On January 24, 2024, Beijing time, the second day of the Snooker World Open Qualifying Tournament ended. World No. 1 O'Sullivan completed the 15-game winning streak milestone with a 5-3 victory over Alpaireton!
In other games, Hawkins, Murphy, and Milkins also announced that the top 16 players also successfully advanced, and only Gary Wilson announced that he had stopped qualifying among the top 16 players. China's Si Jiahui and Lu Haotian advanced, while Xiao Guodong and Ma Hailong were out.
Former world champion Doherty still missed out on qualifying. Tomford, Wells, Michael White, Jack Jones, Wafai, Slessor, and Craigie successfully completed the breakout, and Kyren Wilson swept Jimmy White 5-0 to enter the round of 64.
O'Sullivan successfully reached the milestone of 15 consecutive wins
In the match between O'Sullivan and Alfie Burton, the world No. 1 player almost suffered an upset. In the first game, O'Sullivan scored 51 points with a single shot and won the first game 93:1 to take a 1-0 lead.
In the second game, O'Sullivan won the game with a performance of 63:59 and led Burton 2-0. In the third game, Burton won the game with a performance of 74:34 and fell behind O'Sullivan 1-2. In the fourth game, Burton scored 61 points with a single shot and won the game at 89:44 to draw 2-2 with O'Sullivan.
In the fifth game, O'Sullivan scored 67 points with a single shot and won the game 67:24 to take a 3-2 lead. In the sixth game, Burton scored 104 points with a single shot to win the game and draw 3-3 with O'Sullivan. In the seventh game, O'Sullivan scored 83 points with a single stroke to win the game and take a 4-3 lead.
In the eighth game, O'Sullivan scored 58 points with a single stroke and won the game 67:22, defeating Burton 5-3 to advance to the round of 64 and meet the milestone of 15 consecutive wins.
Only Gary Wilson was out of the top 16
In other games, Hawkins, Murphy, Kyren Wilson and Milkins announced the cut, and only Gary Wilson was declared out of the top 16. Hawkins scored 100 and 84 points in a single shot to beat Hallworth 5-3.
Murphy scored 127, 112, 70 and 56 points in a single stroke to sweep Ibrahim 5-0. Kyren Wilson scored 114 points, 113 points, and 121 points in a single stroke to sweep Jimmy White 5-0.
Milkins scored 60 and 91 points to beat Pinches 5-2. Gary Wilson lost 4-5 to Carrington. In addition, Tom Ford beat Ma Hailong 5-2, Wells beat Highfield 5-1, and Michael White beat Hayden Pinchy 5-2.
Jack Jones beat Tomerson 5-3, Wafay beat Poolen 5-2 and Slessor beat Evans 5-2. Teenager Craigie swept Doherty 5-0 to advance to the round of 64.
The Chinese army completed two wins and two losses, and it was a mixed bag
On the second day of the World Open Qualifying Tournament, a total of four players from the Chinese Legion played. Although the Chinese teenager Si Jiahui only scored 59 points in a single stroke in the game, he defeated Stan Moody, who scored two 60+ shots, with a score of 5-1 to complete the promotion.
Lu Haotian, who played next, played the strongest performance on the second day of the World Open, and the Chinese teenager successfully completed the promotion with a 5-2 victory over Cardi with a single shot of 137 points, 101 points, 106 points and 90 points.
Although Chinese snooker star Xiao Guodong scored a strong performance of 107 points in a single stroke in the first game, he made frequent mistakes in the subsequent five games and was killed in two key games. In the end, Xiao Guodong lost 1-5.
Although Ma Hailong lost to Tom Ford 2-5, Ma Hailong also played very well, after all, his opponent Tom Ford is very strong.