In the second round of the World Snooker Welsh Open, which just ended in the early morning of March 3, 2022, China's post-00 star Yan Bingtao won four consecutive sets with a single shot of 52 points and 97 points to win the derby battle 4-0 to successfully advance to the round of 32. In the match that followed, China's post-90s first man Zhao Xintong was in a slump 3-4 against Jack Jones and missed the third round. World Number One Mark Selby lost 3-4 to Hayfield in a single shot of 115, 65, 50 and 73 points to reach the round of 32.
Yan Bingtao was in good shape and swept Zhao Jianbo 4-0
In the match between Yan Bingtao and Zhao Jianbo, Yan Bingtao continued to maintain a good feel. In the first set, Yan Bingtao opened the door with a 1-0 lead by winning the next set 73:29 on the mobile phone several times. In the second set, Yan Bingtao won another set 75:24 with 52 points and multiple mobile phones to determine that he would continue to lead Zhao Jianbo 2-0. In the third set, Yan Bingtao scored 72 points with his excellent ability to seize opportunities and confirmed that Zhao Jianbo took a 3-0 lead with a 72-0 clean sheet and ushered in the match point of the game. In the fourth set, Zhao Jianbo made a mistake when he scored 14 points, and then Yan Bingtao single-handedly blasted 97 points to win the game 97:14 and swept Zhao Jianbo 4-0 to advance to the round of 32 of the Welsh Open.
Jones reversed the 4-3 defeat of Zhao Xintong and successfully advanced
In the match between Zhao Xintong and Jack Jones, the state of both people is not very good, so the overall quality of the game is very average. In the first set, Zhao Xintong took a 1-0 lead with a single 52 points and multiple mobile phone games to take a 72-0 clean sheet Jack Jones and ushered in a good start. In the second set, Jones played a fiery form, and he won the game 89-36 with a single shot 79 points to draw Zhao Xintong 1-1. In the third set, Zhao Xintong took a 2-1 lead with his excellent ability to seize opportunities and beat Jones 69:63 in a single set. In the fourth set, Jones won the game 74:1 on multiple mobile phones to draw Zhao Xintong 2-2. In the fifth set, Zhao Xintong once again won the game 70:22 with his excellent ability to seize the opportunity, so as to lead Jones 3-2 to get the match point. In the sixth set, Jones won the game 3-3 with Zhao Xintong by virtue of multiple mobile phones. In the seventh set, Jones single-handedly scored a 77-point clean sheet against Zhao Xintong to reverse the opponent 4-3 and successfully reach the round of 32.
Highfield eliminated Selby 4-3 to advance
In the match between Selby and Heyfield, Selby was in significantly better shape, but he still had some problems handling key balls. In the first set, Highfield opened the scoring with a 75-point win on mobile phones and then won the game 74-40 to take a 1-0 lead over Selby. In the second set, although Selby blasted a 65-point performance, Highfield still won the game 75-65 with his excellent ability to seize the opportunity to continue to lead Selby 2-0. In the third set, Selby finally won the game 65-10 with a single score of 50 points to leave Highfield 1-2 behind. In the fourth set, Selby scored 73 points to win the game 78-26 to draw 2-2 with Highfield. In the fifth set, Selby blasted 115 points to win the game 115-7 to win the game 3-2 against Highfield. In the sixth set, Hayfield scored a 74-point clean sheet to draw 3-3 with Selby. In the seventh set, Highfield scored 92 points and won the game 110-40 to advance to a 4-3 victory in Selby.