China News Service, October 17th. On the evening of the 16th Beijing time, the Snooker England Open came to the quarter-finals.

The only Chinese player left in the draw was Zhou Yuelong, who lost to world champion Selby 2:5.

Trump, Higgins, and Neil Robertson defeated their opponents and joined Selby to advance to the semi-finals of the English Open.

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　　This season’s Snooker England Open will be held at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England, on 12-18 of this month. The total prize money of the event is £405,000 and the championship prize is £70,000. It is the four-stop "local series" event in the 2020-21 season First stop.

　　In this competition, with Yan Bingtao, Liang Wenbo, Ding Junhui and other famous players successively eliminated, the rising star of Chinese snooker and 22-year-old teenager Zhou Yuelong became the Chinese "single seedling" among the top 8.

World Taiwan Federation official micro screenshot

　　Facing defending champion Selby, Zhou Yuelong started well.

After losing the first game, Zhou Yuelong quickly tied the game with a net win of 52 points.

Next, he continued his good hand feeling and scored 51 points in a single stroke in the third game, overtaking the game.

In the crucial fourth game, Selby had no choice but to fully fire. Zhou Yuelong was defeated by his opponent 124:0 and brought the score back to the same starting line.

　　After a break between the rounds, the hands of the two were fully developed towards the extremes. Zhou Yuelong's state returned to cold. In the fifth round, only 1 point was accounted for, and he fell into passive again.

The next game fully entered the rhythm of the defending champion. The defensive battle was methodical, and Zhou Yuelong, who was getting more and more impatient, made more and more mistakes. In the end, his opponent played four consecutive games and lost 2:5.

　　On several other fields, Trump broke 100 with two strokes and defeated Karen Wilson 5:1 to advance to the semi-finals. John Higgins scored 79, 71 and 56 points with the same 5:1. Defeat Jack Jones, who reached the top eight of the rankings for the first time, and advance to the semifinals.

The two will compete in an 11-round 6-win match in the early morning of the 18th Beijing time to compete for the final tickets.

Selby, who eliminated Zhou Yuelong, will face his old rival Robertson.

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