On February 17th, Beijing time, the last two 1/4 finals of the Snooker Welsh Open were all over! Martin O'Donnell defeated the world's No. 4 Brecel 5-3, and Gary Wilson beat Anthony McGill 5-0! So far, the top 4 have all been released! They are: Higgins, Slessor, Martin O'Donnell and Gary Wilson!
Martin O'Donnell 5-3 Brechel
New world champion Brecel is currently ranked 4th in the world, since winning the World Championships last season, this season has fallen into a slump, this tournament has defeated Joe O'Connor, Graeme Dott and Tom Forde all the way to the top 8, and his form has begun to pick up! Martin O'Donnell is now ranked 76th in the world, and this tournament is full of dark horses, defeating Hamilton and mainland star Fu Jiajun all the way to the top 8!
As soon as the game came up, Martin O'Donnell scored 88 points in a single stroke in the first game to win the first game, and in the second and third games, Brecel scored 75 points in a single stroke respectively, and won 2 games in a row! In the fourth game, Martin O'Donnell scored 61 points in a single stroke to make the score 2-2! After returning from the break, Brecel scored 76 points in a single stroke in the fifth game, and took the lead again! Then Martin O'Donnell scored 130 points and 54 points in a single stroke to win three games in a row to end the game, and defeated Brecel with a total score of 5-3 to advance to the semifinals.
Gary Wilson 5-0 McGill
Gary Wilson, who is currently ranked 16th in the world, has had a strong season to win the Scottish Open. McGill, who is currently ranked 25th in the world, lost to Si Jiahui in the top 8 of the World Championships last season, and reached the top 4 of the Northern Ireland Open this season. The tournament defeated Mark Williams and Rich Wharton to advance to the last eight.
After the first game of the game, Gary Wilson won 75-30. Then Gary Wilson scored 92 points in a row, 71 points, and 76 points to win 3 games in a row, and the total score was 4-0 to take the lead in getting the match point into the halftime break!
Slessor 5-3 Dominic Dyer
Veteran Dale is currently ranked 49th in the world and has beaten Stan Moody and Jack Jones to reach the last eight, while Slessor, currently ranked 50th in the world, has beaten Emory and Fan Zhengyi to reach the last eight. This game is a contest between two dark horses! At the beginning of the game, Dale scored 51 points in a single stroke to win the first game 85-38! Then Slessor scored 54 points in a single stroke, 128 points, and 53 points to win three games in a row, and the total score was 3-1 into halftime! After returning from the break, Dale won 77-33 in the fifth game! In the sixth game, Slessor scored 55 points in a single stroke to take the lead in getting the match point, and after the two sides were entangled in the seventh game, Dale saved a match point 60-18! In the eighth game, Slessor won 73-34 with multiple starts! Beat Dale 5-3 on aggregate to advance to the semi-finals!
Higgins 5-2 Mark Allen
Four-time world champion John Higgins is currently ranked No. 12 in the world and has had a good season and has reached the semi-finals in multiple tournaments! Mark Allen is now ranked No. 3 in the world and has performed well this season, winning the Champion of Champions and the single-game limited-time tournament, and beating Si Jiahui and Robbie Williams to reach the quarterfinals. At the beginning of the game, Higgins scored 62 points and 131 points in a single stroke to win 2 games first! Mark Allen scored 58 points in a single stroke and also won 2 games in a row, bringing the big score to 2-2! Then Higgins scored 76 points and 85 points in a single stroke to win 3 games in a row, and defeated Mark Allen with a total score of 5-2 to advance to the semifinals! In the whole game, Higgins scored 1 shot to break 100, 3 strokes 50+, and his condition was very good!
The semi-final matchups are as follows:
Higgins vs Gary Wilson
Slessor vs Martin O'Donnell