In the Welsh Open qualifiers that ended on February 18, 2022, Beijing time, Although China's post-90s zhou Yuelong shot 117 points, 66 points, 62 points and 68 points, he still lost 3-4 to Jamie Jones. In the match that followed, China's Youngster Scarlett Was Very Strong, with his good performance of 50, 58, 93 and 52 points to successfully advance to the main game with a 4-3 victory over the veteran "00-147" Nigel Bond. Fan Zhengyi and Cao Yupeng's Chinese derby also went through seven sets of matches before ending, and in the end, Cao Yupeng defeated youngster Fan Zhengyi 4-3 and successfully advanced to the round of 64 of this tournament.
Zhou Yuelong lost 3-4 to Jones in qualifying
In the match between Zhou Yuelong and Jamie Jones, Zhou Yuelong's form can be described as very good, but his ability to tactics and control the rhythm of the game is too poor. In the first set, Zhou Yuelong scored 66 and 62 points with a single shot to take a 1-0 lead with a 128-0 clean sheet. In the second set, Zhou Yuelong scored 68 points and then won the game 92:49 to continue to lead Jones 2-0. In the third set, Jones scored 67 points and 72:28 to win the game to trail Zhou Yuelong 1-2. In the fourth set, Jones scored 61 points to win the game 92-4 to draw 2-2 with Zhou Yuelong. In the fifth set, Zhou Yuelong scored a 117-point clean sheet to lead Jones 3-2. In the sixth set, Jones scored 56 points and won the set 3-3 with Zhou Yuelong. In the seventh set, Jones won the set 78:26 to defeat Zhou Yuelong 4-3 to advance.
Scarlett beat Bond 4-3 to advance to the main tournament
In the match between Scarlett and veteran Bond, the two players also played a very good quality match. In the first set, Bond scored 59 points to win the game 90-20 to take a 1-0 lead over Scarlett. In the second set, Scarlett scored 50 points and won the game 98:51 to draw Bond 1-1. In the third set, Bond scored 60 points and won another set 73:1 to take a 2-1 lead. The game moved into the fourth set, with Bond winning the game 72:21 to take a 3-1 lead over Scarlett to match points. In the fifth set, Scarlett scored a 58-pointer to keep a clean sheet 99-0 to trail Bond 2-3. In the sixth set, Scarlett scored 93 points and then won the game 93-1 to draw Bond 3-3. In the seventh set, Scarlett scored 52 points to win the game 68-29 to reverse bond 4-3 to enter the main game.
Cao Yupeng defeated Fan Zhengyi 4-3 and successfully entered the main competition
In the match between Cao Yupeng and Fan Zhengyi, the experience and psychological quality of the young fan Zhengyi were still slightly worse. In the first set, Cao Yupeng won the game 83:20 on the mobile phone several times to take a 1-0 lead. In the second set, Fan Zhengyi singled out 68 points to win the game 111:35 to draw 1-1 with Cao Yupeng. In the third set, Cao Yupeng won the game 65:46 with his excellent ability to seize the opportunity to continue to lead Fan Zhengyi 2-1. In the fourth set, Fan Zhengyi scored 99 points to win the game 116:22, thus drawing 2-2 with Cao Yupeng. In the fifth set, Cao Yupeng scored 75 points to win the match 75:27 to lead Fan Zhengyi 3-2 to get the match point. In the sixth set, Fan Zhengyi scored 60 points to win the game 83:5 to draw 3-3 with Cao Yupeng. In the seventh set, Cao Yupeng advanced to the main tournament with a single 88-point performance of a clean sheet Fan Zhengyi to beat the latter 4-3.