On 19 February 2022, the Snooker Welsh Open continued, according to the Arrangement of the World Taiwan Federation, there is now only one qualifying round, the main tournament will be held next month, which is also the last leg of the local series, and the defending champion is Jordan. Brown, who beat O'Sullivan last year to win his first ranking title of his career, this time he was the top seed and the qualifying round was postponed.
Although the Welsh Open prize money is not high, the championship is only 80,000 pounds, but it has a certain gold content, the top masters have signed up to participate, only Fu Jiajun is absent from the Chinese players, Ding Junhui is about to debut, and his opponent in the qualification round is 17-year-old Gao Yang.
Zhao Jianbo, 18 years old and ranked 79th in the world, once eliminated world champion Bingham in the first round of the ranking tournament, received more fan attention, in addition to winning Zhao Xintong and McGill, the qualifier against David. Grace, who is ranked 50th in the world, has a career best in the final four of the ranking tournament, and the British Championship lost to China's Liang Wenbo and missed the final, and Zhao Jianbo will be tested.
The World Taiwan Federation stipulates that the qualifiers will be a 4-of-7 system, and in the first set, Zhao Jianbo will play a single shot of 33 points to interrupt the attack. Grace got on the hand, played a single 76 points to take the lead, the second set of the two sides made mistakes, the key moment Zhao Jianbo withstood the pressure, won 72-63, the third set David. Grace did not score, Zhao Jianbo took the initiative, and repeatedly played 86-0 to complete the super points to take the lead.
In the fourth set, Zhao Xintong scored 31 points to turn into defense, and then he started again, playing a single 84 points to win another set, 3-1 to get the match point, and in the fifth set Zhao Jianbo played a single 36 points and made a mistake, David. Grace scored a single 54 points to turn into defense, followed by a 91-36 tie-break, and Zhao Jianbo made another mistake in the sixth set. Grace hit the pieces to complete the super score 70-51.
In the decider, Zhao Jianbo's state fluctuated, the defense was not in place and missed the ball, David. Grace scored only 16 points to interrupt the attack, followed by a long fight between the two sides, Zhao Jianbo played a single 76 points to seal the victory, although wasting two match points, but still with the seventh set of single shot victory, the final 4-3 victory david. Grace advanced to the main tournament, and Zhao Jianbo withstood the pressure to avoid being out of the qualifier.
Zhao Jianbo became the fifth Chinese player to enter the main tournament after Lu Ning, Yuan Sijun, Cao Yupeng and Si Jiahui, and then Ding Junhui is about to appear, competing with Gao Yang for a regular seat, there is a gap in the comprehensive strength of the two, as long as Ding Junhui plays a normal level, eliminating Gao Yang should be no problem, and also look forward to the performance of Chinese players, I hope they can achieve good results next.