In the fourth round of the World Snooker Championship qualification tournament, which ended in the early morning of April 13, 2022, Beijing time, China's brother Ding Junhui defeated David Liri to advance to the main tournament with a single score of 137 points, 76 points, 59 points, 62 points and 59 points. In other matches that ended in the same time period, Stephen Maguire advanced with a single score of 137, 104, 59, 62 and 58 points to beat China's Zhou Yuelong 10-7. Michael White advanced to the main event at the World Championships with a 10-8 victory over Jordan Brown on a single 85, 56, 66, 71 and 87 points.
Ding Junhui fired at full force to defeat LiLi 10-7
In the match between Ding Junhui and David Lili, both men were in very good shape. As soon as the game began, Ding Junhui took a 2-0 lead with a single 137-point clean sheet and a single shot 76 points 76:40 in two consecutive sets. Liri then tied 2-2 with Ding Junhui with 61 points 86:32 and 60 points 89:3. Immediately after, Ding Junhui won the set 77:17 to take a 3-2 lead. Liri took a 4-3 lead in two consecutive innings with 80-41 and 68 points, 56 points and 124-0. Ding Junhui won the next set with 59 points and 84-0 in the next set to draw 4-4 with Li Li. Liri then took a 7-4 lead with 85 points, 85:6, 54 points and 64 points, 118:7, and 95:33 on par 71. But in the following matches, Ding Junhui defeated Liri 10-7 with a single shot 59 points 78:1, single shot 62 points 77:13, 68:8, 70:38, single shot 76 points 76:38 and single shot 56 points 67:1 to advance to the World Championships.
Maguire felt hot and beat Zhou Yuelong 10-7
In the match between Maguire and Zhou Yuelong, the two men were also in excellent form, but Zhou Yuelong was obviously inexperienced. As soon as the game began, Zhou Yuelong won two consecutive sets to take a 2-0 lead with a single shot of 68 points 72:31 and a single score of 59 points of 76:3. Maguire then scored 104 points to trail Zhou Yuelong 1-2. Zhou Yuelong blasted a single shot 110 points 110:5 to the next city to take a 3-1 lead. Next, Maguire won four consecutive sets of 84:21, par 59 points and 62 points 121:1, 54:9, 76:7 to take a 5-3 lead. Zhou Yuelong then trailed Maguire 4-5 in a set 63:45, and Maguire scored 137 points and 71:57 to take a 7-4 lead in two consecutive sets. Zhou Yuelong single-shot 69 points 69:31, single shot 72 points 72:58 trailed Maguire 6-7 in two consecutive sets. Maguire led Zhou Yuelong 8-6 with 88:9, and Zhou Yuelong single-handedly scored 61 points and 77:0 to chase another set to leave Maguire 7-8. Next, Maguire beat Zhou Yuelong 10-7 with performances of 69:4 and 65:0.
White stubbornly beat Brown 10-8 to advance
In the match between Michael White and Jordan Brown, White's performance was very tenacious. At the start of the game, White took a 2-0 lead in two consecutive sets with 74-2 and 74-28 performances. Brown then tied White 2-2 with 89-24 on 62 points and 74-52 on a single score of 56 points. White then scored a 105-20 run with 85 points to set a 3-2 lead. Brown set a 4-3 lead with 81-12 and 84-1 scores of 59 points. White went on to beat Brown 55-12, 61-17 in the next two sets, 5-4. Brown took a 6-5 lead in the next two innings with a 64-23 and 130-point clean sheet. Not to be outdone, White blasted a 56-pointer to draw 6-6 with The Browns at 85-11. Brown had no intention of drawing with his opponent to take the next set 70-27 to establish a 7-6 lead. White then quickly took a 9-6 lead with a superb performance of 66 points 67:39, single shot 71 points 71:48 and single score 87 points to keep a clean sheet. Although Brown then pulled back a city 61:20, White won the 18th game 53:44 and beat Brown 10-8 to advance to the regular table.