The recent egregious incident of seven Chinese snooker players "suspected of manipulating the game" has attracted much attention, while other domestic players involved continue to play in the ongoing English Open, but the situation after the third round can be described as quite helpless.
In the several sets of matchups that ended earlier, Ding Junhui met again with Mark Allen, the opponent of the British Championship final, and in the end, Ding Junhui was once again reversed by Allen while leading, and the other youngsters Fan Zhengyi and Wu Yize also failed to break through and were eliminated one after another.
In the third round of the competition, the Chinese snooker army was left with only Zhao Xintong, Fu Jiajun and Pang Junxu, and Fu Jiajun, who played first, played against Barry Hawkins, but unfortunately, Fu Jiajun failed to stage a reversal in the case of more than 100 shots, and finally lost the game with a score of 2-4.
Another Chinese teenager, Pang Junxu, faced the post-90s player Hegil, and in the first half of the game, Pang Junxu completed more than 100 and 60+ and fought with the opponent to draw 2-2, but then Pang Junxu suddenly muted the opponent and seized the opportunity to win 4-2 in the final game with a one-point shootout, frankly speaking, it was not Hegill who played too well, but Pang Junxu made too many mistakes and gave the other party too many opportunities.
The most watched matchup Zhao Xintong was not spared, in the match against Asteri did not have a hot hand than the previous two rounds, this time Zhao Xintong only completed a 50+ and the opponent won 4-0 without a single 50+, so far Zhao Xintong also missed the qualification for the World Grand Prix.
However, the biggest upset of the round was the match between Ronnie O'Sullivan and Martin Gould, who began to be a little absent-minded after the reversal in the first set, and Gould seized the opportunity to blast a three-shot 50+ to create a 4-1 upset to win the championship favorite.
In the other groups, Mark Williams shot a three-shot 70+4-0 clean sheet Matthew Selter, Ali Carter beat Jack Livingsky 4-2 with a four-shot 50+, Sean Murphy shot a single hundred to win 4-2 over McGill, and Luca Brecel easily beat Donaldson 4-1.
With the exit of Zhao Xintong, Fu Jiajun and others also announced the elimination of all Chinese snooker in this English Open, I don't know if other players were affected because of the suspension of Liang Wenbo and Yan Bingtao, as a fan still hope that no domestic players will be involved in the next event and actively prepare for the next event.
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