Beijing time on April 9, 2023 World Snooker Championship qualification ended the second round of a focus match, China's Xu Si played well, he blasted two shots to break 100 and 7 50+, the total score was 10-4 sweep Zach Shuldi, and strongly advanced to the third round of the World Championship qualifiers.
The 2023 World Snooker Championship qualifier is divided into four rounds. World No. 71 Xu Si defeated Ding Junhui 4-3 in the first round of the WST Classic in March. In the second round, he faced world No. 106 Zach Schulti, the two of whom had no previous meeting record.
In this match between Xu Si and Schulti, he lost a first set 7-70 and then played a wave of 5-0 counterattacks, which became the key to winning this match. In the second game, Xu Si scored 63 to win, 67-60 to win by seven points, and equalized 1-1. In the third game, Xu Si won 66-33 and took a 2-1 lead.
In the fourth game, Xu Si scored another 55 to win 62-41 and lead 3-1. In the fifth game, Xu Si scored a single 54 to win another game 71-24 and lead 4-1. In the fifth game, Xu Si won 98-4 and led 5-1.
After a half-time break, the two entered the second half of the battle. In the tenth game, the two sides started the game very fiercely, and Schulti won the game 68-60 by eight points through several shots, and won the game 3-7. In the eleventh game, he shot a single 68 and won comfortably 80-8 to lead 8-3.
In the twelfth inning, Schulti won another game 73-46 through piecemeal shots to make it 4-8. In the thirteenth game, Xu Si shot a single 101 points, easily won 101-38, and the score advantage expanded to 9-4, easily winning 5 match points.
Trailing 4-9, Schulti would have to win six sets in the next match if he wanted to reverse the cut. However, Xu Si did not give him this opportunity at all. In the 14th game, Xu Si won with a single 86 points, sealed the victory 87-5, and swept Schulty out 10-4 on aggregate.