Beijing time on April 13 news, in the case of the whole field of 7 strokes 50+, Zhou Yuelong still lost, the big score of 7-10 defeated the ranking of 6 champions Maguire, so it was not available for the 2022 Snooker World Championship, a pity!
From the perspective of the comparison of strength and fame, facing Maguire in this game, Zhou Yuelong is undoubtedly an unpromising party. Although Zhou Yuelong is also young and famous, he once played a single 147 full score in the Indian Open, and once reached the final of the European Masters, but compared with Maguire, Zhou Yuelong is still a lot inferior, you know, Maguire has long been in the top 16 in the world, and even ranked in the top 10 in the world for a long time, has won 6 ranking championships, and is the winner of the 6 championships of the ranking competition.
Zhou Yuelong and Maguire both started from the third round of the qualifiers, Zhou Yuelong eliminated Zhang Anda, and Maguire eliminated Zhang Jiankang. In the final round of the qualifiers, Maguire and Zhou Yuelong met. In the opening stage, Zhou Yuelong entered the state faster, playing 68 points and 59 points in a row, winning the first two sets in a row and building a 2-0 advantage. However, Maguire responded strongly in the third set, breaking 104 points to win!
Subsequently, Zhou Yuelong also blasted a shot to break 110 points, continuing to maintain the advantage of leading in the 2 innings. The next four consecutive innings became the first turning point of the game, with Maguire winning four consecutive sets 84-21, 59 points + 62 points, 54-9, 76-7, and turning the tide 5-3. In the ninth set, Zhou Yuelong stopped the decline 63-45. In the tenth inning, Maguire blasted a single shot to win by 137 points. In the eleventh set, Zhou Yuelong scored 57 points in a single shot and was reversed by Maguire 71-57, which was very demoralizing!
Zhou Yuelong scored 69 points in a single shot to win the twelfth set. In the thirteenth set, Maguire scored 58 points and Zhou Yuelong scored 72 points to reverse. In the fourteenth inning, 88-9, Maguire won. In the fifteenth inning, Zhou Yuelong scored 66 points, 77-0, and made a final effort. Maguire won the sixteenth and seventeenth sets 69-4, 65-0, and the score was 10-7 Ton Zhou Yuelong to advance to the World Championships.