5-4! Chinese snooker wins: professional newcomers bring surprises, and the world champion is out of the game
On January 24, 2024, the Snooker World Open continued, and the Chinese players won a big victory, Cao Yupeng, Wu Yize, He Guoqiang, Long Zehuang, and Xu Si advanced, and the professional newcomers brought surprises, Long Zehuang reversed Tachaiya 5-4, and the world champion Bingham was out.
Five Chinese players hit the main match, professional newcomer Long Zehuang challenged the Thai star Tachaiya, who won the championship of the single-game limited-time tournament, lost to Trump in the last final, Long Zehuang did not have an advantage in all aspects, so many fans thought that there was little hope of promotion, but they didn't expect Long Zehuang to save a match point, and after the opponent scored 60 points in a single stroke in the deciding game, he grabbed the opponent's simple mistake and successfully turned the tables.
After the start of the game, in the first game, Long Zehuang scored 50 points in a single stroke, taking the lead with 68-35, in the second game, Long Zehuang seized the opportunity and scored 71 points, and won another game with 77-42, and in the third game, Tachaiya got started many times and won the grappling with 71-35, and in the fourth game, Long Zehuang was not to be outdone, and scored 84 points in a single stroke.
At the end of the intermission, Tachaiya scored 80 points directly in the fifth game, Tachaiya scored 60 points in the sixth game and won the game 67-3, and Tachaiya scored 62 points in the seventh game and took the lead in getting the match point, and then Long Zehuang completed the super score with 62-29, and in the decisive game, Tachaiya scored 60 points in a single stroke to interrupt the attack, Long Zehuang withstood the pressure and ended the game with 71-60, and finally reversed Tachaiya 5-4.
At the same time, Cao Yupeng performed strongly, blasting out a single stroke of 104 points, 99 points, 88 points, 71 points 5-0 swept McLeod, just before the World Grand Prix, Cao Yupeng won three top 16 players in a row to advance to the semi-finals, which is still fresh in memory, and now the continuation of good form is worthy of affirmation, Xu Si is a single stroke 92 points, 88 points, 87 points, 85 points 5-0 to beat Andrew Padgett.
Wu Yize achieved another good result, blasting out a single stroke of 127 points, 82 points, 69 points, 62 points 5-2 victory over Leclerc, He Guoqiang eliminated Jimmy Robertson 5-2, although he did not play a shot of 50+, although the process is not exciting, but it is good news to win, 13 Chinese players advanced, Ding Junhui and Zhang Anda are going to play in the main stage, this result is obviously better than expected, after all, everyone pays more attention to the home field.
The world champion was upset, Bingham lost 3-5 to Thailand's Singh, a big surprise, Bingham won the World Championships and the Masters, and he was away from the British Championships in the Grand Slam, but the decline has been too serious this year, and often the first round is focused on participation, Singh as a professional newcomer, this time he scored 74 points and 50 points in a single stroke to advance to the main draw, following Gary Wilson, another will fall behind.