On April 7, 2022, the Snooker World Championship entered a white-hot stage, the second round of the qualifiers began, the Chinese derby was staged again, Lu Haotian and Xu Si began to compete, Lu Haotian fell behind 1-3 to complete the reversal, blasted out a single shot to break the hundred, and finally eliminated Xu Si 6-4, successfully meeting Lu Ning, Mark. Allen son Robbie. McQuegen was eliminated, losing six straight sets to post-90s star Scott. Donaldson.
Lu Haotian, 24 years old, ranked 64th in the world, and his career best was the runner-up in the rankings, when he lost to Matthew. Serte, who needs to fight for relegation through this World Championship to ensure professional qualification next season, once reached the round of 16 at the World Championships, against Xu Si, who is ranked 97th in the world, who once reached the final four of the ranking tournament and eventually lost to Higgins and missed the final.
Both Chinese players played at their best level, many times completed the single-shot win, the quality of this derby is very high, if not drawn together, both have the opportunity to advance to the third round, the first set Xu Si played a single 62 points, 76-31 to take the lead, in the second set Lu Haotian played a single 82 points also in color, Xu Si played a single 82 points, 79 points to win two consecutive sets, to take a 3-1 lead, into the intermission.
After returning, Lu Haotian did not want to show weakness, played a single 57 points to chase back a round, the sixth set Lu Haotian played a single 93 points to equalize, the seventh set Lu Haotian took advantage of the situation to chase, once again grasped the mobile phone meeting, played a single 67 points to win another round, the eighth set Lu Haotian got started many times, won the fight 67-30, 5-3 to get the match point, which is also the only round without a single stroke 50+ in the whole game between the two sides, the process is really wonderful.
In the ninth set, Lu Haotian only scored 24 points to interrupt the attack, Xu Si withstood the pressure, played a single 65 points, and then Lu Haotian blasted out a single shot of 115 points to lock in the victory, and finally fell behind 1-3 to complete the reversal, 6-4 eliminated Xu Si, and then Lu Haotian's opponent was Lu Ning, regardless of the result, a Chinese player was determined in advance to advance, and as long as Lu Haotian could maintain his current state, he had the opportunity to advance to the main tournament.
Scott. Donaldson blasted out a single shot with 139 points to win six straight clean sheets for Robbie. McQuegen, so far seeded player Mark McQueen. Allen's son and ex-wife were eliminated, a result that was expected, with all four female snooker players eliminated in the first round.
After Lu Haotian's promotion, there are now 10 Chinese players who need to participate in the second round of the qualification round, namely Tian Pengfei, Cao Yupeng, Pang Junxu, Zhang Anda, Zhang Jiankang, Yuan Sijun, Gao Yang, Lei Peifan, Si Jiahui, Wu Yize, as for Ding Junhui, Fan Zhengyi, Zhou Yuelong, Li Xing, Lu Ning, Xiao Guodong, they started directly from the third round and won two consecutive promotion matches.