On March 26, 2022, Beijing time, the Snooker Gibraltar Open continued, and in the quarterfinals, Ding Junhui failed to continue his previous strength, losing 1-4 to Karen Wilson and missing the final four. The winning Karen Wilson continues to reserve hopes of qualifying for the Tour Championship, where he will face the in-form Richie Wharton in the semi-finals.
With Trump and Neil Robertson out, the battle for extra prize money in the European series is focused on Higgins and Richie Wharton, who must win in Gibraltar if he wants to take an extra £150,000 jackpot from Higgins. He did show good competitive form, and after eliminating Trump, he eliminated Jamie Jones in the quarter-finals.
Facing Jamie Jones, Riche Walton maintained a good offensive feel, shooting 69, 66 and 70 points to easily beat his opponents 4-1 and advance to the Final Four. In this way, Richie Walton only needs to win two more games to surpass Higgins and get extra prize money for the European Series and qualification for the Tour Championship. In addition, once Rich Walton wins the title, he will be able to obtain a seeding place at the World Championship.
In the following semi-finals, Richie Walton's opponent was Karen Wilson, and world number five Karen Wilson, although missing the extra prize money for the European Series, had the opportunity to qualify for the Tour Championship. Simply put, the final spot on the Tour will be in Higgins, Richie Walton and Karen Wilson. Richie Wharton and Karen Wilson spoke directly, and the losing side fell behind early.
Karen Wilson is also in hot form, facing Ding Junhui, Karen Wilson played well at both ends of the attack and defense, and the ability to seize opportunities was indeed very strong, and finally eliminated Ding Junhui 4-1. It is a pity that Ding Junhui felt hot before, 4-0 elimination of Jimmy Robertson that game, Ding Junhui played three consecutive shots to break the hundred, but just two hours later, Ding Junhui felt nothing, 1-4 defeat.
In the second half, veteran Robert Milkins continued his magical journey, scoring a single 90 and 58 points to eliminate Ben Han cowan 4-2 to advance to the final four. In the semi-finals, Robert Mirkins' opponent was Jack Jones, who made a big upset and swept Bingham 4-0. The 45-year-old world champion Bingham was in hot form, he had previously played a single 147, facing the average jack Jones, bingham in the back-to-back game was a bit tired, 0-4 upset out.
The Gibraltar Open then proceeded to the semi-finals, with Richie Wharton vs. Karen Wilson in the first half and Jack Jones vs. Robert Mirkins in the bottom half.