In the third round of the 2022 Snooker World Championship Qualifiers, Cao Yupeng played against Robert Milkins, and in the end, Cao Yupeng stopped the qualifiers 3-6, and Milkins was strongly promoted. It is worth mentioning that in the second set of this game, Cao Yupeng was once out of control because of his dissatisfaction with the referee's reset, and directly smashed the table in anger.
China's post-90s star Cao Yupeng was once banned (I believe the reason is known to everyone, right?). After his comeback, his state can not be said to be too good, it is an ups and downs, he ranked 70th in the world, the world championship qualifiers from the second round, 6-1 easily eliminated Lin Shanfeng, into the third round.
The 46-year-old veteran Mirkins, who recently reached the final of the Gibraltar Open, defeated Karen Wilson 4-2 to win the first ranking tournament of his career and become the champion of the new ranking tournament, and is in good shape. The only previous meeting between the two was in 2012, a relatively old time, when Milkins won 4-0. Judging from the current rankings of the two, Mirkkins is still stronger, and Cao Yupeng also has a chance to advance.
In the first set, Milkins won 40-38, and in the second set, Cao Yupeng was not in good shape, and Milkins struggled to take another city 59-50, leading 2-0. In the third and fourth sets, Milkins won two consecutive games with 65 points and 69 points in a row, and in the first half, Cao Yupeng was already 0-4 behind and extremely passive.
In the second half, Cao Yupeng adjusted in time, with 64 consecutive points, 80 points and 52 points in a row, winning three consecutive sets and chasing the big score to 3-4, and the situation looked better. However, in the crucial eighth and ninth innings, Milkins withstood the pressure, winning two consecutive sets 70-0 and 56-43, directly eliminating Cao Yupeng 6-3.
Cao Yupeng smashed the table in the second set instantly...