Ding Junhui led 9 people to advance to the main competition! The Chinese female player won the first victory, creating a new history of snooker. The 2022 Snooker Welsh Open Qualifiers have all ended, Ding Junhui led 9 Chinese players to qualify for the main tournament, of which the female player Wu Anyi defeated Wu Yize and won the first victory of her career, while Wu Anyi also became the first professional female player to win the competition, creating a new history of the snooker project.
There were two Chinese derbies on the final day of qualifying, with Liang Wenbo taking the lead against Zhang Jiankang. After the game began, Liang Wenbo directly played a single 105 points to win a round first, and in the second set, Liang Wenbo's feel was still very hot, playing a single shot of 134 points and then winning a round, liang Wenbo played a single shot of more than 100 in two consecutive sets. In the third set, Liang Wenbo scored a single shot of 73 points to win the match point 3-0 on aggregate. In the fourth set, Zhang Jiankang failed to seize the opportunity, and after scoring 35 points, the attack was interrupted, and Liang Wenbo directly blasted out a single shot of 85 points to sweep Zhang Jiankang 4-0 on aggregate and advance to the main game. In recent years, Liang Wenbo's state has shown a more obvious decline, this season has only recovered, and this game can be said to be Liang Wenbo's best performance in recent times, two shots broke 100, two shots 70+, I hope Liang Wenbo can continue to maintain.
Then the female player Wu Anyi and Wu Yize began to compete, and in the first set, Wu Yize scored a single 55 points to win the first set 103-13. In the second set, Wu Anyi scored a single shot of 84 points. In the next two sets, Wu Anyi occupied the initiative on the field, winning two consecutive sets 76-30, 86-43, and the aggregate score was 3-1. In the fifth set, Wu Yize scored a single 61 points to save a match point. In the sixth set, Wu Anyi scored a single shot of 182 points to lock in the victory, thus winning 4-2 on aggregate. Although Evans had beaten male players at the World Championships, Evans was an amateur at the time, so Wu Anyi became the first professional female player in snooker history to beat a male player.
At present, there are 9 Chinese players who have advanced to the main competition, namely Ding Junhui, Liang Wenbo, Si Jiahui, Lu Ning, Li Xing, Zhao Jianbo, Wu Anyi, Cao Yupeng and Yuan Sijun. Since Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao are both ranked in the top 16 in the world, the qualification match between the two of them will be postponed to the main stage, and it is expected that Chinese players can play better in the main stage.