Snooker Northern Ireland Open Qualification Day 2: Fan Zhengyi ends a five-game losing streak, and 4 players from the Chinese Legion have advanced to the main match
China News Service, Beijing, August 25th. On the morning of the 25th, Beijing time, the 2022 Snooker Northern Ireland Open qualifying round ended on the second day of the game. Of the 4 Chinese players who played, 2 were still promoted and 2 were eliminated.
Among them, last season's European Masters champion Fan Zhengyi won his first victory in the event in the past six months.
Two days after the qualifying match ended, the Chinese legion, which had already played 8 players, was half-matched, 4 players advanced to the main match, and 4 players were unfortunately eliminated.
Fan Zhengyi's re-appearance became a major attraction on the second day of the qualifying round.
After winning the European Masters last season and becoming famous, the "post-00" teenager went high and low.
In the just-concluded European Masters this season, as the defending champion, he was out of the qualifying rounds and suffered a five-game losing streak since the European Masters last season.
Fan Zhengyi's opponent this time is England's "post-90s" player Hegier.
The two met for the first time at the Gibraltar Open last season, and Hegier won 4-3.
This time, the "new friend" has become an "old enemy". Fan Zhengyi, who is determined to win, fought steadily and finally swept the promotion with a big score of 4:0, avenging the Gibraltar Open with a single arrow and ending the past six months. five-game losing streak.
The appearances of Si Jiahui and Wu Yize also attracted attention.
At the recent European Masters, both teenagers made it to the top 8 of the ranking competition for the first time in their careers.
The two fought again in situ, and the two won one and lost one – Si Jiahui defeated the Ukrainian player Kazakov 4:3, and scored a high score of 134 in the second round; he was nearly 30 behind himself in the world ranking. In the contest of the famous England player Astri, Wu Yize was upset and eliminated 3:4.
"Post-90s" Zhang Anda's opponent is England veteran Andy Hicks, who ranks close to him.
In this season's European Masters, Zhang Anda also had an amazing performance.
He first hit a perfect 147 in qualifying, and then set a single-shot 143 during the main draw.
But this time, this "Mr. 147" was not in the state of the whole process. He fell behind by 0:3 in the first 3 rounds, and was finally eliminated by 1:4.
On the third day of the qualifying tournament, three more Chinese players played, of which the most attention was naturally Ding Junhui, the "first brother" of Chinese billiards.
It was also his second appearance this season after winning his debut at the British Open against "Captain" Ali Carter, who had just reached the semi-finals at the European Masters.
The contest between the World Championship runners-up has also become a major attraction of this qualifying match.
The "post-00" teenager Yuan Sijun will face the "grandfather" player Jimmy White.
In this season's European Masters qualifiers, Yuan Sijun knocked out the four-time world champion Selby; White, who just passed his 60th birthday in May this year, has 10 ranking championships and won 6 world championships runner-up. This matchup between young and old is also worth watching.
In addition, Lunin, who reached the final in the first ranking game of the season (Champions League), will face Jack Jones, and the victory will be no problem.
The Northern Ireland Open qualifiers will be held from August 23 to 28 local time, with a best-of-7-inning system. 27 Chinese players will play. Among them, Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao will participate in the postponed qualifying.
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