On March 10, 2022, Beijing time, the World Snooker Tour officially announced the list of wild cards to participate in the World Championship qualification tournament, and 16 amateur players were given the opportunity to participate, including the recently outstanding Chinese teenager Si Jiahui. In the ongoing Turkish Masters, Scarlett competed as an amateur player and successfully reached the round of 16, creating the best record of his career.
This season's World Championship qualifiers will take place from 4 to 13 April, with 128 players battling for 16 regular spots. The 128 players are mainly composed of two parts, the first is the professional player after the 16th place in the world ranking, followed by the 16 amateur players, that is, 16 wild cards. If individual players are unable to participate, they will be replaced by the top players in the Q School rankings.
A few days ago, the official announcement of the amateur players' participation list, the first place is the Chinese youngster Si Jiahui. This season, Scarlett lost his professional qualifications, but because of his high pick-up, he was given several opportunities to participate in professional competitions and performed well.
At the British Championship, Scarlett beat world champion Sean Murphy as an amateur, who was once very dissatisfied, believing that amateur players should not participate in professional competitions. Later, Sean Murphy offered to apologize. Scarlett was unaffected, winning several championships in amateur competitions, such as the 2nd leg of the World Taiwan Federation Q Tour Tour, in which Scarlett won the championship with a 5-4 victory over former professional Michael White.
There was also the recent WSF Championship, where Scarlett won the championship by beating Lee Stephens 5-0, which gave Scarlett two years of professional qualification. Starting next season, Scarlett will play in all competitions as a professional player.
In addition to defeating Sean Murphy, Scarlett also achieved good results in many professional competitions, the ongoing Turkish Masters, Scarlett not only broke into the main competition, but also defeated Anthony McGill and Tom Ford in succession to advance to the round of 16, he is the first Chinese player to advance to the round of 16. In addition, Scarlett has also beaten Gary Wilson, Dominic Dell and other famous players this season, scarlett has indeed made progress, and the future is worth looking forward to.
Next, first of all, I hope that Scarlett will continue to work hard at the Turkish Masters and strive to continue to create the best record of his career, and secondly, he will seize the opportunity in the World Championship qualifiers to attack the main seat.
In addition to Scarlett, there are also Lee Stephens, Daniel Wells, Michael White and other famous players to win the World Championship qualification opportunities, women's snooker World Championship champion Nucharut Wangharutai, famous Rebecca Kenner also won wild cards. I believe that this World Championship qualifier will be very exciting!