China's single seedling wasted a good situation, and lost 4 consecutive rounds and did not qualify for the top 4! Trump is expected to win the championship. The 2022 Snooker Welsh Open quarterfinals have all ended, and China's only seedling Zhang Anda wasted a good situation in the case of a 4-1 lead, losing four consecutive sets to lose 4-5 to Iran's famous Wafi. Trump beat Robertson 5-3, Joe Perry beat Walton 5-2, and Lisowski beat Carter 5-4, so the top 4 players of this welsh Open have all been decided.
In this competition, the overall performance of Chinese players is relatively average, Ding Junhui, Zhao Xintong, Yan Bingtao, Liang Wenbo and other famous players have been out, leaving only Zhang Anda alone to advance to the round of 16, and then Zhang Anda defeated Stevens, advanced to the top 8, and equaled the best record in the career ranking competition. In the quarter-finals, Zhang Anda's opponent is Wafi, the two have only met once before, and in the first round of the 2019 World Championship qualification round, Zhang Anda lost 4-10. In this game, Zhang Anda quickly entered the state, and the first set exploded a single shot of 108 points to win. In the second set, Wafi pulled back the set 73-14. In the third set, Zhang Anda blasted a single 67 points to win another set. In the fourth inning, Waffi scored a single 52 points, but Zhang Anda came behind to win 77-60, leading 3-1 on aggregate to enter the half-time.
After the game restarted, Zhang Anda still maintained a relatively good hand, winning 81-5 and getting the match point 4-1 on aggregate. The turning point of the game came in the sixth inning, when Wafi scored a single shot of 68, 58 and 63 consecutive games to win two innings. In the eighth inning, Zhang Anda scored a single 51 points, but then there was a mistake, and Wafi completed the clearance to win the set 85-51. In the ninth set, Waffi scored a single 96 to seal the win, thus winning 5-4 on aggregate. In this game, Zhang Anda originally had the opportunity to win, but unfortunately wasted three match points, and at the critical moment, Zhang Anda hesitated, wasted a lot of opportunities, and finally could only swallow the bitter fruit of defeat.
In another quarter-final in the first half, the two top favourites met, and in the end Trump hit a three-shot 50+ to beat Robertson 5-3 on aggregate to advance to the round of four, and will face Wafi in the semifinals. The other semi-finals are played against Joe Perry and Lisowski, and judging from the strength of these players, Trump has undoubtedly ushered in a good opportunity to win the championship, as long as it plays normally, it has a great chance of winning the championship.