On December 2, Beijing time, the 1/4 finals of the 2023 Snooker British Championship continued, and 3 Chinese players from this station participated in the competition (Gao Yang earned a wild card through the competition), and finally 5 people advanced from the qualifying round, 6 people participated in the top 32 of the main competition, and 3 players advanced to the second round, which can only be said to be unsatisfactory!
[The following is the 1/4 finals, 6 wins in 11 games]
Ronnie O'Sullivan 6-5 Zhou Yuelong
O'Sullivan 6-2 McGill, 6-5 Milkins advanced to the quarterfinals, and Zhou Yuelong played five single-stroke 60+ in the game, including 120+ single-stroke in the first game and the decisive game, which can be described as echoing from beginning to end, and they were all one-shot wins to achieve clean sheets. Zhou Yuelong once fell behind 1-4 and took the lead in winning four games in a row to get the match point, but the rocket's hand picked up in time and played a single stroke of 70+ in two consecutive games, while Zhou Yuelong only scored 5 points.
Zhou Yuelong has improved greatly from his previous four meetings and may be able to get his first win next time, after losing 6-0 in the first two British Championship matches. At the same time, as the lowest-ranked player in the world in the quarterfinals, Zhou Yuelong's results are extremely outstanding, jumping 4 places since the start of the competition, and he is also the fastest among the top 32.
O'Sullivan became the first player to win 100 games in the British Championships, which is also the 90th time in his career that he has reached the semi-finals of a ranking tournament!
Hussein Vafi 6-4 Anda
The third meeting between the two still ended in Wafei's victory, but the game process was fierce and both offensive and defensive were good, and both sides played a 97% batting success rate in the first four games, Zhang Anda hit two single-stroke 80+, and Wafei played two single-stroke to break 100. In the 9th game, Wafei broke 100 shots with a single stroke to complete a clean sheet, and in the 10th game, Wafei played a single stroke of 50+ to achieve a clean sheet again. Wafei was slightly better in all aspects of the game, including the success rate of batting, the success rate of the long platform, and the success rate of the security world, of which the success rate of the safety world was as high as 95%, leading by 10 percentage points.
Wafei's victory not only locked in the semi-final prize of 50,000 pounds, but also surpassed Ding Junhui to enter the TOP16 in the instant world ranking, and Ding Junhui fell to 17th!
Ding Junhui vs Mark Williams
For Ding Junhui, this battle must be won, otherwise he will not qualify for the Masters, and once he wins, the Masters seat will be secure, because he will rise four places in a row, surpassing Wafai, Lisowski, Barry Hawkins, and Milkins to 13th in one fell swoop. And the only pursuer was Vafi, and the last three were all out.
This is the 22nd meeting between the two and the third meeting this year. 4-3 for the time being.
Mark Selby vs Judd Trump
The fifth in the world is against the second, if Selby wins the championship is expected to be in the top 3, and Trump wins the championship to become the first in the world.
In this matchup, Trump continued the previous 6-1, 6-0 promotion strength, the opening four consecutive whips, the first game scored a single stroke to break 100 points, and it was a one-shot victory to complete the clean sheet. In the second game, he won the grappling 71-62. In the third game, he scored 93 points in a single stroke and won again with one stroke, and in the fourth game, he scored 52 points in a single stroke and won 92-20. Selby scored 60 points in a single stroke in the fifth game to get back a city, and in the sixth game, Trump won again with one shot, scoring 95 points in a single stroke to get the match point 5-1 in one fell swoop. Selby saved 2 match points in a row, and scored 98 points in a single stroke in the 8th game to win by one shot. In the 9th game, Trump took the lead to stop 34 points, the two sides fell into a defensive stalemate, Selby got the upper hand and scored only 10 points, and transferred to the safety competition, Trump got the upper hand again and played a single shot 25 points to turn to defense, at this time more than 5 points! The last chance Selby did not grasp only 9 points, Trump won again! 6-3 to advance to the semifinals, waiting for Ding Junhui or Uncle Ma.