BEIJING, March 3 (ZXS) -- On the fifth day of the 21 WST Classic in the UK, two more Chinese players passed the second round, bringing the number of Chinese players to the round of 2023 to seven. However, Cao Yupeng and Zhou Yuelong, who were the first to play in the third round, both lost and missed the round of 32.
On the fifth day of this elite competition, which ended on the morning of the 21st Beijing time, the one-day double competition continued. In the first second round (64 to 32), the Chinese Legion played 4 wins and 2 losses with 2 players.
Xu Si, who eliminated Ding Junhui in the first round, continued the good form and feel of the previous round, defeating Thai champion Thachaiya 4-2, who scored a perfect score of 147 in the fifth game of this game; Facing the challenge of the British "post-90s" Weckerin, Tian Pengfei staged a Jedi reversal in the passive situation of 3:0 behind in the first 3 games, achieving a super reversal with 4 consecutive wins and a total score of 4:3, and joined hands with Xu Si to advance to the round of 32.
Unfortunately, in the other two matches of the second round, Zhang Anda and Fan Zhengyi both lost out. Facing world number two Selby, Zhang Anda, who was in full force, led 2-0 at one point, but after the battle reached a 3-3 draw, Zhang Anda lacked stamina and was eliminated 3:4. In a clash with Thailand's Samkham, last year's European Masters champion Pham Zheng Yi also suffered a 3-4 victory and did not qualify.
At this point, the second round of this elite tournament is over, and the number of Chinese players who have advanced to the round of 32 has reached 7.
However, in the third round (21 to 32) on the morning of the 16st Beijing time, the two Chinese players who competed both lost. Among them, Cao Yupeng lost 3:4 to this season's Scottish Open champion Gary Wilson, and Zhou Yuelong lost 2:4 to Welsh "Post-00s" Page.
The sixth day of the 2023 WST Open is still a one-day double. In the first third round, five Chinese players Lu Haotian, Si Jiahui, Pang Junxu, Xu Si and Tian Pengfei will continue to compete for the round of 5 places, of which Si Jiahui and Pang Junxu will bring a "Chinese derby".
A total of 18 Chinese players participated in the 2023 WST Snooker Classic, of which 11 reached the round of 64 and 7 advanced to the round of 32. Chinese billiards "Yi Ge" Ding Junhui and Hong Kong's Fu Jiajun were both out in the first round. (End)