In the first round of the just-concluded World Snooker Scottish Open on December 14, 2023, Beijing time, Dominic Dale scored 96 points, 57 points and 69 points in a single stroke, and beat Jamie Jones 4-3 to enter the top 32.
In other matches at the end of the same time period, Tachaiya lost four games in a row to Wakelin 2-4 after scoring 105 and 115 points to take a 2-0 lead.
Joe O'Connor beat Donaldson 4-1, and China's Yuan Sijun had a sluggish performance, losing 0-4 to Sam Craigie, who scored 84, 64, 71 and 76 points in a single stroke, and he only scored 35 points in the game.
Xing Zihao lost three games in a row with a 3-1 lead, losing 3-4 to Gary Wilson and out.
Dale came back strong to beat Jamie Jones 4-3
In the match between Dale and Jamie Jones, Dale once again played strong form. In the first game, Dale won the first game with a single-shot performance of 96 points, and successfully took a 1-0 lead to take the lead.
In the second game, Dale scored 57 points with a single shot and won another game 66-0 to take a 2-0 lead. In the third game, Jamie Jones recovered a game with a performance of 68:15 and trailed Dale 1-2.
In the fourth game, Dale won the game with a 73:37 performance with multiple starts, taking a 3-1 lead and directly getting the match point of the game. In the fifth game, Jamie Jones scored 69 points with a single shot and won the game 69:14, trailing Dale 2-3.
In the sixth game, Jamie Jones won the game with a 71-2 performance with a number of shots and drew 3-3 with Dale. In the seventh game, Dale scored 69 points and 70:36 with a single shot to win the game and beat Jones 4-3.
Tachaiya and Donaldson both missed out on the round of 32
In the match between Tachaiya and Wakelin, Tachaiya directly hit the excellent performance of 105 points and 115 points in a single stroke as soon as the game came up, winning two games in a row and taking a 2-0 lead.
However, from the third game onwards, Wakelin was in direct control of the game. In the next four games, Wakelin won four consecutive games with a single stroke of 110 points, 78:17, 69:0 and 52 points in a single stroke, reversed Tachaiya 4-2 and successfully advanced to the round of 32.
In the match between Joe O'Connor and Donaldson, Donaldson won the first game and never had a chance to win.
In the next four games, O'Connor won four games in a row with a single stroke of 78, 46:33, 58 and 61:21, thus successfully defeating Donaldson 4-1 and advancing to the second round of the main draw of this Scottish Open.
Yuan Sijun and Xing Zihao were both out of the game and missed the promotion
In the match between Yuan Sijun and Sam Craigie, Yuan Sijun's state can be described as very sluggish. In the first game, Craigie scored 84 points with a single stroke and won the first game with a performance of 84:0 to take a 1-0 lead.
In the second game, Craigie scored 64 points and won another game 68:9 with a single shot to take a 2-0 lead. In the third game, Craigie scored 71 points with a single stroke, winning the game 71:10, leading 3-0, and Yuan Sijun took the lead in getting the match point. In the fourth game, Craigie scored 76 points and 77:16 with a single shot to win the game, and swept Yuan Sijun 4-0 to advance.
In the match between Xing Zihao and Gary Wilson, Xing Zihao had a chance to win the match. However, he made too many mistakes after hitting 50 and 90 points in a single shot and taking a 3-1 lead.
Wilson seized the opportunity to shoot a single stroke of 130 points, 125 points and 66 points, winning three games in a row, thus defeating Xing Zihao 4-3 and successfully advancing to the top 32 of this tournament.