The 2021-2022 Snooker Welsh Open Qualifiers continued, with Chinese players performing well in the third matchday of the qualifying period, with youngster Yuan Sijun playing well against world-ranked 108th Fisher Patrick, who swept the opponent 4-0 in four straight sets to easily qualify for the main tournament. Chang Bingyu failed to perform a miracle in the match against world no. 23 Ryan Dai, and after six rounds of fierce fighting, Chang Bingyu lost 2:4 to the opponent and missed the welsh Open main tournament. Lei Peifan also failed to achieve "upset" in the match with "Captain" Carter, and the high-skilled Carter finally advanced to the main game 4:2. So far, five Chinese players have ended the Welsh Open qualifier competition, and only Lu Ning and Yuan Sijun have won the ball to advance. On the previous matchday, Lu Ning performed well, he advanced to the main tournament after a 4:2 victory over the famous Walker, while Lu Haotian won first and then lost 3:4 to Hamilton, missing the Welsh Open main tournament, Lu Haotian; Chang Bingyu and Lei Peifan both fell in the qualifiers.
Yuan Sijun qualified opponent is Fisher Patrick, the world ranking of the two is almost the same, Yuan Sijun has a slight advantage, the play of both of them in this game is very general, Yuan Sijun only played a 50+, and the opponent is even worse. Both had a chance to win the first game, and the game was very fierce at one point, and Yuan Sijun finally seized the opportunity to win 65:49 and go to the next city first. In the second set, Yuan Sijun continued to win another round with a 63:1 win, and in the third game, Fisher Patrick's attack still did not improve, Yuan Sijun won another set at 98:14, leading 3:0, and in the fourth game, Yuan Sijun did not give his opponent another chance to win 83:12, and swept the opponent with a total score of 4:0 to advance to the main game. Chang Bingyu and the recent good state of the famous Ryan Dai to compete for the main game place, the first game Ryan Dai single shot out 134 points after the next city, Chang Bingyu did not want to show weakness, and then two sets he launched a counterattack, single shot 79 points, 73 points after winning two consecutive games to overtake the score, unfortunately, in the last three games, Chang Bingyu offensive feel is not good, Ryan Dai even defeated Chang Bingyu in three cities to defeat Chang Bingyu 4:2, strongly qualified for the Welsh Open main tournament.
Repefan qualifier opponent is the former world runner-up Carter, the performance of Carter in this game is not good, unfortunately Repefan failed to seize the opportunity, the first game Carter scored several times and won 106:0, in the second set Ofe Repefan did not want to show weakness and then won a city 59:26, in the third game Repefan missed a good opportunity, Carter won another round with a narrow victory of 66:55, Carter won another set in the fourth game Carter won 60:11 with a 3:1 lead, and in the fifth game, Lei Peifan won back a city with a narrow victory of 68:60. Carter did not waste another chance in the sixth set, he won 70:35, the aggregate score of 4:2 victory over Repefan, to advance to the main game. The results of several other matches on the third matchday of the Welsh Open qualifiers were: Zach Shulty beat Barry Pinchis 4-2, Hamad Miyahha beat Rose Muir 4-2, Ashley Kati beat Doon Jones 4-1, Sukhel Wahadi swept Renee 4-1 over Evans, and Graeme Dortmund beat Steven Halworth 4-3.
Tonight, five more Chinese players will play in the Welsh Open qualifiers, among which Cao Yupeng will stage a "China Derby" with Fan Zhengyi, and the two are destined to have one person who will miss the Welsh Open main tournament, and the more powerful Cao Yupeng has a greater probability of advancing. The first to play on the fourth matchday is Scarlett and Zhou Yuelong, Scarlett's opponent is Nigel Bond, and Zhou Yuelong's opponent is Jamie Jones, compared to Ryan Day and Carter, Nigel Bond and Jamie Jones's comprehensive strength is slightly inferior, Scarlett and Zhou Yuelong have a good chance of qualifying in the main tournament. The last Chinese player to appear on the fourth matchday is the famous Xiao Guodong, whose opponent is Michael White, and Xiao Guodong, who is in good shape in the near future, is expected to defeat his opponent to qualify for the Welsh Open.
The Welsh Open Qualifiers for Chinese players on February 18 are as follows
Scarlett vs Nigel Bond
Zhou Yuelong icon vs Jamie Jones
Cao Yupeng vs Fan Zhengyi
Xiao Guodong vs Michael White