On the evening of April 9, Beijing time, the 23/24 Snooker World Championship Qualifying Tournament ushered in the first round of matches. The Chinese army played 4 people and won 1 win and 3 losses, Xing Zihao successfully advanced to the next round 10-6, Zhang Jiawei and Li Junwei were defeated 9-10, and the women's world champion Bai Yulu lost to her opponent 7-10, although she was defeated.
In the 23/24 season of the Snooker World Championships, 25 members of the Chinese Army played, except for Ding Junhui and Zhang Anda who directly advanced to the 32-person main competition list as seeded players, the other 23 people had to pass more or less rounds of difficult qualifying rounds to advance to the main event. In the first round of the qualifying round, as many as 10 Chinese soldiers played, and 4 people, Xing Zihao, Li Junwei, Zhang Jiawei, and Bai Yulu, took the lead.
1. Xing Zihao 10-6 Michael Holt
Xing Zihao hit four shots of 50+ (61, 58, 86, 63), Michael Holt hit two shots of 50+ (59, 61), and at the end of the first stage, Xing Zihao temporarily led Holt with a score of 5-4.
Xiao Zigo
In the second stage, Xing Zihao came up and won with a single stroke of 82 points, expanding the big score advantage to 6-4. Holt returned 79 points in the 11th game and recovered a game. After that, Xing Zihao played another 2 games, and the big score was 8-5 leading into halftime. After returning from the break, the Englishman scored 66 points in a single stroke to pull one back. At the critical moment, Xing Zihao scored 98 points in a single stroke, and after winning 2 games in a row, he defeated the opponent with a big score of 10-6 and advanced to the second round.
2. Lee Junwei 9-10 Andrew Padgett
Hong Kong's Lee Chun Wei played only 8 games in the first stage of the match due to time reasons, and the big score was a 4-4 draw. After the start of the second period, the two sides won alternately in the first half, winning 2 games each, and the big score was 6-6 into the halftime break. After returning from the break, Li Junwei won another game and led 7-6. Subsequently, Padgett hit 2 consecutive shots of 50+, and the big score was 8-7. Li Junwei also won 2 cities in a row, and the big score was 9-8 to take the lead in getting the match point. At the critical moment, the Welshman was not relentless, and after saving 1 match point, he shot out a single stroke of 70 points to win the tiebreaker, and the big score was 10-9 to advance to the second round. Li Junwei was reversed.
3. White Rain Dew 7-10 Jenson Kendrick
Jenson Kendrick hit a 100 (102) and three 50+ (57, 62, 91), Bai Yulu won the fourth and sixth games of the game, and at the end of the first period, Kendrick temporarily led Bai Yulu with a score of 6-2.
White rain and dew
After the opening of the second stage, Bai Yulu pulled back a city, and then Kendrick won with a single stroke of 53 points in the tenth game, followed by one game for both sides, and in the thirteenth game, Kendrick scored 111 points with a single stroke to take the lead in getting the match point, and then Bai Yulu won three games in a row and scored 54 points with a single stroke in the 15th game, and in the seventeenth game, Kendrick seized the opportunity to lock the win, and finally Jenson Kendrick defeated Bai Yulu with a score of 10-7 to advance.
4. Zhang Jiawei 9-10 Ross Muir
In the first stage, Zhang Jiawei fell behind with a big score of 3-6, and after the start of the second stage, he was in a brave state, hitting 2 shots of 60+, winning 6 consecutive whips, and the big score was 9-6 to take the lead in getting the match point. However, at the critical moment, the Scots also shot 2 shots of 50+, won 4 cities in a row, and reversed the score of 10-9 to advance to the second round. Zhang Jiawei regretted defeat.
Although the Chinese army only won one victory on the first day, Li Junwei and Zhang Jiawei were reversed and lost in one game, and Bai Yulu, the women's champion who participated in the World Championships for the first time, was able to win 7 games in the men's game. Overall, the Chinese army performed satisfactorily on the first day, although it was defeated.
Today's qualifying tournament enters the second match day, or the first round of competition, the Chinese army has a total of Fu Jiajun, Jiang Jun, Ma Hailong, Long Zehuang four players played, the strength is stronger, today the Chinese players should be more optimistic about the promotion situation. I wish them all the best and make it to the next round.
17:00 Fu Jiajun vs Seri Patpong (up to 9 games in the first stage)
17:00 Jiang Jun vs Amir Sakhosh (up to nine games in the first stage)
17:00 Ma Hailong vs Victor Sarkis (up to nine games in the first stage)
17:00 Long Zehuang vs Sidney Wilson (up to nine innings in the first period)
2:00 a.m. Fu Ka Chun vs Seri Patpong (Result of the second stage)
2:00 a.m. Jiang Jun vs Amir Sakhosh (2nd stage to decide)
2:00 a.m. Ma Hailong vs Victor Sakis (2nd stage to decide)
2:00 a.m. Long Zehuang vs Sidney Wilson (Second Stage Final)