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British Open Day Snooker 2: The Chinese Legion have reached the top 32 with 7 players
China News Agency, Beijing, September 28. Early in the morning on the 28th Beijing time, the 2022 British Open Snooker ended the second day of the competition. In the first round of the main competition, 7 members of the Chinese Legion advanced to the top 32. With the “Wizard” Higgins and the “Golden Left Hand” Mark Williams unexpectedly stopping in the first round, the famous “75 Three Heroes” were all out.
On the second day of the British Open, the Chinese Legion had satisfactory results. Originally, 10 Chinese players appeared on that day, but Chang Bingyu won without a fight because his opponent withdrew. Among the other 9 players, 6 won and 3 were eliminated.
As the highest-ranked Chinese player in the world and the No. 5 seed in the tournament, Zhao Xintong faced fellow seed Bingham in the first session of the day. Zhao Xintong’s fierce offensive stopped Bingham’s performance and in the end, Zhao Xintong won easily with a big score of 4:1.
Yuan Sijun, a Post-00 boy, challenged the number 4 seed Higgins, won 2 games in a row in a passive position of 2:3 behind, and won the upset with a big score of 4:3. In addition, Xiao Guodong, Lu Ning, Lv Haotian and Cao Yupeng defeated their opponents to advance, together with Chang Bingyu who “set and won” due to the withdrawal of the opponent, the Chinese legion has 7 players among the top 32 .
The three Chinese players who unfortunately left the tournament that day were Zhou Yuelong, Wu Anyi and Zhang Jiankang. Among them, Zhou Yuelong lost in the Chinese Derby with Lu Ning. Hong Kong Chinese female player Wu Anyi defeated 1997 World Championship champion Dahdi 4:3 in the British Open qualifier, becoming the first woman to defeat a men’s World Championship snooker champion.
The postponed qualifying match on the first day of the British Open was very upset. The “Rocket” O’Sullivan, who is now number one in the world, lost 1:4 to the Swiss “post-95” Usenbach and failed the main game. In the first round of the main race on day two, defending champion Mark Williams pulled off another major upset. In the clash with Wollaston from England, “Golden Left Hand” lost 4 games in a row under the good situation of winning the first game, and was also eliminated with a big score of 1:4. So far, the once famous “75 Three Heroes” (all of whom were born in 1975 and had outstanding performances in snooker) O’Sullivan, Mark Williams, and Higgins were all out after the first round of the race.
In the 2022 British Open Snooker, a total of 28 Chinese players, including 3 players from Hong Kong, China, registered for the competition, setting a new high for the number of Chinese soldiers participating in the snooker ranking competition. After the qualifying round, 19 Chinese players advanced to the main competition. On the third day of the British Open, 9 more Chinese players, including Ding Junhui and Yan Bingtao, will continue to compete for the top 32 seats in the first round of the main tournament. (finish)
