On April 16, 2024, Beijing time, the third round of the Snooker World Championship Qualifying Tournament continued! The Chinese Army had 4 people advance to the final round of the qualifying round, namely: He Guoqiang, Lu Haotian, Zhou Yuelong and Yuan Sijun, of which Zhou Yuelong 10-0 clean Cahill advanced! In the 4 80-48 rounds just ended, the Chinese Army achieved a record of 3 wins and 1 loss! Among them, Pang Junxu 10-7 Oliver Brown, teenager Jiang Jun narrowly defeated Sam Craigie 10-8, Cao Yupeng played 5 consecutive whips, 10-4 victory over Ma Hailong, so far the Chinese army currently has a total of 7 people to advance to the final round of the qualifying round! In another game, Hong Kong star Fu Jiajun was beaten 5 consecutive whips by Iran's brother Wafi, and was defeated 4-10! In other games, Xiao Guodong 8-1 Lin Shanfeng is in sight!
Pang Junxu 10-7 Oliver Brown
Pang Junxu is currently ranked 25th in the world, and his performance this season is stable, and his best result is the first time he has reached the top 8 of the ranking tournament at the German Masters! Oliver Brown is ranked 84th in the world, and there is a big gap between the strength of the two sides, but Oliver Brown has a 10-0 clean sheet in the first round of the qualifying tournament Queen Evans! and he has gone all the way to the third round to prove that he is in very good shape now, and his strength cannot be ignored!
In the first stage of the two sides, Pang Junxu scored 60 points, 90 points, 69 points and a wave of 3 consecutive wins to end the first stage with a 5-4 lead! In the second stage, Oliver Brown won 66-0 in the tenth game! Pang Junxu played a single stroke 103 to win in the eleventh game, and Pang Junxu won another game 90-1 in the twelfth game, and after the entanglement between the two sides in the thirteenth game, Pang Junxu seized the opportunity to win 53-45. In the second stage, Pang Junxu once again played a wave of 3 consecutive wins. After the entanglement between the two sides in the fourteenth game, Brown won 54-51. In the fifteenth game, Brown made a mistake, Pang Junxu seized the opportunity to win 77-2, and the total score was 9-6 to take the lead in getting the match point! In the sixteenth game, Brown scored 81 points in a single stroke to save a match point, and in the seventeenth game, Pang Junxu won the game 61-16 many times, and defeated Oliver Brown with a total score of 10-7 to advance to the qualifying round against Cao Yupeng, and a civil war ensured that three people from the Chinese Legion would advance to the main game!
Jiang Jun 10-8 Sam Craigie
Jiang Jun is currently ranked 103rd in the world, and his performance this season is average, after all, his strength level is really limited, but Jiang Jun has played very well in this World Championships! Especially on the offensive end! Sam Craigie is now ranked 44th in the world, and his style of play is tough, especially he can play against the wind! This season's performance is remarkable, reaching the semifinals of the German Masters, and the Welsh Open reaching the final losing to Gary Wilson and winning the runner-up!
In the first stage of the game, Jiang Jun scored 50 points, 74 points, 88 points, 50 points and a wave of 3 consecutive wins to lead Craigie 6-3! Craigie performed poorly in the first stage, only hitting 2 strokes of 50+. In the second stage tonight, Jiang Jun scored 94 points in a single stroke to win in the tenth game! Then Craigie scored 85 points, 64 points, 62 points, 57 points and a wave of 4 consecutive wins, chasing the big score to a 7-7 draw! After the two sides were entangled in the fifteenth game, Jiang Jun won 74-33, and in the sixteenth game, Jiang Jun scored 63 points in a single stroke to win another game 74-27, with a total score of 9-7 and took the lead in getting the match point! In the seventeenth game, Sam Craigie scored 101 points in a single stroke to save a match point! In the eighteenth game, Jiang Jun scored 97 points in a single stroke, and the total score was 10-8 to defeat Sam Craigie to advance to the final round of the qualifying round!
Cao Yupeng 10-4 Ma Hailong
Cao Yupeng is currently ranked 38th in the world, and this season has ushered in an explosion, reaching the final of the single-game limited-time tournament and losing to Mark Allen to win the runner-up, and reaching the semifinals of the World Grand Prix and losing to Trump and missing the final! Ma Hailong is currently ranked 102nd in the world, and he has no outstanding performance this season and his strength level is limited. Judging from the strength level of Cao Yupeng and Ma Hailong and the past games, Cao Yupeng is obviously better!
In the first stage of the game, Cao Yupeng scored 55 points in a single stroke, 66 points and a wave of five consecutive wins to lead Ma Hailong with a total score of 6-2! In the second stage, Cao Yupeng scored 127 points in a single stroke in the ninth game! In the tenth game, Cao Yupeng scored 116 points in a single stroke and won another game! After the two sides were entangled in the eleventh game, Ma Hailong won 71-44! In the twelfth game, Cao Yupeng scored 86 points in a single stroke and took the lead in getting the match point! In the thirteenth game, Ma Hailong saved a match point with 61-5 through multiple starts! In the fourteenth game, both sides got many layups, and finally Cao Yupeng seized the opportunity to win the game 77-57, and defeated Ma Hailong with a total score of 10-4 to advance to the final round of the qualifying round!
Wafei 10-4 Fu Jiajun
Iran's No. 1 brother Vafi is currently ranked 21st in the world, and has reached the top 8 and top 4 of the ranking tournament many times this season, and his form is hot and strong! Fu Jiajun is now ranked 80th in the world, and he was also a top 16 regular, and he has reached the semi-finals of the World Championships! In recent years, his form has declined due to eye disease! There is an obvious gap in strength between the two sides, and Wafei is now obviously better in all aspects!
In the first stage of the game, Wafei scored 54 points, 64 points, 56 points, 121 points, 76 points and a wave of 3 consecutive wins to take the lead 6-3, and Fu Jiajun was also in a very good state in the first stage, hitting 1 shot to break 100 and 3 strokes to 50+. In the second stage, Wafei scored 93 points in a single stroke in the tenth game, 116 points in the eleventh game and won another game, and in the twelfth game, Wafei took the lead in getting the match point 81-1 through multiple starts! In the thirteenth game, Wafei scored 57 points in a single stroke and made a mistake, and Fu Jiajun scored 50 points in a single stroke and won 62-57! In the fourteenth game, Wafei played a dribble ball many times and ended the game 67-57! The total score was 10-4 to defeat Fu Jiajun and advance to the final round of the qualifying round!