On March 5, 2022, Beijing time, the snooker Welsh Open ended the fifth matchday competition, and China's Zhang Anda took the lead in 4-1 to get the match point, which can be said to be a huge advantage, but he actually lost 4 consecutive sets, was overturned by Hussein Wafi, and missed the final four. Zhang Anda failed to replicate Fan's miracle and missed a good opportunity to create the best record of his career.
This season, Chinese players have performed well, and Fan Zhengyi has just won the European Masters, which is bound to inspire other Chinese players. Coming to the Welsh Open, Zhao Xintong, Yan Bingtao and Ding Junhui all had high hopes. As a result, Zhao Xintong was eliminated in the first round of the main round, yan Bingtao was eliminated in the second round of the main game, and Ding Junhui was also out.
Although Ding Junhui was in a recovery, he had poor signing luck and encountered O'Sullivan again in the second round of the regular match. As a result, Ding Junhui made many low-level mistakes, losing to O'Sullivan 2-4 and missing the round of 16. CCTV also reported on the match, but also used a thin word to describe the match between Ding Junhui and O'Sullivan, CCTV believes that the two play in general, frequent mistakes, especially Ding Junhui, many times took the initiative to get started, but there were mistakes at key moments, such as CCTV mentioned that Ding Junhui did not hit the red ball, perhaps it is also a turning point in the game.
In the end, Ding Junhui lost to O'Sullivan, and CCTV also mentioned an embarrassing statistic, Ding Junhui has lost 7 consecutive games against O'Sullivan. Many fans expressed dissatisfaction with CCTV's use of the word "thin", because Ding Junhui played a five-shot 50+ and performed very well. Of course, listening carefully to the CCTV report may be to describe the progress of this game as relatively sparse, after all, both of them have made some mistakes.
After Ding Junhui and Yan Bingtao were out, there was only one Chinese player in the quarterfinals, and that was Zhang Anda. Unfortunately, Zhang Anda missed a great opportunity, facing Hussein Wafi, Zhang Anda performed well in the first half, shooting a single 108 points and 67 points to win the match point 4-1. After that, Hussein Wafi counterattacked strongly, while Zhang Anda was somewhat conservative, and Hussein Wafi dragged the game into the decider with a three-shot 50+.
In the final moments, Hussein Wafi scored a single 96 points to reverse Anda 5-4 and win a valuable victory. The victory not only brought Hussein Wafi to the final four, he also made it to the top eight in the single-season rankings, with the opportunity to qualify for the Tour Championship. For Anda Zhang, the 4-1 lead failed to win, missing a good opportunity to create the best record of his career, which is a pity!