In the early morning of April 9, the first round of the Snooker World Championship Qualifying Tournament was contested. Bai Yulu, who recently won the Women's World Championships, will face Jenson Kendrick. In this game, Bai Yulu found her form in the second stage, but still lost to her opponent 7-10 and missed the World Championships.
After the start of the game, Kendrick scored 57 points and 102 points in the first and third games respectively, and took a 3-0 lead in the next three consecutive games. Bai Yulu played many times in the 4th game, scored 30 and 31 points in a single stroke, and chased the big score to 1-3 into the break.
In the 5th game, Bai Yulu once led after 32 points in a single stroke, and the opponent completed the reversal through a few high-quality snookers. In the 6th game, Bai Yulu scored blue balls and pink balls to achieve super points. In the 7th and 8th games, the opponent scored 62 and 91 points in a single stroke one after another, and Bai Yulu ended the first stage 2-6.
In the 9th game, Bai Yulu scored two 28 points and won the game 69-43. In the 10th game, the opponent won with a single stroke of 53 points. In the 11th game, Bai Yulu scored 43 points in a single stroke, and then took advantage of the opponent's mistake to score again. In the 12th game, after 23-33, the opponent cleared the table with a single stroke of 40 points, and Bai Yulu fell behind 4-8 and entered the break.
In the 13th game, Kendrick scored 111 points in a single stroke and got the match point 9-4. Bai Yulu, who faced the match point, scored 54 points in a single stroke in the 15th game, and resolved 3 match points in a row to chase 7-9. In the 17th game, the two sides competed very fiercely, 74-74 entered the final battle for black, Bai Yulu made a defensive error, and the opponent scored a black ball on the long platform to cash in the match point.