The 2022-2023 season of the Snooker Pro League ushered in the Northern Ireland Open matchup, in the final four, the Chinese legion Zhou Yuelong fought hard for three hours and fell behind 2-4, successfully defeated Gilbert, reached the semifinals, and became the only snooker seedling in China! Keep up the crown! Another Chinese player, Lu Haotian, was counterattacked!

Lu Haotian this Northern Ireland competition is also excellent, in the face of all kinds of strong opponents are also not afraid, Lu Haotian defeated two seeded players Brecel and Zhao Xintong in a row, the road to the final four is in his own hands, Lu Haotian four final battle is the Chinese snooker star McGill of the Northern Ireland Open, this Northern Ireland tournament, McGill defeated Chinese players twice in a row, first defeated Yan Bingtao to break into the round of 16, and then faced Tian Pengfei to reach the quarterfinals and the final four, At first, it was also not dominant, Lu Haotian was full of firepower, and achieved a fantastic start, 2-0, but the subsequent game was one-sided, and finally Lu Haotian lost 3-5! In the last 5 games, only one game was won, and the final moment collapsed, Lu Haotian still needed to improve his mentality, and in the last 6 games, Lu Haotian played too impatiently, and the burden of wanting to win and being afraid of losing was too heavy!

Mark Williams also regretted to stop, in the 2-0 lead encountered Mark Allen's counterattack, the subsequent game, Mark Allen rebounded strongly, 4-2, although Mark Williams stubbornly equalized the score, but the final tiebreaker, Mark Allen laughed to the end! The final tiebreaker is a final final! Mark Williams fell short and eliminated others in the last match, this time the final four was eliminated by his opponent, and Mark Williams was out. Let the final four list of this Northern Ireland tournament have no post-70s players, won a British Open championship last season, and has not been able to break the title drought for more than a year! Mark Williams' 25th ranking tournament title has been postponed again! Mark Williams wants to get a place in the championship this season, and he also needs the help of Neil Robertson, only if Neil Robertson wins the championship, Mark Williams can have the opportunity to win the championship with a high ranking! If the other three win the championship, Mark Williams will not win the championship!

Selby is in good form, but suffered a 6-game losing streak against Neil Robertson, Selby suffered a reversal from Robertson with a 2-1 lead, 2-5, Selby lost to his old opponent again, in the past two years, Selby has only defeated Robertson at the 2020 World Championships, and it is difficult to win against Robertson after that! Selby burst into tears! Failed to break the championship drought again! Only wait for the moment again!