China News Agency, Beijing, October 3. Contrary to most people's expectations, snooker's third ranking championship of the new season will become the bag of 42-year-old Welsh player Ryan Day.

　　On the morning of the 3rd, Beijing time, the 2022 British Open snooker came to an end.

In the strong dialogue in the final, Ryan Day defeated Northern Ireland's "Little Steel Cannon" Mark Allen 10:7 to win the fourth ranking championship of his career.

　　Before this campaign, Mark Allen won the championship.

Judging from the world ranking, the "Little Steel Cannon" ranked 14th is far higher than Ryan Day, who ranked 27th; from the previous battle records between the two sides, Mark Allen has an absolute advantage; from the ranking competition Judging from the number of championships, Mark Allen is already a six-time champion, and Ryan Day has won 3 championships before. Judging from his performance in this event, Mark Allen is even hotter and braver. In 1/8 and 1 In the /4 finals, "Small Steel Cannon" consecutively "shot down" Trump, who ranked second in the world, and Selby, who ranked third in the world, and became the biggest favorite in this event.

　　But the unpredictability of the outcome of the event is also one of the greatest charms of sports competitions.

The final of the Open will be played in 10 best of 19 rounds and will be played in two stages.

For most of the time, both sides appeared to be evenly matched, and the competition was fierce.

　　In the 8 games in the first stage, the two sides drew 4 times and entered the second stage with a big score of 4:4.

In the first half of the second stage, the two sides were still "pinpoint to Maimang", you come and go, and entered the halftime of this stage with 6:6.

　　In the last 7 innings, Mark Allen won the first game and temporarily took the lead with 7:6.

But at this time, Ryan Day was like a god. He shot 3 strokes of 70+, won 4 games in a row, and finally won the championship with a big score of 10:7.

　　Except for the absence of No. 4 "Melbourne Machine" Neil Robertson, all the top 16 players in the world participated in this British Open.

However, none of the top 10 players in the world made it to the top 4. Among them, "Rocket" O'Sullivan, who was at the top of the list, was eliminated in the qualifying round, which was the biggest upset of this competition.

　　A total of 28 Chinese players, including 3 players from Hong Kong, China, participated in this open competition, setting a new high for the number of Chinese troops participating in the snooker ranking competition.

After the qualifying rounds, 19 Chinese players entered the main competition, 11 advanced to the top 32, and 2 advanced to the top 16 and top 8. The best results were the same as last year.

　　The 2022 British Open is the third ranking tournament of the 2022-2023 season.

In this season's opening match (Champions League ranking version), Belgian player Brecher defeated Chinese player Lu Ning in the final, becoming the second "post-90s" ranking triple crown winner after Karen Wilson.

In the second round of the European Masters, Karen Wilson won the fifth championship in the ranking competition, once again proving that she is the "first person after the '90s" in the world of snooker.

　　Snooker's fourth ranking match this season, the Northern Ireland Open, will start from October 16th to 23rd. The top 16 players in the world will meet for the first time this season, and the Chinese army led by Ding Junhui will also play again.

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