On the evening of 12 April, the Snooker World Championship Qualifiers entered the final round of competition, which was a 10-win system of 19 innings, with the first stage playing nine sets and the second stage playing until the end. China's post-90s young player Lu Haotian took the lead in the game against the famous Dominique Dell, performed well in the game against the famous Dominique Dell, blasted out 4 strokes 50+, 7-2 in the half, a sharp lead over the opponent, as long as the second half wins 3 more sets can be promoted to the main game, which can be described as promotion in sight. Ding Junhui was a bit surprised, trailing amateur David Liri 4-5 at halftime.
Although Dell is currently ranked 59th in the provisional ranking, but once also scenery, holding two ranking championships, is a more competitive player, but now hindered by the age, the competitive state is unstable, Lu Haotian has reached the final of the ranking competition, and has also entered Crucible twice, and there is no lack of "decisive day" experience. At the beginning of the game, Lu Haotian hit 2 pars 50+ in a row, leading 2-0, innings 3 Dale played a single 60 points to win back a set, in the 4th set Lu Haotian completed the kill with a 58-54 innings, took a 3-1 lead before the break, returned from the break Lu Haotian single-shot 80 points to expand the score, the 6th set in the case of Dale played a single 54 to complete a single reversal, the 7th-9 set Lu Haotian played another 81 points, the total score was 8-1 far ahead.
Although Ding Junhui faced amateur players, but the other side performed bravely, the game was quite difficult, the start was still relatively smooth, the first set Ding Junhui single shot 137 points first, the second set Ding Junhui added another 76 points, quickly achieved a 2-0 lead, but then a little relaxed, Li Li in the 2nd set Ding Junhui super scored in the case of a good practice, and in the 3-4 round two consecutive 60+, before the break equalized, and then both sides maintained the rhythm of each win, playing a 4-4 draw, the last set of the first stage, Li Li scored 59 points to end the game directly, taking a 5-4 lead against Ding Junhui.