On March 11, the 2022 World Snooker Tour Turkey Masters began the third round of the 16-in-8 battle, in the second half of the four matches, the Chinese team twins Yan Bingtao and Zhou Yuelong played hand in hand, the two against Oliver Lanes and Trump respectively. As a result, both of them fought fiercely with their opponents to the decider, but unfortunately they failed to seize the opportunity, and both were killed, 4-5 out, and did not qualify for the quarterfinals. For Yan Bingtao, the loss is even greater, the world ranking can not return to the top 16, but also completely lost the qualification for the tour championship. In this regard, only Ding Junhui is left in the round of 8, and he will face Scotland's famous Dort.
In the first half of the season, Zhou Yuelong had the opportunity to qualify for the top 16 in the world rankings, but he failed to seize the opportunity, and in most of the games in the middle of the season, he failed to perform brilliantly, resulting in his continuous decline in the rankings, and now he has fallen to 24th. In the first round of the Turkish Masters, Zhou Yuelong performed decently, facing Fan Zhengyi, who had just won the European Masters championship not long ago, and as a result, in the case of 2-4 behind, he won three consecutive sets to complete a big reversal. In the second round, facing the seeded player and Belgian star Brechel, Zhou Yuelong also played to the decider, and once again completed the kill 5-4 and advanced to the round of 16.
In the past professional matches against Trump, Zhou Yuelong was in an absolute disadvantage, 7 meetings, he only won 1, the other 6 times lost, and even two 9-set 5-win matches, was swept by Trump 5-0. In this game, Zhou Yuelong began proactively, taking a 2-0 lead in the next two consecutive sets, including a single 91 point in the second set. In the third set, Trump scored 71 points to chase back an inning, and in the fourth set Zhou Yuelong wasted the opportunity to extend the lead, and was chased by Trump to a 2-2 draw. In the second half, Trump won another set to overtake the score, but Zhou Yuelong won two more consecutive sets to take a 4-3 lead to take the lead and get the match point. The tenacious Trump equalized, and in the decider, Zhou Yuelong was under too much pressure, made many mistakes, and was surpassed by Trump to complete the kill.
Before yan Bingtao, the world ranking has fallen out of the top 16, so the Turkish Masters is crucial for him, not only whether he can return to the top 16, but also the opportunity for him to hit the top eight of the single season and compete for the tour championship. Judging from the progress of his game, he stumbled and did not perform at his best, and in the second round, he achieved a reversal in the case of falling behind 3-4.
The opponent in the third round is Oliver Reines, who is only ranked 68th in the world, and in this game, he defeated Xiao Guodong 5-4 and Higginson 5-4 to advance to the round of 16. Against Yan Bingtao, the two were on par in the first half, drawing 2-2. However, at the beginning of the second half, Lynes won two consecutive sets and directly won a 4-2 match point opportunity. Yan Bingtao, who was forced into a desperate situation, shot two consecutive shots to break the hundred, chased to a 4-4 draw, and dragged into the decider. Unfortunately, in the decider, Yan Bingtao was too risky, missed the opportunity, and was completed by Lynes. Since Yan Bingtao did not register for the next Gibraltar Open, it means that Yan Bingtao lost the tour championship qualification in advance, and the world ranking will not be able to return to the top 16.