6 Chinese players played, and only 2 post-00s players advanced! Yuan Sijun Lei Peifan attacked the qualification for the main competition. The third round of the 2022 Snooker World Championship Qualification Tournament has all ended, although the Chinese Legion has 15 players, but 10 people have been eliminated, only 5 people have advanced to the fourth round, in the first two days of the game, Lu Haotian, Zhou Yuelong, Ding Junhui have advanced to the fourth round, the remaining Pang Junxu, Yuan Sijun, Xiao Guodong, Gao Yang, Lei Peifan, Cao Yupeng are the last 6 Chinese players in the third round.
Originally, everyone expected the last 6 Chinese players to bring more surprises to everyone, but only Yuan Sijun and Lei Peifan won, Xiao Guodong lost to Grace 4-6, Cao Yupeng lost to Milkins 3-6, Gao Yang lost to Carter 4-6, and Pang Junxu lost to Dort 1-6. Yuan Sijun played Ryan Dai in the third round, the two have only met once before, and in the first round of the 2018 European Masters, Ryan Dai won 4-1. In this game, Ryan Day scored a single 69 points to win the first set. In the second set, Yuan Sijun pulled back a set 59-13. From the third set, Yuan Sijun controlled the situation on the field, continuously blasted out a single shot of 106 points, 126 points, 120 points, three consecutive sets of clean sheets against the opponent, after which Yuan Sijun did not give the opponent any chance, soon won the total score 6-1, in the case of losing a set first, Yuan Sijun won 6 consecutive rounds to advance, which shows that Yuan Sijun is in a very good state now.
19-year-old Repefan in the third round against the Swiss player Ussenbach, the first set, both of them have more mistakes, Repefan won a set 76-40 first, and then Repefan found the feel, consecutive shot 51 points, 66 points to win two consecutive sets, the total score of 3-0 lead. In the fourth set, Ussenbach pulled back the set 57-33. Back at halftime, Ussenbach scored a single 50 consecutive points to win two consecutive sets with 61 points, bringing the total score to a 3-3 draw. In the seventh set, Lei Peifan won 65-29 with multiple starts. In the eighth set, the two were locked in a battle, and at the critical moment, Ussenbach made a mistake, and Lei Peifan seized the opportunity to complete the super score, winning the set 58-39. In the ninth set, Repefan scored a single shot of 53 points to seal the win, thus winning 6-3 on aggregate and advancing to the fourth round. This article is original by Xiao Lizi, please do not copy or port.
The fourth round will use a 19-game 10-win system, which will be a great test for Chinese players, who must maintain a stable psychological quality and play their best in order to qualify, hoping that Ding Junhui can lead the remaining Chinese players to continue to move forward.