On March 1, the first round of the 2022 World Snooker Tour Welsh Open was fully launched, with as many as 6 Chinese players playing, and finally Ding Junhui, Zhang Anda and Yuan Sijun won to advance to the round of 32, while Liang Wenbo, Cao Yupeng and Hong Kong Women's Snooker World Champion Wu Anyi regrettably lost and stopped in the first round. Together with the youngster Si Jiahui who took the lead in the promotion the day before, the Chinese legion has 4 people locked up the top 32 seats. As Zhang Anda and Yuan Sijun pass the first round, the two will meet in the second round, which means that the Chinese Legion has locked up the top 16 seats in advance.
In the day's competition, the most concerned is a brother Ding Junhui, his duel with the "assassin" Holt. The two are somewhat "pity for each other", feeling sorry for each other, this season has suffered a big slide in the world ranking, Ding Junhui fell out of the top 16, has now fallen to 32nd, and Holt has also deducted the single time limit championship prize money two years ago, the ranking has fallen sharply, and has now fallen out of the top 64, ranked 69th, facing the crisis of relegation. However, the final game process became a performance of Ding Junhui alone, he won four consecutive sets in the case of losing one set first, including the gorgeous data of three shots breaking 100, and finally won 4-1 to advance.
In the other matches of the Chinese Legion, Yuan Sijun won the most thrilling, the first four sets Yuan Sijun once led 3-1, but then lost two consecutive sets, the decider was even behind, completed the clearance, 47-46, 1 point killed the opponent, involved in the risk of promotion. The match between Zhang Anda and Joyce did not end until 12:30 a.m. local time, but in the end, Zhang Anda lived up to expectations and won 4-2 and successfully advanced. In this regard, Yuan Sijun and Zhang Anda will be in the second round, locking up a place in the round of 16 for China in advance.
Liang Wenbo broke into the top 4 in the last European Masters and showed a good feel. In the first round of the Welsh Open, he faced Wollaston, and the first three sets continued the strong offensive firepower, blasting out two hundreds, but then there was weakness and dragged to the decider. In the last set, Liang Wenbo's defense had a big problem, frequently missing opportunities, Wollaston played many times to finally complete the super points, Liang Wenbo was tragically eliminated by a round of travel. After Cao Yupeng defeated Fan Zhengyi 4-3 in the qualifiers, he played Joe Perry in the first round of the main match, although he played 4 shots of 50+ in the game, but in the end he was reversed by Perry 4-3, also stopping in the first round.
There will be 12 remaining first-round matches today, with 5 more members of the Chinese team making their debuts to impact the round of 32. Among them, Yan Bingtao and Zhao Jianbo launched a civil war to lock in a promotion place for China in advance, Zhao Xintong faced Welsh local player Jack Jones, Lu Ning also challenged Welsh star Stevens, and Li Xing challenged karen Wilson, who ranked fifth in the world. In addition, the second round of competition will be launched later, with Scarlett challenging Trump, Zhang Anda and Yuan Sijun in the civil war to storm the round of 16 seats.