Chinese genius is out! The 19-year-old amateur advanced to the round of 16, with Trump playing against China's famous players. The third day of the 2022 Snooker Turkish Masters has ended, and a total of 9 Chinese players have advanced to the second round, namely Ding Junhui, Yan Bingtao, Zhao Xintong, Liang Wenbo, Zhou Yuelong, Wu Yize, Si Jiahui, Yuan Sijun, Lu Ning, and at the same time, the second round also has four matches, and four players have advanced to the round of 16, namely Matthew Sert, John Higgins, Graeme Dort, and China's 19-year-old Scout Scarlett, but it is regrettable that the Chinese genius Zhao Xintong is out of the cold. Missed the third round.
At present, Zhao Xintong is ranked 7th in the world, is the world's highest-ranked Chinese player, has won two ranking championships this season, and has also locked in the World Championship seats in advance, as well as the qualification for the Tour Championship, but since the German Masters won the championship, Zhao Xintong's state has fluctuated, and his performance on the defensive end is not stable enough. In the second round of the Turkish Masters, Zhao Xintong played against Matthew Cilt, the first four sets, both of them had more mistakes, but Matthew Serte still led 3-1 on aggregate to enter the half-time. In the fifth set, Matthew Selter scored another 70-pointer to take the lead 4-1 on aggregate. In the sixth set, Zhao Xintong saved a match point 67-22. In the seventh set, Matthew Sert did not give Zhao Xintong too many opportunities, and directly scored a single 80 points to lock in the victory, thus winning 5-2 on aggregate.
At the same time, the 19-year-old Scarlett has brought surprises to everyone, to know that this Turkish Masters, Scarlett is an amateur player, in the previous competition eliminated the seeded player McGill, the second round against Tom Ford. After the game began, Scarlett played a single 60 points to win two consecutive sets, after which Scarlett also stepped up the offensive, consecutively blasted out a single shot of 93 points and 50 points, with an aggregate score of 4-0 to take the lead to get the match point, back at halftime, Tom Ford played a single 54 points to win back a set, the sixth inning, Scarlett did not give the opponent any chance, ended the game with a single score of 68 points, thus winning 5-1 on aggregate, becoming the first Chinese player to advance to the round of 16.
In the second round, China's Famous Ding Junhui will play against Karen Wilson, if Ding Junhui can win, he will compete with Scarlett for a place in the top 8, but Ding Junhui has lost 5 consecutive games against Karen Wilson, which shows that this will be a big test for Ding Junhui. At the same time, another Chinese star Liang Wenbo will play against Trump, the two have met many times before, the last 8 times Trump has won, it can be seen that Liang Wenbo's challenges are not small.