In the early morning of April 17, the 9th match day (trial day) of the Snooker World Championship Qualifying Tournament was over. In the 8 battles that ended, only one of the 4 Chinese players, Lu Haotian, entered Crucible, and Zhou Yuelong, Yuan Sijun and Guoqiang were all eliminated and missed the main match of this season's World Championships.
Lu Haotian 10-7 Jenson Kendrick. In the first stage of the game, the two sides went back and forth, and Lu Haotian ended 4-5 behind. After the start of the second period, the two were still very close, and Lu Haotian won four games in a row after the second stage break, thus eliminating Kendrick 10-7.
National Strong: 8-10 Dominic Dyer. In the first stage of the game, the opponent played two games first, and Guoqiang tied with 50+ in two strokes, and then the two sides played a game and I played a game, and Guoqiang fell behind 4-5 in the first stage. In the second stage, Dale shot 3 shots of 50+ and got the match point 9-6. Guoqiang saved 2 match points in a row, but the opponent successfully cashed in on the 3rd match point, and Guoqiang lost the game 8-10.
Zhou Yuelong 4-10 Jack Jones. Zhou Yuelong scored 100 points in a single stroke and 60+ in two consecutive shots from the 3rd to the 5th game, and once led his opponent 4-2. But after that, Jones played eight consecutive whips in the second half of the first period and the second stage, and defeated Zhou Yuelong 10-4 after eight consecutive games.
Yuan Sijun 6-10 Stephen Maguire. Yuan Sijun came up and shot two consecutive shots of 50+, the opponent scored 94 points in a single stroke in the third game, and after the break, Maguire played a lightning 3 consecutive whips to successfully overtake, and Yuan Sijun fell behind 4-5 in the first stage. In the second stage, Yuan Sijun opened the game with a shot of 89, but then the opponent hit two consecutive shots to break 100 and opened again, and cashed in the match point with a 100 point in the 16th game.
Other players who advanced to the main draw during this period included Lisowski, Rich Wharton, Stuart Bingham and Robbie Williams.