On October 29, Beijing time, the 2022 Snooker European Masters Qualifier will start the third day of competition. Masters champion Yan Bingtao joined hands with Cao Yupeng, Zhang Anda and other 6 Chinese players. Whether Yan Bingtao can play the state of the "Rockets" Ronnie O'Sullivan not long ago, strongly qualify for the European Masters and once again impact the championship, is highly anticipated!
On the first match day of the European Masters Qualifying Tournament, the Chinese snooker army performed very well, zhou Yuelong, Xiao Guodong and Gao Yang, 3 Chinese players, all of whom defeated their opponents to advance to the main competition.
On the second match day of the qualifiers, 5 Chinese players, including Fan Zhengyi, Lu Haotian, Yuan Sijun, Zhao Xintong and Tian Pengfei, competed. Compared with the first matchday, the second match day performed average, with only Fan Zhengyi and Yuan Sijun advancing to the main match.
Among them, Fan Zhengyi defeated Lowry McLeod 5-3 and Yuan Sijun defeated Mark Lloyd 5-4. In addition, Lu Haotian lost 2-5 to the strongest post-90s "囧哥" Karen Wilson, Zhao Xintong lost 4-5 to Aaron Hill, and Tian Pengfei lost 4-5 to Jamie Jones. From the score point of view, Lu Haotian, Zhao Xintong, Tian Pengfei lost to a pity, the score is 4-5 extremely close.
On the third match day of the qualifiers, yan bingtao, Cao Yupeng, Zhang Anda, Chang Bingyu, Zhao Jianbo, Wu Anyi and other 6 Chinese players competed. Among them, Yan Bingtao, the champion of last year's Masters and 13th in the world, has attracted much attention.
In these two seasons, Yan Bingtao has performed very well, and last year's Masters final, one of Snooker's three major competitions, he defeated four-time World Champion "Wizard" John Higgins 10-8 to win the championship. This season, Yan Bingtao continued to play well, and in the third round of the Northern Ireland Open not long ago, he beat the "Rockets" Ronnie O'Sullivan 4-3.
Coming to this European Masters qualifier, Yan Bingtao's opponent is Ben Wollaston, from the perspective of strength and status, Yan Bingtao should be able to easily qualify as long as he plays normally, and looks forward to Yan Bingtao being able to play a wonderful game!