On March 9, 2022, Beijing time, the Snooker Turkish Masters continued. In the first round of the main tournament, Joe Perry, who had previously won the Welsh Open, once again encountered the spell of the champion, and after two days of rest, he lost to China's Liang Wenbo 2-5 and was tragically killed by a round of the regular tournament.
This season, the so-called championship curse has appeared on the snooker field, such as Zhao Xintong, who won the German Masters and then went on to exit in the first round of the Players Championship. Another Chinese player, Fan Zhengyi, won the European Masters championship before participating in the Turkish Masters, also out of the first round.
Then there's Joe Perry, who beat Trump at the Welsh Open to win the title. After that, Joe Perry rested for two days and his form also dropped significantly. In the first round of the Turkish Masters against Liang Wenbo, Joe Perry made a series of mistakes in the first half, some of which were simply inexplicable, and if it were not for Liang Wenbo's mistakes in the third set, Joe Perry would probably be 0-3 behind. However, Liang Wenbo still scored 73 points on two strokes to take a 3-1 lead after the end of the first half.
In the second half, Joe Perry was back in form, Liang Wenbo scored a single 54 points in the fifth inning, and Joe Perry completed the reversal with a single 77 points. However, Joe Perry still made too many mistakes after that, and finally lost two consecutive sets 57-64, 49-63, losing to Liang Wenbo 2-5 and suffering a round trip.
Both Fan Zhengyi and Joe Perry suffered a round trip after winning the championship, and Joe Perry was in worse shape than Fan Zhengyi. In fact, this is also easy to understand, after winning the championship, there will always be some relaxation, but also to celebrate with the family, maybe these days there is not much time to practice, the state and feel will naturally be greatly reduced. In addition, Joe Perry's opponent Liang Wenbo is very strong and has been in excellent form recently, so this result is also normal.
In other matches played in the same time period, Wu Yize eliminated Alan Hill 5-0, Hussein Wafi eliminated Wollaston 5-3, Matthew Stevens made the cold, and he eliminated world champion Mark Williams 5-3.
Returning to the top 16, Lisovsky suffered a bitter battle, losing three consecutive sets with a 3-1 lead, and the crucial eighth set was narrowly won 54-53, dragging the match into the decider. In the final moments, both had too many low-level mistakes, and the mistakes in hitting the color ball were indeed ridiculous, and the two competed for the black ball to win or lose, and Lisovsky beat Martin Odenell 64-62 to advance to the round of 32 on aggregate.