On October 25, 2022, Beijing time, the Snooker English Open is about to start the qualification competition, because the qualification matches of the seeded players are all played during the main event, and the first qualifying round lacks attention. The next highlights are the Champions Invitational Tournament and the British Championships, both of which have been signed, Zhao Xintong has been signed, and he and Yan Bingtao are likely to play against O'Sullivan next.
According to the schedule, the English Open will start the qualification competition on October 25, and Ding Junhui will lead the Chinese legion to attack again, but since the qualification matches of the seeded players are all held during the main event, the first qualifying round will not attract much attention, and I hope that Ding Junhui and other Chinese players can win and successfully enter the main event. After this qualifier, the snooker arena was staged one after another.
The first is the Champions Invitational, where 16 champions come together to compete for the title. At present, the signing form of the Champions Invitational Tournament has been released, Zhao Xintong is in the second group, the first round against women's player Wangharutai, if he wins, Zhao Xintong will face the winner between O'Sullivan and Robert Milkins in the group final, considering that O'Sullivan is in average form and the desire to participate is not strong, Zhao Xintong has a very high hope of reaching the final four.
The two games in the third group are Neil Robertson vs. Fan Zhengyi and Kyren Wilson vs. Ryan Day, and for Fan Zhengyi, it is indeed more difficult to break through. The first group is the group of death, with Trump playing Luca Brecel and Mark Allen against Joe Perry. As for the fourth group, Mark Selby and Lee Walker spoke directly and the other match was Higgins vs. Hussein Wafi.
For Zhao Xintong, the Champions Invitational Tournament is particularly important, as he needs to find the best feel and self-confidence through the competition to lay the foundation for the next British Championships. After the Championship Invitational, snooker's highlight is the British Championship qualification and main event, and this season's British Championship has been reformed to resemble the World Championship to fully protect the seeded players. Zhao Xintong is the defending champion and will compete as the top seed.
At present, the seed signing table of the British Championship has also been released, and if Zhao Xintong passes the first round, the second round is very likely to face Ryan Day, which is obviously signed, and the other two seeded players in the 1/4 zone are Mark Allen and Kyren Wilson. The seeds in Zone 2/4 are Mark Selby, Lisovsky, Sean Murphy and Trump Trump. The seeds in Zone 3/4 are Neil Robertson, Stuart Bingham, Luca Brecel and Higgins. The seeds in Zone 4/4 are Mark Williams, Hawkins, Yan Bingtao and O'Sullivan.
If Yan Bingtao and O'Sullivan successfully defeat the qualifiers, then the two of them will talk directly in the second round of the main event. That is to say, in the next period of time, Chinese twin stars Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao may fight O'Sullivan, let's wait and see!