On March 9, the 2022 World Snooker Tour Turkey Masters entered the third matchday of competition, and in the first round of several fierce battles, liang Wenbo and Wu Yize, the last two of the Chinese legion, performed well, and both won and advanced. Liang Wenbo faced joe Perry, a veteran who just won the Welsh Open last week, and won 5-2, blocking Perry's way to advancement. The youngster Wu Yize faced Ireland's Aaron Hill, played a beautiful battle, and finally won five consecutive sets, directly sweeping 5-0 to advance. So far, the Chinese legion has locked in a total of 32 strong 9 people, forming a trend of scale.
In yesterday's game, a brother Ding Junhui led the game, in the unfavorable situation of 1-4 behind, won four consecutive sets, completed a big reversal, and defeated Milkins 5-4 to advance to the round of 32. Yan Bingtao, Zhou Yuelong, Yuan Sijun and others all won smoothly and advanced to the second round. In the final matches of the first round, Liang Wenbo and Wu Yize appeared to compete for the last two places for the Chinese team. For Liang Wenbo, he rebounded in mid-season, once advancing to the single-time limited time and the German Masters Final Four, and coming to the Turkish Masters, he looks forward to going further.
Liang Wenbo's opponent is Joe Perry, a 47-year-old veteran who just won the Welsh Open last week, who beat the famous Trump 9-5 in the final, achieving the second ranking title of his career and becoming the second-oldest ranking champion in history. Coming to the Turkish Masters, Perry and Liang Wenbo have played each other 6 times before, and the two sides have won 3 games each, which can be described as comparable, but this season the two played in the Champions League, Liang Wenbo won 3-2, occupying a psychological advantage.
In this game, Liang Wenbo started well, scoring 73 in the first set and winning again in the second set to take a 2-0 lead. In the third set, it was a pity, the two made more mistakes, Perry single-shot 55 points to win the first set, and in the fourth set, Liang Wenbo single-shot 73 points again, to lead 3-1 into the halftime break. In the fifth set, Liang Wenbo scored 54 points, but was completed by Perry's single 77 points to complete the counterattack and chase it to 2-3. After the next two sets, the two attacks were fragmented, and Liang Wenbo seized the opportunity at the critical moment, winning consecutively through small points, and finally the big score was fixed at 5-2, and Liang Wenbo successfully advanced. And Wu Yize faced Hill, played a 1-shot breaker, 2 shots 50+, won five consecutive sets, swept 5-0, advanced to the round of 32, and refreshed the career high.
So far, a total of 9 members of the Chinese Legion have successfully broken through from the first round to advance to the round of 32, and in the second round, their situation is as follows: Wu Yize vs. Lu Ning, the two started a civil war; Zhao Xintong vs. Sergeant, Si Jiahui vs. Fude, Ding Junhui vs Karen Wilson, Yan Bingtao vs Slyser, Yuan Sijun vs Craig, Zhou Yuelong vs Brecher, Liang Wenbo dueled against trump and Wackering.