World number four Mark Selby won 4-2 in the last round against former sponsor Sam Craigie.
Selby is still vying to qualify for the upcoming Invitational Title and his next round opponent will be the winner between Hamademia and Luning.
The four-time king of Cruzburg revealed after the game that he had sponsored Craigie when he initially tried to become a professional. Although he praised the talent of world No. 47 Craigie, he fears Craigie may not be able to reach his potential.
Selby, 39, told reporters: "When he first started trying to make a career transfer, I was very patient with him for a while, but he didn't really put in training. ”
"He doesn't really have much money. I was with Mukesh [the former agent] at the time, and we promised him that we would fund him to go to some competitions and we made a point of putting him in a hotel near a club. That way, the distance between sleeping and training is much closer, so he gets more training time, but he doesn't come to the club until four o'clock in the afternoon to practice. We said we were willing to help him, but at the same time we didn't want to waste money and time. ”
"He has all the talent of an outstanding snooker genius. He has good skills and good grades. You watch some videos of his matches, and his performance on the field will amaze a lot of people. However, when you see such a player not playing to his talent, you can't help but feel frustrated. ”
2021 Northern Ireland Open runner-up John Higgins still beat Fagar O'Brien 4-2 with seasoned experience without the disadvantage of strong attacking firepower. He will battle Jackson Page for a spot in the Round of 32 in the next round. The Glasgow veteran Higgins scored two consecutive black goals and tackles on the way to winning the match.
World No. 12 Jaklisovsky lost 4-2 to Chinese veteran Li Xing. The latter took the lead with a single shot of 66 points to get a 2-0 start, and the former blasted a single shot of 80+127 points to erase the score, and then Li Xing magically won 2 consecutive rounds to send his opponent "to become the only TOP16 player who stopped in the qualification round of this tournament". Xiao Guodong scored two 50+ and one 101 to beat Thailand's Wangharutai 4-0. Zhou Yuelong and Li Junwei also completed the promotion task.