China News Service, Beijing, February 12. The main draw of the 2024 Snooker Welsh Open will kick off in Llandudno, Wales on the 12th. 14 Chinese players will appear on the stage, 8 of whom have advanced to the main draw. Ding Junhui, Zhang Six people including Anda will participate in the postponed qualifying round.
The 2024 Snooker Welsh Open is the last stop of this season's "Local Series" and "Wade Series". A total of 128 players participated in the qualifying rounds. The winning 64 people advanced to the main draw. The TOP16 players (world ranking The top 16) will participate in the postponed qualifying round during the main competition.
22 Chinese players with professional qualifications have signed up to participate in this Welsh Open, 16 of whom played in the recent qualifying rounds, including Si Jiahui, Tian Pengfei, Long Zehuang, Xiao Guodong, Fan Zhengyi, Wu Yize, Ma Hailong, and Marco Fu, a famous player from Hong Kong, China, was the first to advance to the main draw. The top 16 Chinese billiard players Ding Junhui and Zhang Anda, as well as four Chinese players whose opponents are top 16 players, participated in the postponed qualifying match during the main draw.
The postponed qualifying match of the Welsh Open will be held on the first day of the main draw. Ding Junhui and Zhang Anda will take the lead in the first period, facing England's Jason Kendrick and American player Ahmed Ali Elsa respectively. Ide, it won't be a big deal to advance to the main draw.
The other four Chinese players participating in the postponed qualifying tournament will all face severe tests - Cao Yupeng will face the world's No. 3 Mark Allen, Jiang Jun will challenge the world's No. 4 Luca Brecher, Yuan Sijun's The opponent is Mark Selby, ranked 5th in the world, and He Guoqiang will face Barry Hawkins, ranked 15th in the world.
Unfortunately, "Rocket" O'Sullivan and "Accuracy King" Trump, who occupy the top two positions in the world snooker rankings, are both absent from this game. O'Sullivan recently announced his decision to withdraw from the competition on his social media, saying, "Over the years, I have sometimes suffered from stage fright due to anxiety. This is not something I can predict or control."
The Welsh Open is one of the traditional snooker events. Ding Junhui, the “first brother” of Chinese snooker, won the championship and runner-up in this event in 2012 and 2014 respectively. (over)