The 2022 Snooker Key Gibraltar Open has finally kicked off, which is not only related to the qualification of some players in the Tour Championship and the World Championship, but also the ownership of the additional prize money of 150,000 pounds.
The Gibraltar Open is the final leg of the Wade Series, and so far eleven players have had the opportunity to compete for an additional jackpot of £150,000, including Zhao Xintong, O'Sullivan, Higgins, Trump and many others.
Since this extra jackpot has already determined the range of players, the players have made a large-scale withdrawal as the tournament is about to start, with Mark Williams, Stephen Maguire, Anthony McGill, and many other top 16 players announcing their withdrawal.
The Chinese snooker team also encountered a lot of trouble before the start of the game, at first only Yan Bingtao announced his retirement, but just when the opening match began, Chinese young players Li Xing and Xu Si were unable to arrive at the stadium on time because of visas and finally had no choice but to quit the game.
According to the news report in front, because Gibraltar suffered bad weather that affected the safe landing of flights, they had no choice but to reserve to Manila first, but because some players had no visas and could only be forced to return to the United Kingdom, there were Chinese players such as Li Xing, Xu Si, Pang Junxu, Wu Yize, etc., and they had no choice but to withdraw from the Gibraltar Open.
Interestingly, the flight also included O'Sullivan, Zhao Xintong, Xiao Guodong and others, who ate together and took a group photo after safely landing in Manila, but the poor other players could only get out early because they did not have visas.
Fortunately, this vignette did not affect the mood of other Chinese players, and Xiao Guodong, who took the lead, played a 50+ performance against Deforin, but still won easily 4-2 to advance to success.
Another game between Zhang Anda and Barry and Hawkins was very exciting, the difference in ranking between the two was nearly eighty, but Zhang Anda played far better than Hawkins in the whole game, and finally the two sides fought until the decider Zhang Anda 4-3 thrilling promotion.
"China's snooker brother" Ding Junhui also ushered in the debut, in the game against amateur player Lloyd, Ding Junhui can be said to occupy a huge advantage in the whole field, due to the difference in strength between the two Ding Junhui is also a 4-0 clean sheet speed win continues to attack the first crown of the season.
Since the Gibraltar Open is the format of the tournament, the players will quickly proceed to the next round of matches without too much rest after the promotion, and it is hoped that the Chinese snooker Army will maintain its energy and do its best to win excellent results.