On March 2, 2022, Beijing time, the Snooker Welsh Open broke out of the big cold, world champion Mark Williams in the case of 1-3 behind the situation of consecutive rescue points, but in the decider was killed by Kurt Maflin, 3-4 regret out, missed the round of 32. The result was good news for Zhao Xintong, who was unable to overtake Zhao after this game, who is expected to continue to extend the lead.
Prior to the postponement of the qualifiers, Mark Williams shot a three-shot 50+ to easily eliminate Michael Judge 4-1, showing good competitive form. In the first round of the regular tournament, Mark Williams played against Kurt Maforin, before the European Masters, Kurt Maforin defeated Trump to reach the round of 16. Judging from past performance, Kurt Maforin is strong and resilient.
Against Mark Williams, Kurt Maforlin scored a single 60 and 57 points, and after the first four innings, Cote Maforlin won the match point 3-1. Mark Williams then saved two match points in a row, dragging the match into the decider. While Mark Williams is in average offensive form, he is defensively strong and certainly has more experience in the game than Kurt Maforin.
Unfortunately, Mark Williams made a mistake in the decider and Kurt Maflin seized the opportunity to shoot a single 74 points to beat Mark Williams 4-3. As the world champion and the favourite to win this tournament, Mark Williams did not qualify for the round of 32, which is of course a big downfall.
This result is good for Zhao Xintong, because in the world ranking list, Zhao Xintong ranks seventh, Mark Williams ranks eighth, Zhao Xintong is currently leading more than 20,000 pounds, with Mark Williams out, he is not only unable to surpass Zhao Xintong after the game, but also may be extended by Zhao Xintong.1 Zhao Xintong next plays Jack Jones and is expected to successfully advance to the round of 32.
Mark Williams was out of the game, but several other seeded players played well. O'Sullivan played in the postponement qualifier, he shot a three-shot 50+ to sweep James Cahill 4-0, the first round of the regular match against Lucas Clex, if he won, 32 into 16 against Ding Junhui.
Neil Robertson shot a two-shot 100 and a two-shot 50+ to eliminate Hamad Mia 4-1. Trump scored 58, 108 and 120 points to eliminate Steedman 4-1. Mark Allen shot three consecutive 60+ to sweep Boyco 4-0. Higgins shot a single 102, 70, 110 and 60 to sweep Wahdi 4-0.