On January 29, Beijing time, the 2024 Snooker Wales Open came to a successful conclusion. In one of the highlights of the final matchday, Chinese teenager Wu Yize defeated Sidney Wilson 4-1 to advance to the main draw. Another highlight-out match, Mr. 147 David Gilbert, won 4-0 against world champion Ken Doherty.
Entering January 2024, snooker is often intensively arranged, first the Masters and the World Grand Prix, two championship-producing events, followed by the World Open Qualifying Tournament and the Welsh Open Qualifying Tournament. Seven-time World Championships champion and world No. 1 "Rocket" Ronnie O'Sullivan won the Masters and Grand Prix, showing unparalleled strength and form.
After the Masters and Grand Prix, the World Open Qualifiers and the Welsh Open Qualifiers were seamlessly connected. Coming into the final stretch of the final matchday of the Welsh Open, there were seven matches in total, with the biggest player in action being 1997 world champion Ken Doherty, who faced David "The Potato" Gilbert in qualifying.
In addition, there are Tom Forde, who reached the final of the Snooker National Championship this season, James Cahill, who once gave the world No. 1 O'Sullivan a round trip at the World Championships, and David Lilley, the veteran world champion. After a fierce battle, James Cahill lost 3-4 to Jamie Clarke and missed the main match.
David Gilbert defeated Ken Doherty 4-0 to advance to the main draw of the Welsh Open, in this game, Gilbert, who had scored 147 strokes and 147 points in the official statistics of snooker, was full of firepower, and hit a shot to break 100 and three shots of 50+, winning 4-0 to advance.
Other results were: Tom Forde narrowly beat Ben Wollaston 4-3, David Lilley beat Victor Sarkis 4-0, Ryan Thomson lost 3-4 to Martin O'Donnell, Dylan Emory beat Ferguel O'Brien 4-1 and Zach Shuldi beat Mark Joyce 4-2.