World Championships Qualifying Decisive Round: Zhou Yuelong was whipped 8 times in a row, and only Lu Haotian of the 4 Chinese advanced
At 6 p.m. Beijing time on April 16, the 2024 Snooker World Championship will start the ninth day of the qualifying round, and the first eight players to advance to Crucible will be produced.
1. Battle report: Heavy losses, 4 Chinese people, only Lu Haotian promoted to Crucible
After the third round of the World Championships Qualifying Tournament the day before, China's record-breaking 10 players advanced to the decisive round (Judgment Day), and the eight highest-ranked Chinese players in the qualifying round all survived, as well as the strongest new talent of the season, He Guoqiang, it can be said that the lineup that hit the World Championships main match (Crucible) ticket is quite ideal. However, the reality is very skinny, the result of the first day of the game poured cold water on the heads of Chinese fans, 4 people played, and only one advanced to Crucible.
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In the first quarter of the eight games on the first day, except for the top seed Lisowski in the qualifying round, the scores of the remaining seven games were all 5-4, and the four Chinese players who played were all 4-5 behind.
Zhou Yuelong, the highest-ranked Chinese player in qualifying, played against Jack Jones. Although Zhou Yuelong hit one shot to break 100 plus two 60+ shots, and won four games in a row, his opponent Jones was in good shape, Jones hit 5 shots of 70+, leading 5-4. In the second quarter, in the first game, Zhou Yuelong missed many times, and Jones finally won the 10th game through a long platform. In the 11th game, Zhou Yuelong lost a chance to reverse and continued to lose points. Then Jones hit a 100 break and a 80+ shot to reach match point 9-4. At the end of the game, Jones seized Zhou Yuelong's long platform mistake and established an advantage with 51 points in one stroke, and then seized Zhou Yuelong's mistake to start for the second time and end the game 10-4. In addition, in the first half, Jones won 8 games in a row, and Jones hit 1 shot to break 100 in the whole game, plus 8 strokes of 50+.
Poor Zhou Yuelong, the World Championships qualifying round fell in the decisive round for four consecutive years.
Yuan Sijun played against the famous Maguire, and in the first 10 games, the two sides fought to 5 draws. Subsequently, Maguire began to go crazy, two shots to break 100 and one shot 60+, 8-5 to open the score, and in the final game, Maguire hit another shot to break 100, 10-6 to eliminate Yuan Sijun. Yuan Sijun has never tasted playing in Crucible.
Lu Haotian played against Kendrick, a first-round qualifier. In the first quarter of the game, Lu Haotian made many mistakes and fell behind 4-5. In the second quarter, Lu Haotian's state rebounded, and he shot two shots to break 100 plus two shots of 50+, 9-7 to the match point. At the end of the game, Kendrick missed a chance to win, and Lu Haotian finally won the game 10-7 and became the only Chinese player to advance on the first day. After Lu Haotian won, Kendrick was only one step away from completing the relegation miracle.
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The match between He Guoqiang and the veteran astronaut Dale ended at the latest. Dale shot a 6-60+ to reach match point 9-6. After He Guoqiang saved two match points, in the 18th game, in the color ball stage, after He Guoqiang, who was leading by a small score, fought for the yellow ball, the long platform attacked the green ball and did not go into the bag directly, and Dale cleared the table and reversed, winning 10-8.
It's a pity that He Guoqiang didn't qualify for the main event in the World Championships for the first time.
In other matches, Lisowski beat Stevens 10-3 with a wave of wild attacks, and veterans Bingham and Heathcote launched a battle against each other, Bingham broke 100 with two shots plus 6 shots of 50+, won 10-8, and the opponent hit two shots of 100 plus 5 strokes of 50+. Wharton trailed 4-1 and narrowly beat veteran Mark Davis in the final tiebreaker. Robbie Williams eliminated Wakelin by one shot in the tiebreaker.
After the first day of competition, no newcomers qualified for Crucible.
2. Draw the schedule
Today is the last day of qualifying, with six Chinese players on the field and two derbys. After the big loss on the first day, in order to set a new record for seven Chinese people to participate in the main event, it is extremely difficult to win the two foreign battles against Xiao Guodong and Jiang Jun, and it is even quite difficult to tie the record. In addition, on Thursday afternoon, Beijing time, the draw for the main competition will be held.
The final day of the tournament is as follows:
◆April 17 at 6 p.m. and 0:00 a.m. Beijing time
Si Jiahui v Wu Yize
Cao Yupeng v Pang Junxu
Xiao Guodong v Gilbert
Jiang Jun v Wafi
Robertson v Jamie Jones
Ryan Day v Donaldson
O'Connor v Selt
Sancam v Page
Related references: World Championships Qualifying Tournament: Schedule and Highlights, 24 Chinese Players Compete for Tickets, Xu Sichong 147 Jackpot.