On the morning of May 6-7, Beijing time, the 2022 World Snooker Veterans Championship ended the third day of competition at the Crucible Theatre in Sheffield, England. "Emperor of Billiards" Hendry made his debut and lost to Lee Walker 0-3 and missed the round of 8. Irish superstar Ken Dahdi and "White Whirlwind" Jimmy White and other famous players have won to reach the quarter-finals.
Stephen Hendry, once the absolute king of Crucible, set a legendary record of seven professional snooker world championships in 1999 and enjoyed this honor for 23 years, only to be caught up by O'Sullivan a few days ago. However, the "Rockets"'s achievement of leveling the 7th crown this time objectively has a great impact on Hendry's follow-up - not only does external public opinion believe that O'Sullivan will henceforth become the first person in snooker history who has no objections, but even Higgins and the World Taiwan Federation have officially said that the historical status dispute between Hendry and O'Sullivan has ended, and O'Sullivan has used the seventh crown of the World Championship to quell the few remaining disputes before.
Because of the above background, although the level of competition in the World Snooker Elders Tournament is limited, Hendry's re-battle against Fort Klein is still more interesting. Hendry and Eight other players, including Jimmy White, Parlot and Dahdi, started in the second round, and Hendry's opponent was Lee Walker, who is currently ranked 91st in the professional system, who easily passed the first round 3-0.
After the game began, Hendry won the first set, but he only scored 9 points; Lee Walker was in a brave state, soaring a single shot of 121 points to win the opening red - this 121 points is the first single score of the tournament, and it is also the highest single score so far. In the second set, Hendry improved his hand and scored 35 points, but that wasn't enough to win, and Lee Walker went down with a sharp 63-shot offense. The pace of the third set slowed down, and Lee Walker was still in control, winning again 64-27 to eliminate the Emperor of Billiards from the tournament on aggregate.
The remaining quarter-final results were: defending champion David Lee turned the tables around 2-0 and beat Philip Williams 3-2; "Assassin" Holt blasted two 60+ to beat Morgan 3-1; Dahdi Treasure knife was not old, scoring two 70+, 3-1 Nick Vine Cooper; Jimmy White also had a good offense, shooting a 67 and a 79-shot, 3-0 victory over Egypt's Tallat; and the 56-year-old Bond beat John Parot 3-0. Two other matches will be held today.
The quarter-finals against the first half were already clear, with David Lee taking on Holt and Lee Walker against Dahdi. In the second half, Jimmy White will play the winner between McCloud and Joe Johnson, and Bond's opponent will be between Peter Lyns and Feltless.