In the fourth round of the World Snooker Championship qualification tournament, which just ended on April 13, 2022, Beijing time, Chinese youngster Lu Haotian defeated "Astros" Dominique Dale 10-4 with a single shot of 63 points, 56 points, 80 points, 81 points and 55 points to successfully advance to the main tournament. In other games that ended in the same period, Scott Donaldson advanced with a 10-1 win over Alan Taylor with 132, 68, 96 and two 55 points. Jamie Jones advanced to the regular tournament by beating TomFord 10-5 with 100, 71 and 57 points.
Lu Haotian won seven straight sets to beat Dell 10-4
In the match between Lu Haotian and Dale, Lu Haotian played a very good level of competition. As soon as the game began, Lu Haotian took a 2-0 lead with 63 points and 56 points in a row with 86:8 and 87:1. Subsequently, Dell scored 60 points to win the set 60-5 and trail Lu Haotian 1-2. Immediately after, Lu Haotian took a 4-1 lead in two consecutive sets with a 58:54 and 80-point performance. Next, Lu Haotian won a 9-1 lead and won the match point with a 68:54, 69:9 and 80-point clean sheet, as well as 63:16, 55 points and 73:26. In the 11th inning, Dell single-handedly blasted 94 points to trail Lu Haotian 2-9. In the 12th set, Dell scored 110 points and 110:1 to win the set 3-9 behind Lu Haotian. In the 13th set, Dell single-handedly 67 points clean sheet opponents trailed Lu Haotian 4-9. In the 14th set, Lu Haotian scored 64 points to defeat Dell 10-4 with a 73:0 clean sheet to advance to the main game.
Donaldson went all out to wash Taylor 10-1 in blood
In the match between Donaldson and Taylor, Donaldson showed excellent competitive form. As soon as the game started, Donaldson took a 2-0 lead in two consecutive sets with performances of 58:11 and 65:26. Next, Donaldson blasted a 132-pointer to 132-4, a single-shot 68-77-1, and a single-shot 96-point 118-14 to lead Taylor 5-0. Taylor then beat Donaldson, who scored 55 points, 72-55 to make it 1-5. Next, Donaldson scored 55 points 63-8, 61-40 and 65-30 in three consecutive sets to take an 8-1 lead over Taylor. In the 9th inning, Donaldson won the set 68:47 to lead Taylor 9-1 to get the match point. In the 11th set, Donaldson won the set 69:36 to beat Alan Taylor 10-1 to advance to the main stage of the World Championships.
Jones won seven straight games to beat Ford 10-5 to advance
In the game between Jamie Jones and Tomford, Jones showed excellent situation control. As soon as the game started, he took a 1-0 lead with a 74-33 performance. He then took a 2-0 lead with a 101-0 clean sheet by 100 points. He then won five consecutive games at 78:54, 71-71, 59:52, 70:35 and 61:1 to take a 7-0 lead with seven straight wins. Then, Ford won three consecutive games with 82-36, 55 points, 57-15 and 63-22 to make it 3-7 behind Jones. In the 11th set, Jones took an 8-3 lead after several starts and then won the set 70-23. In the 12th inning, Forde single-handedly struck a 123-point clean sheet for Jones to trail his opponent 4-8. In the 13th set, Jones scored 57 points to win the set 74-5 to take a 9-4 lead over Forde to get the match point first. In the 14th set, Ford won the set 76:44 to determine that he was 5-9 behind Jones. In the 15th inning, Jones blasted out 66 points to win the set 67-9 to eliminate Ford 10-5.