Beijing time on November 1 news, the 2022 Snooker European Masters qualifiers continue. In a focus match, China's Liang Wenbo shot a 3-stroke 50+ (73, 61, 78) in a match with Joe O'Connor, and the first three sets were 3-0.
Liang Wenbo is currently ranked 27th in the world, and he, Together with Ding Junhui and Tian Pengfei, was born in 1987 and was known as The "87 Three Masters" of China's snooker. Liang Wenbo is also the third Chinese snooker player to win the major ranking championship after Ding Junhui and Fu Jiajun. In the final of the Snooker England Open five years ago, he won the championship with a 9-6 victory over Trump.
Before the European Masters qualifiers, Liang Wenbo reached the main tournament with two consecutive wins. In the first round of qualifying, Liang Wenbo shot a 4-shot 50+ to win 5-1 against the famous snooker Queen Ryan Evans. In the qualifying round that followed, Liang Wenbo defeated Ben Hankon 5-2 to advance to the main tournament.
With the afterglow of the German Masters qualification, Liang Wenbo competed in the European Masters qualifiers, and his opponent was Joe O'Connor, a post-95 player, who is currently ranked 57th in the world. In the past, Liang Wenbo and O'Connor have met a total of 3 times, with a record of 2 wins and 1 loss.
In the first set of the game, Liang Wenbo opened with a single 73 points, winning the first set 74-4 and leading 1-0. In the second set, Liang Wenbo scored another 61 points to win another set 61-15 and lead 2-0. In the third set, Liang Wenbo hit a single 50+ (78 points) in the third consecutive set to keep a 78-0 clean sheet against O'Connor and lead 3-0.
In addition to Liang Wenbo's 3-shot 50+ and 3-0 domineering start, the scores of several other games in the same period were: Alfie Boden 3-0 Peter Reins, Ritchie Walton 2-1 Elliot Slyser, Tachaia Unu 3-0 Chen Zifan.