On March 4, 2022, Beijing time, the snooker Welsh Open ended the second round of the main round, and three more seeded players were upset, namely Sean Murphy, Yan Bingtao and Barry Hawkins. World champion Sean Murphy was actually out 0-4, and veteran Barry Hawkins was reversed by his opponents with a 3-1 lead, also missing the round of 16.
The focus of the second round of the main match was O'Sullivan against Ding Junhui, and Chinese fans were expecting Ding Junhui to defeat O'Sullivan and then meet Yan Bingtao, and as a result, Both Ding Junhui and Yan Bingtao lost. Ding Junhui shot a five-shot 50+, but still lost 2-4 to O'Sullivan, who made many mistakes in the case of taking the lead and was completed by O'Sullivan in a single set reversal, losing a bit of a pity.
Yan Bingtao played against Rich Wharton, who lost three consecutive sets in a 2-1 lead, losing 2-4 and missing the round of 16. This season, Yan Bingtao reached the final at the German Masters, but lost to Zhao Xintong 0-9, and his state after that was very general and needed to be adjusted well.
World champion Sean Murphy vs. Ryan Day, he was in a slump, it can be said that the hand felt cold, Sean Murphy lost 4 consecutive innings, the highest single game only scored 27 points, while the opponents played a single shot 71 points, 78 points, 53 points, 82 points, 4-0 sweep Sean Murphy. In addition, the 42-year-old Barry Hawkins, who lost three consecutive sets with a 3-1 lead, was overturned by Wollaston and was eliminated 3-4.
In the rest of the game, Karen Wilson won three straight sets while trailing 1-3 to narrowly beat Matthew Celt 4-3. Hussein Waffy eliminated Jack Jones 4-0, Lisowski eliminated Slather 4-2 and Michael White eliminated Highfield 4-1.
At this point, the second round of the main tournament was all over, and the round of 16 was also released, and the seeded players O'Sullivan, Trump, Neil Robertson and Karen Wilson successfully advanced. Although Ding Junhui and Yan Bingtao have been out, there is still one Chinese player who is in the round of 16, that is, Zhang Anda. The other Top 16 seats belong to Matthew Stevens, Hussein Wafi, Ryan Day, Wollaston, Jimmy Robertson, Rich Wharton, Joe Perry, Ali Carter, Scott Donaldson, Michael White, and Lisovsky.