On March 4, 2022, Beijing time, the Snooker Welsh Open broke out 5 big cold doors. In the second round of the main tournament, Shaun Murphy, Yan Bingtao, Barry Hawkins and other 3 seeded players were out. In the third round of the regular round, O'Sullivan and Karen Wilson also stopped their progress. Only two seeded players make it to the quarter-finals, Neil Robertson and Trump, who will speak directly in the quarter-finals.
In the second round of the regular round, Sean Murphy lost to Ryan Day 0-4 and missed the round of 16. Yan then lost three consecutive sets to Ritchie Wharton with a 2-1 lead. This result caused Yan Bingtao to suffer three major blows, the first is that Yan Bingtao's world ranking fell out of the top 16, and secondly, Yan Bingtao's single-season ranking was overtaken by Richie Walton, and is currently in 9th place, and the prospect of competing for qualification for the Tour Championship is not very optimistic. The third is that this defeat made Yan Bingtao basically miss the extra prize money of the European series.
To put it simply, this defeat caused Yan Bingtao to suffer heavy losses, and he had a great opportunity to give up. There was also a big upset in the second round of the regular season, with Barry Hawkins out with a 3-1 lead and a 3-4 loss to Wollaston.
In the third round of the regular season, although O'Sullivan dragged the match into the decider with a 1-3 deficit, he made a mistake in the last minute, losing 3-4 to Richie Walton and missing the quarterfinals. Not only did Riche Walton finish in the top eight in a single season, his world ranking also reached 18th, getting closer to the top 16.
World number five Karen Wilson was originally in hand, and when O'Sullivan was out, Karen Wilson became the only seeded player in the second half of the zone. Unfortunately, Karen Wilson lost four innings in a row with the first set to lose 1-4 to Joe Perry. Veteran Joe Perry played quite well, shooting a single shot of 73, 71, 126, 138, and from the second to the fifth, he completely suppressed Karen Wilson, who scored a total of 21 points in these four innings, which was a big surprise.
There are also two dark horses in the quarterfinals, that is, Anda Zhang and Hussein Wafi, who eliminated Matthew Stevens and finally made a breakthrough this season. Hussein Waffy previously won the single-time limited time championship, this time, Hussein Waffy eliminated Robbie Williams, facing Jack Jones, he actually won 4-0, don't forget, Jack Jones just ended Zhao Xintong's forward steps. In the third round of the main tournament, Hussein Wafi defeated Ryan Day in a decider and his confidence was greatly enhanced. Therefore, the quarter-finals of Zhang Anda and Hussein Wafi are also very interesting, and the key to winning is to play on the spot.
After this matchday, the quarter-finals were released: Anda Zhang vs. Hussein Waffy, Neil Robertson vs Trump, Rich Wharton vs Joe Perry, Ali Carter vs Lissowski. Neil Robertson and Trump are of course favourites to win the title, but the two will have a direct dialogue in the quarter-finals, and this tournament may have a chance to produce a new ranking champion? Let's wait and see!