The 2021-2022 Snooker World Championship Qualification Tournament entered the ninth matchday competition on the 12th, the Chinese team performed poorly overall in the third round of the competition, only 5 of the 15 players played in the fourth round, and the remaining nine people performed poorly regrettably stopped the World Championship qualification, of which in the nine "foreign wars" only the youngsters Yuan Sijun and Lei Peifan defeated Ryan Day and Ussenbach respectively to advance to the fourth round, and the other seven were eliminated after losing to their respective opponents. In the three "civil wars" between Chinese players, Ding Junhui, Lu Haotian and Zhou Yuelong defeated Tian Pengfei, Lu Ning and Zhang Anda respectively to advance to the decider round, so that five players of the Chinese Legion will attack the main tournament seats. The 16 world championship qualification matches will be held in two match days, and China's Ding Junhui, Zhou Yuelong and Lu Haotian will be the first to appear in today's competition.
18:00 Beijing time on April 12, 2022 and 00:00 on April 13, 2022
Allen Taylor vs Scott Donaldson
Dominic Dell vs Lu Haotian
Stephen Maguire vs Zhou Yuelong
Michael White vs Jordan Brown
Matthew Celt vs Tachaia Unu
Tom Ford vs Jamie Jones
David Leary vs Ding Junhui
Joe O'Connor vs Astra Hugel
Lu Haotian's fourth round opponent is Dominic Dale, who has won three championships in his career, but in recent years the competitiveness is not as good as before, this year's 51-year-old Dale was directly promoted to the last round of competition because Liang Wenbo was banned, and this round of competition and Lu Haotian to compete for the main place may not be so good luck. Lu Haotian is still in good shape this time, after defeating two teammates in a row to advance to the decider round, he needs to prove himself in the "foreign war" in the last round of the qualification round, last year Lu Haotian broke through several levels to enter the World Championship main tournament, but the first round was eliminated, this year's World Championship Lu Haotian naturally desires to play in the main tournament again. Objectively speaking, Lü Haotian still has a certain advantage against Dale, after all, the latter is old, energy and physical strength can not be compared with Lu Haotian, the World Championship qualifier decisive round is a 19-game 10-win system, which is very favorable to the younger Lu Haotian. Of course, this does not mean that Lu Haotian will be smooth sailing when he enters the main game of the World Championships, after all, Dominic Dell has a certain strength, and Lu Haotian needs to be prepared for difficulties.
Ding Junhui's fourth round opponent is David Lili, from the world ranking point of view, Ding Junhui occupies an absolute advantage, if there is no accident, Ding Junhui is expected to lock in a regular match seat, Ding Junhui is also the most promising player among the three Chinese players on this matchday to win and advance, of course, the game mainly depends on the on-field play. Ding Junhui has been in a good state of mind in recent times, and he has ushered in an outbreak at the end of the season, he has performed well at the Turkish Masters and the Gibraltar Open, which makes the outside world have great expectations for Ding Junhui, and ding Junhui defeated teammate Tian Pengfei in the last round of the game, and he is in good shape. Ding Junhui's opponent David Lili is an amateur in this round, but in the last round of the competition, he eliminated the Norwegian famous Ma Fulin, which has a certain impact, and Ding Junhui, although the strength is superior, can not be careless. Although the world ranking has slipped to 29th, Ding Junhui is still the most concerned among Chinese players, if Ding Junhui fails to break into the main world championship, then the world championship will lack a lot of points of view and attention.
Ding Junhui is expected to advance, and "Sichuan Ding Junhui" Zhou Yuelong is a strong opponent, Zhou Yuelong's fourth round opponent is "Little Brother Maguire", Maguire's world ranking has long been in the top ten in the world, due to poor performance this season, his world ranking fell out of the top 16, had to start from the World Championship qualifications, the last round of the game Maguire defeated The Chinese player Zhang Jiankang, and Zhou Yuelong defeated teammate Zhang Anda, both of them are in good shape. From the perspective of world rankings, Maguire undoubtedly occupies a certain advantage, Zhou Yuelong wants to "pull teeth out of the tiger's mouth" needs some luck components, but although the ranking is not higher than the opponent, this does not mean that Zhou Yuelong has no hope of winning, this season Maguire is not in good shape, although Zhou Yuelong is not much better, but this at least shows that both sides have a chance to win. Compared with Ding Junhui and Lu Haotian, Zhou Yuelong's opponents are undoubtedly more powerful and the most difficult to win, and we expect Zhou Yuelong to have a better performance in the competition.