On March 4, 2022, the Snooker Welsh Open continued, with post-80s star Ritchie. Wharton exploded and scored a one-shot victory in the decider to win O'Sullivan 4-3 to advance to the quarterfinals, this time Ritchie. Wharton won consecutively yan Bingtao and O'Sullivan two seeded players, the overall performance is very strong, and the next is expected to achieve another good result, O'Sullivan failed to continue to move forward, was eliminated in advance.
O'Sullivan is ranked No. 2 in the world and is expected to surpass Selby this season and return to the top spot, just this season he reached the final twice, the World Grand Prix defeated Robertson to win the championship, the European Masters lost to Fan Zhengyi to get the runner-up, just before the end of the game, Ding Junhui lost to O'Sullivan, Yan Bingtao lost to Richie. Wharton, both Chinese players have been eliminated.
Ricky. Wharton has won the ranking championship three times, but in recent years, the decline has been more serious, affected by injuries for a long time, until this season began to return, reaching the Players Championship, northern Ireland Open, The German Masters Final Four, while competing with Yan Bingtao for the Tour Championship seat, currently ranked 18th in the world, he has the opportunity to compete for the World Championship seeding.
Although O'Sullivan eliminated Ding Junhui to advance, the competitive state was indeed average, and there were many simple mistakes during the game, Ritchie. Walton is different from Ding Junhui's situation, from his match with Yan Bingtao, it can be seen that with a strong one-shot winning ability, as long as the mobile phone will be sent out, it is possible to lose a round, as he grows older, O'Sullivan is also difficult to concentrate on playing well.
First innings Richie. Walton scored a single 54 points to take the lead 79-38, both of whom had simple mistakes, but O'Sullivan's recent appearances have been very unstable, whether it is the European Masters against Fan Zhengyi, or the Welsh Open against Ding Junhui, there are the same problems, in the second set Richie. Walton scored 40 points to interrupt the offense, and O'Sullivan seized the opportunity to equalize with a single 76 points.
In the third inning, O'Sullivan scored a single 55 points, again with a mistake to interrupt the offense, Richie. Wharton won 69-55 on several occasions, O'Sullivan did not score the key ball, and in the fourth set O'Sullivan did not defend well and directly missed the ball, Ritchie. Walton blasted a single 136 points to complete the clearance, 3-1 to take the lead in the match point, O'Sullivan played a single 88 points, saving a match point and putting pressure on the opponent.
Next Richie. Wharton made a mistake, O'Sullivan scored a one-shot 85-point equalizer, and in the decider O'Sullivan's defense was not in place to leak the ball directly, Richie. Wharton scored a one-shot 83 points to seal the victory and eventually eliminated O'Sullivan 4-3 to advance to the Quarterfinals of the Welsh Open.