On 24 March, the first round of the Gibraltar Open was held in a number of focus battles. Zhao Xintong's game did not encounter much test overall. In the first set, Clark staged a strong reversal, from 0-53 to 66-53 to complete the reversal, although scoring two points, but did not give Xiao Zhao a chance. The Chinese genius quickly returned to his senses, quickly down to three cities, including many single-shot 119 points, completed a 3-1 rebound, and also won the match point. In the 5th inning, Clark scored 44 points before the offense was interrupted. Zhao Xintong got up, scored the red ball in the left middle pocket, called the blue ball, and pushed forward smoothly. Next in the face of extremely difficult red balls, you can also fight strongly, and finally clear the table very smoothly, after scoring the pink ball, it has completely killed the game, 71-44, the last black ball is not played, does not affect the game. 4-1, Zhao Xintong completed the reversal strongly, eliminated Clark, and advanced to the second round.
Neil Robertson against Liang Wenbo. Sure enough, Robertson scored consecutive points to achieve a 3-0 lead. In the fourth set, after Robertson scored 42 points, Liang Wenbo scored 48 points, although it was interrupted, but Robertson failed to turn the tables. Liang Wenbo scored consecutive points to complete a difficult reversal and regain a city 1-3. In the 5th set, Liang Wenbo was in excellent shape, pulled back a city again, and the score came to 2-3, still very promising. Unfortunately, in the 6th set, Liang Wenbo failed to get a chance to get points, but unfortunately was out 2-4.
In other games, Lu Haotian completed the sweep 4-0, and Xiao Guodong also advanced 4-2. Zhang Anda staged a strong kill, defeating Barry Hawkins, who is ranked 9th in the world, 4-3 to qualify for the promotion. In addition, Ding Junhui eliminated amateur players 4-0, and the next round is about to pass Gary Wilson, which is extremely difficult.
China has already had 5 people advance to the second round and is looking forward to more good players to advance.