In the just-concluded Snooker World Open Qualifying Tournament on January 25, 2024, Beijing time, former world champion Bingham lost 3-5 to Chada after scoring 100 and 53 points in a single stroke.
Wollaston beat Mertens 5-4 and Duffy beat Mark Davis 5-4. In other games, Chinese teenager Long Zehuang scored 71 points, 84 points and 50 points with a single stroke to defeat Tachaiya 5-4 to complete the upset.
He Guoqiang also staged an upset with a 5-2 victory over Jimmy Robertson. Chinese teenager Wu Yize scored 127 points in a single stroke and 50+ in three strokes, and beat Leclerk 5-2. Cao Yupeng swept McLeod 5-0 with 104 points in a single stroke, and Xu Si beat Duffy 5-0 to advance.
Bingham suffered a counterattack and lost 3-5 to Chaddar
In the match between Bingham and Chadha, Bingham can be said to have staged an upset again. In the first game, Bingham won the game 68-0 with a number of layups to take a 1-0 lead. In the second game, Chada scored 53 points in a single stroke with Bingham and staged a single-game stunner 65:61 to draw 1-1 with the former world champion.
In the third game, Bingham took a 2-1 lead with a 63-50 performance. In the fourth game, Chada won the game with a performance of 88:5 and drew 2-2 with Bingham.
In the fifth game, Chada won the game with a performance of 70:54 and overtook Bingham 3-2 to take the lead. In the sixth game, Bingham scored 100 points with a single shot to win the game and draw 3-3 with Chada.
In the seventh game, Chada won the game 74:41 to take a 4-3 lead. In the eighth game, Chada scored 74 points with a single shot and successfully won the game with a performance of 75:29, defeating Bingham 5-3 to enter the round of 64.
Wollaston and Duffy staged a stunner to advance to the round of 64
In the match between Wollaston and Mertens, Wollaston played in good form. In the first game, Wollaston scored 133 points with a single shot to take a 1-0 lead. Mertens then pulled back a 1-1 draw with Wollaston at 68-45.
Immediately afterwards, Wollaston won two games in a row with a performance of 71:6 and a single stroke of 56 points and 87:12 to take a 3-1 lead. In the next match, the pair won one game each, and Wollaston took a 4-2 lead.
Mertens then won two games in a row to take the match to a decider. However, Wollaston still managed to kill the suspense with a 65-13 performance and beat Mertens 5-4 to advance.
In the match between Duffy and Mark Davis, Davis suffered a reversal in a 3-1 lead. The strong Duffy defeated Mark Davis 5-4 in this game with a single stroke of 85 and 64 points to advance to the round of 64.
The Chinese Snooker Legion successfully completed the feat of five consecutive victories
In the game of the Chinese Snooker Army, the five players from China performed amazingly, and they completed a long-lost five-game winning streak. In the match between Long Zehuang and Tachaiya, Long Zehuang chased two games in a row under the situation of 3-4 behind, and killed Tachaiya, who played four shots of 50+, to complete the upset journey.
In the match between He Guoqiang and Jimmy Robertson, He Guoqiang easily defeated the strong opponent Robertson 5-2 without playing a single stroke of 50+ to complete the promotion and help the Chinese player cause another upset. In the match between Wu Yize and Leclerk, Chinese teenager Wu Yize scored 62 points, 82 points, 69 points and 127 points in a single stroke and easily defeated Leclerk 5-2 to complete the promotion.
Chinese snooker star Cao Yupeng scored 99 points, 104 points, 71 points and 88 points in a single stroke to sweep McLeod 5-0 to advance to the round of 64. China's post-90s player Xu Si won five games in a row with a single-stroke performance of 87, 88 and 92 points, swept Padgett 5-0 and successfully entered the main draw of the World Open.