Welsh Open: Ding Junhui missed the round of 32, Si Jiahui and Fan Zhengyi advanced, and Zhou Yuelong welcomed the benefits

On the morning of February 14, Beijing time, the 2024 Snooker Wales Open ended the second day of the main stage. Ding Junhui was out, Si Jiahui and Fan Zhengyi advanced to the top 32.

1. Chinese players: The record is dismal, Ding Junhui is out, Xiao Guodong regrets the loss, Si Jiahui and Fan Zhengyi are promoted

A total of 10 Chinese players advanced to the first round of the main event. On the second day of the game, 7 Chinese players played, with 2 wins and 5 losses.

After Ding Junhui won the last postponed qualifying match, he faced Robbie Williams in the first round of the main event, and the opponent was far stronger than Ding Junhui's first-round opponent Kendrick.

In the first game, Robbie won with a single stroke of 54 points. In the second game, Ding Junhui missed an opportunity and sent a chance, and Robbie made it 2-0 in the next game. In the third game, although Ding Junhui missed a chance to win, he finally won it and pulled back a city. In the 4th game, the chaotic situation was entangled, and Ding Junhui cleared the stage and reversed the single game to tie the score. In the 5th game, Robbie started on the long platform, broke 100 in one shot, and reached the match point 3-2. In the 6th game, Robbie lost the opportunity to kill the game twice, Ding Junhui overtook with a 40+ small score, and took the initiative to defend the situation, Ding Junhui made a major mistake, the cue ball fell into the bag, and directly gave the opponent a comfortable opportunity to get on, Robbie cleared the pink ball and eliminated Ding Junhui 4-2.

A sigh. Ding Junhui did not have a 50+ performance in the whole game. After Ding Junhui was out, the opportunity to compete for tickets to the World Masters in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, was left for the final players championship.

Xiao Guodong, who played before, played against Hawkins, Xiao Guodong scored 50+ in two strokes and led 2-1. In the 4th game, Xiao Guodong made a mistake after scoring 47 points in a single stroke, losing a chance to win by one shot, and Hawkins took over a shot of 89 points to clear the table, and the battle was tied at 2. Subsequently, Hawkins blasted out to break 100, Xiao Guodong responded with a shot of 134 to break 100 Qingtai, and the two sides fought to 3 draws. In the deciding game, Hawkins got started with three passes and scored 72 points in one shot. Xiao Guodong lost a bit of a pity, and failed to win the 4th game, which became a turning point in the situation.

Si Jiahui, who played in the early morning, played against Padget, who was ranked 120th, after Si Jiahui shot 50+ and 3-1 in 3 strokes, he lost the opportunity in the 5th game and was reversed by the opponent in a single game. In the 6th game, after Si Jiahui scored 58 points in a single stroke to complete the super score, he lost the red ball that completely locked the victory, and there were twists and turns, but in the end, he still won without danger and advanced 4-2.

Fan Zhengyi played against Belgian player Mertens, Fan Zhengyi started the game with a single stroke of 92, broke 100 in the final game, and won 4-2.

In several other matches of Chinese players, Long Zehuang lost to McGill 1-4, and Tian Pengfei was reversed with a single stroke of 50+ in the tail game, losing to Higgins 1-4. Ma Hailong was swept by the small steel cannon Allen.

2. TOP16: Lao Ma and Robertson narrowly won and advanced, 8 people played, and only Ding Junhui was out

In the first round of the main event, there are 12 TOP16 seeded players. There are 8 players today, and only Ding Junhui is out.

Defending champion Milkins beat Taylor 4-1.

In the game between Jin Left-handed Williams and Lin Shanfeng, Lao Ma scored 90, 117 and 55 points in a single stroke, but the opponent kept biting the score, and in the tiebreaker, Lao Ma scored 90+ in one stroke. Australian artillery Robertson against Carrington, Robertson shot a 139 large number to break 100, but the opponent hit 3 shots 50+; in the tiebreaker, Carrington missed a chance to kill, Robertson scored 65 points in a single stroke, narrowly won the promotion.

Lisowski's game ended at the end, and after the driver missed a number of chances in the final game, he finally won the game and advanced 4-2.

In addition, there was one game that had a big impact, and that was Wakelin's 4-1 defeat to O'Donnell. This is definitely great news for Zhou Yuelong. Now in the single-season rankings, Zhou Yuelong is temporarily ranked 15th, and now after Wakelin, who is temporarily ranked 16th, is out, Zhou Yuelong has one more cushion, and his hope of getting a ticket to the Players Championship has greatly increased. (See: Single-Season Rankings and Players Championship Tickets: Zhou Yuelongbao, Si Jiahui grab)

3. Draw and schedule

Today will end all the first round of the main competition, and start part of the second round of the main competition 32 into 16 games. Zhang Anda, who has adjusted the schedule, will play in the first round of the main event today.

The schedule of the key matches is as follows:

◆ February 14, 5:30 p.m. Beijing time:

Fu Jiajun v Suti

8:30 p.m.:

Luca v O'Connor

Kyren Wilson v Hamilton

Wu Yize v Dort

Ford v Burns

No earlier than 9:30 p.m.:

Selby v Hill

Anda Chang v Jack Jones

Wafi v Leclerc

Sancam v Emery

The game in the early hours of the next day has yet to be announced.