On March 25, 2022, Beijing time, the first day of the Snooker Gibraltar Open ended, and China's young player Lu Haotian played well, playing three 4-0, easily winning three consecutive wins, and he and Ding Junhui took the lead in advancing to the round of 16. However, Zhao Xintong, who had high hopes before the game, was upset and completely missed the extra prize money of the European series.
On the first match day, due to weather and other reasons, many Chinese players temporarily withdrew from the competition, such as Pang Junxu, Wu Yize, Si Jiahui and Chang Bingyu. In addition, although Li Xing and Xu Si did not take the initiative to withdraw from the game, the two did not arrive at the match site on time and were finally sentenced to lose 0-4.
Ding Junhui took the lead and he was in good shape, eliminating Mark Lloyd 4-0 in the first round. In the second round, he shot a one-shot breaker to eliminate Gary Wilson 4-1. In the third round, Ding Junhui continued to work hard, shooting a four-shot 50+ to eliminate Alan Hill 4-1. In this way, Ding Junhui won 3 consecutive three-game victories and advanced to the round of 16 first. During this time, Ding Junhui's training intensity was very large, and his state rebounded significantly.
In addition to Ding Junhui, there is another Chinese player who has advanced to the round of 16, that is, young player Lu Haotian. In the first round, Lu Haotian beat Alan Taylor 4-0. In the second round, Lu Haotian scored a shot to break the hundred, eliminating Ross Muir 4-0. In the third round, Lu Haotian shot two hundreds, including a single 130 points, to eliminate Michael Georgiou 4-0. Lu Haotian easily won 3 consecutive wins, with a total score of 12-0 to advance to the round of 16, which is quite strong.
Unfortunately, Zhao Xintong, who had high hopes before the game, was out of the game. In the first round of the competition, Zhao Xintong was in a fiery state and had a particularly high accuracy, eliminating Jamie Clark 4-1 with the performance of breaking 100 and 50+ with four strokes. In the second round, Zhao Xintong suddenly fell into a slump, only shot a 76 points, and there were many mistakes at both ends of the attack and defense, and finally lost 1-4 to Chris Walkerlin, missing the round of 32. Zhao Xintong, who was out early, completely missed the extra prize money of the European Series.
In addition, Xiao Guodong and Zhang Anda both won in the first round, and the two staged a derby in the second round, Zhang Anda blasted a single shot of 138 points, eliminating Xiao Guodong 4-2. However, in the third round against Jamie Jones, Anda Zhang lost three consecutive sets in a 2-1 lead, and regretted to be out of the round of 2-4, missing the round of 16. Liang Wenbo failed to continue his previous good form, losing 2-4 to Neil Robertson and suffering a round trip!