On April 8, the second round of the 2022 World Snooker Championship qualification tournament continued, with three players from the Chinese legion appearing, led by Cao Yupeng, who had landed in the Crucible main tournament, plus Yuan Sijun and Gao Yang, who performed well in the competition, defeated their opponents and successfully advanced to the third round. Among them, The 17-year-old young player Gao Yang, who fell behind 1-3 at one point in the game, won five consecutive sets in the second half and achieved a big reversal in the form of "five consecutive whips". So far, 13 members of the Chinese Legion have qualified for the third round, and another 4 will appear on April 9 to attack the third round of qualification.
Cao Yupeng, who had advanced to the main tournament of the Snooker World Championship in 2012, and also defeated the 11th seed Allen in the first round of that year to advance to the round of 16, Cao Yupeng, who played in the World Championship qualifiers again, was also his first season after experiencing a suspension. Now ranked 70th in the world, he needs to go through three rounds of qualification tests, from the second round of Cao Yupeng, the opponent is English Chinese, former professional Lin Shanfeng, in the game, Cao Yupeng performed steadily, five sets played a single shot 50+ data, and finally won 6-1 easily, successfully advanced to the third round, the next round will be against Milkins.
After the 00s youngster Yuan Sijun, following the first round of the first round of 6-3 victory over Former Scottish professional Ross Muir, this round against England's Player and World No. 75 Walhas. In the game, the two were equally divided into 2-2 draws in the first half, and entered the second half, Yuan Sijun began to exert his strength, played two 60+, and finally won again with a big score of 6-3 and strong promotion. In the third round, Yuan Sijun will challenge the world's 22nd-ranked Welsh star Ryan Day, which will be an uphill battle and another test for him.
Born in 2004, Gao Yang, who qualified for professional competitions at the age of 17, ranked 74th in the world, played from the third round against Welsh amateur Emery, who advanced in the first round. In the first half, Gao Yang performed poorly, once 1-3 behind, but from the second half, Gao Yang gradually found the feel, won five consecutive sets, and played a break hundred, a single shot 102 points, plus a single shot of 89 points and 64 points, in the form of "five consecutive whips", a direct wave took away the victory, 6-3 completed the big reversal. In the third round, he will challenge two-time World Championship runner-up "Captain" Carter.
After achieving a record of three total victories in one day, as many as 13 members of the Chinese Legion have qualified for the third round, and today there will be the last four remaining players in the second round to join forces to attack the third round qualification, they are Pang Junxu, Lei Peifan, Wu Yize and Si Jiahui. That is to say, the Chinese legion has at least 13 people to impact the qualifying round of the decider, plus there have been three derby civil wars, and 3 decisive round seats have been locked in advance. It is expected that the Chinese team can have a good performance and create a new record for the number of participants in the world championship.