guodong is a bizarre out. In the first round of the qualifiers, Xiao Guodong's opponent was Michael White, Xiao Guodong was actually late for a long time, the first two sets were directly judged to be lost, Xiao Guodong, who was in a hurry, could not find a normal state, scored 22 points in the third set, scored 9 points in the fourth set, and finally lost to Michael White 0-4, no chance of the main game, which was a big surprise.
Cao Yupeng won the derby and advanced to the main tournament, and Si Jiahui also won a victory. Against Nigel Bond, Scarlett fell behind 1-3 at one point, but he then shot 58, 93 and 52 consecutive singles, winning three consecutive sets and completing a reversal to advance to the main game 4-3.
Next, Ding Junhui is about to play, the opponent of the qualifier is The Chinese teenager Gao Yang, after a period of adjustment, Ding Junhui's state is better, as long as the normal play, should be able to pass the pass smoothly.
In addition, Zhao Jianbo against David Grace, Tian Pengfei against Sankam, Xu Si against Matthew Celt, Li Xing against Heatcote, for Chinese players, these games are hard battles, it is bound to let go. David Gilbert, Lisovsky and other well-known players will also appear on this competition day, good luck to all the players!