The 2022 Snooker Welsh Open Top 4 list has been born, and China's Zhang Anda failed to continue his good competitive form, losing 4-5 against Iran's Vafi and missing the semi-finals. Trump eliminated Neil Robertson to advance to the final four, and Jack Lissovsky and Joe Perry also played well to beat their opponents to meet in the semi-finals to compete for a place in the final.
The Welsh Open, which began on 28 February, is now nearing completion, and it remains to be seen who of the four players will win the £70,000 championship trophy. After 5 days of fierce fighting, the contestants played very well, but it was very difficult for 16-year-old Ukrainian Yulian Boiko.
As we all know, the conflict between Ukraine and Russia is still intensifying, and Yulian Boyko, although he is in the snooker arena, has always cared about his country. Boyko revealed: If I'm big enough, I want to swap snooker clubs for weapons against Russia, to help my country, Ukraine.
Boyko, born in Kip, Ukraine in 2005, officially moved into professional snooker in 2020. In the competition, Boyco's results were not ideal, and he is now only ranked 112nd in the world rankings. Nevertheless, at this Year's Welsh Open, it also played a wonderful side, and in the qualifying tournament, Boyco fell behind 0-3, and finally staged a big reversal in four consecutive sets with tenacious resistance to advance to the main tournament.
Unfortunately, in the first round of the main tournament, he encountered "small steel cannon" Mark Allen, and Boyco, who had a huge gap in strength, was finally swept 0-4 to stop the first round. After the game, Boyko said: "It's tough to focus on the game, my family and friends are in Kip, I spend most of my time on the phone, I worry about them, fortunately they are safe at the moment, now for Ukraine, it is a very moment, and this is a constant reminder that some things are far more important than snooker.
Boyko continued: "I am proud of all the soldiers, and of course there are some sports athletes, boxing champions, football players, and other athletes, they are all helping Ukraine, they are fighting for my country. If I had been a little older, I would have done the same, and the only way to help Ukraine is for everyone to unite. ”
"Now for me, the only thing I can do is play well and hopefully get a good result in the game, and during this time I have been working hard and focusing as much as possible on snooker."
According to the schedule, Boyco's next competition is the Turkish Masters, and his qualifying opponent was originally Australian famous Neil Robertson, who withdrew from the Turkish Masters due to personal reasons and will be replaced by Simon Blackwell.