In the early morning of April 14, Beijing time, the last match day of the 2022 World Snooker Championship qualification tournament began to compete, and the last 8 seats that advanced to the main tournament were born. Two youngsters of the Chinese Legion, Yuan Sijun and Lei Peifan, joined forces to challenge England's Highfield and Iran's Wafi respectively. In the end, Yuan Sijun lost 7-10, and Lei Peifan suffered a 9-10 defeat in the decider, and both young players failed to achieve their World Championship debut.
Born on May 29, 2000, Yuan Sijun and Yan Bingtao are contemporaries, but the results of the two in the professional arena have been widened, and most of this season's Yuan Sijun ranking competition has hovered in the first two rounds, so the world ranking before the World Championships is only 86th. Also needing to start from the first round of the qualifiers, he defeated amateur Muir and Halworth in two 6-3 succession, and in the third round, he encountered the world's 22nd-ranked Welsh star Ryan Day, resulting in not only a 6-1 upset victory, but also a three-shot luxury data in three consecutive sets of the game to advance to the decider round.
The tiebreaker opponent was World No. 43 England's Highfield, who was ranked 43rd in the first stage with 9 innings, with the two performing equally well, with Yuan Sijun hitting two 60+ to win three consecutive sets and end with a 5-4 lead after falling behind 2-4. After the second stage, the overall feel of the two declined, the single score continued to decline, and the score has been tight. But after the 7-7 draw, Yuan Sijun fluctuated, and was won by Highfield through a consecutive one-shot victory, and played a hundred, a single 123 points, the first 9-7 lead to get the match point opportunity. In the last set, Yuan Sijun made consecutive major mistakes, and was repeatedly overscored by Highfield, and finally won the game 10-7! Yuan Sijun regretted being out of the game and did not have the opportunity to qualify for the main tournament.
At this point, in the main round of the 2022 Snooker World Championship, the chinese team participation list was officially determined, in addition to Zhao Xintong with the No. 7 seed, Yan Bingtao directly participated in the main tournament with the No. 16 seed, Ding Junhui and Lu Haotian passed the qualification test and obtained the ticket for the main tournament, and a total of 4 people will play. The draw ceremony for the Round of 32 of the World Championship will take place on April 14 at 6 p.m. Beijing time, so stay tuned.