China News Service, Yushan, Jiangxi, March 21 (Reporter Wang Zumin) The 2024 Snooker World Open ended on the evening of the 20th in the 32-to-16 round. The Chinese Legion suffered heavy losses that day, with 8 players playing, 1 win and 7 losses, and the top 16 Only Ding Junhui is left.

　　A total of 16 Chinese players advanced to the top 64 of this World Open, and 8 of them advanced to the top 32.

In the match on the 20th, the "Chinese Derby" between Chinese snooker's "big brother" Ding Junhui and Cao Yupeng took the lead.

After adapting and warming up in the first two rounds, Ding Junhui gradually got better. He easily won 5-1 in this match and broke 100 in three strokes (119, 110, 100).

　　What was surprising and regrettable was that the other six Chinese players who competed that night were all wiped out.

　　Lu Haotian, ranked 28th in the world, challenged Ronnie O'Sullivan, who was ranked number one in the world. The two sides tied 2-2 in the first four games.

But then O'Sullivan won 3 consecutive games and won 5-2.

　　In this campaign, O'Sullivan still showed the style of a world hegemon, scoring one hundred (102) and three 50+ shots (64, 99, 96).

　　The 2022 European Masters champion Fan Zhengyi made his debut in this event that night.

In the 64-to-32 round, he "won" because his opponent retired.

This time he challenged Trump, the defending champion and world number two, but he lost 3-5 and stopped in the top 32.

　　Against Mark Selby, ranked fifth in the world, professional newcomer Long Zehuang lost (2-5) as expected.

However, in the two games he won, he both broke 100 in a single stroke (112, 103), which added some sparkle to this defeat.

　　Another professional newcomer, He Guoqiang, lost a good game. Facing Welsh player Daniel Wells, He Guoqiang once led 3-1.

But being able to upset world number three Mark Allen in the previous round, Daniel Wells' strength obviously cannot be underestimated.

Subsequently, Daniel Wells launched a strong counterattack, winning 4 consecutive games and winning 5-3.

　　Two "post-2000" players Wu Yize and Yuan Sijun lost to Welsh player Jackson Page (3-5) and TOP16 player Neil Robertson (2-5) respectively. Wu Yize scored a single stroke of 133 points in the fourth game.

　　The 2024 Snooker World Open will be held in the 16-to-8 round on the 21st. China's "only seedling" Ding Junhui will face the world's sixth-ranked Sean Murphy, and O'Sullivan will face the Iranian star Hussein Wafi.

　　In the 2017 Yushan Snooker World Open, Ding Junhui won his 13th ranking title.

Now, after Chinese players have been eliminated, Ding Junhui's results and performance are even more anticipated.

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