On March 10, 2022, Beijing time, the snooker Turkish Masters ended the third matchday competition, and four players took the lead in advancing to the round of 16, namely Matthew Serte, John Higgins, Graeme Dort and Scarlett. Starring as an amateur, Scarlett continued to surprise, winning 5-1 over Tom Ford. Unfortunately, Zhao Xintong was in a slump, losing 2-5 to Matthew Serte and upsetting out.
At present, Zhao Xintong is the highest-ranked Chinese player, who has won two ranking championships this season, and the attack is his advantage, but his shortcomings are also obvious, that is, the defense is weak and the play is not stable enough. Zhao Xintong is under the guidance of O'Sullivan and striving to improve his defensive strength. However, this time the game obviously does not belong to Zhao Xintong, although he defeated Michael White in the first round, but the state is indeed very average.
In the second round of the main match against Matthew Celte, Zhao Xintong did not have a single shot more than 50 points, and there were many mistakes at key moments, and his opponent Matthew Serte played a three-shot 50+, and the performance at both ends of the attack and defense was better than Zhao Xintong. In the end, Zhao Xintong lost to Matthew Serte 2-5 and missed the round of 16. The winning Matthew Celt will face the winner in the next round between Jordan Brown and Tacchaia.
There was also a more surprising result in a game, the youngster Scarlett played a single score of 60 points, 50 points, 93 points, 50 points, 68 points, he beat Tom Ford 5-1 to advance to the round of 16. Scarlett competed as an amateur player, eliminating Anthony McGill and Tom Ford, both of which were a surprise win. Next, Scarlett will play against the winner between Ding Junhui and Karen Wilson.
Veteran Higgins was in hot form, shooting 121, 54 and 69 points to beat Michael Holt 5-0. Higgins will face another veteran, Graeme Dort, in the next round, which is also a conversation between the two world champions. Graeme Dort scored a single 135 points to eliminate Jackson Page 5-2.
In this case, Matthew Sert, Higgins, Graeme Dort and Scarlett took the lead in advancing to the round of 16, and then there are 7 Chinese players to impact the round of 16, including Wu Yize and Lu Ning's derby, I believe that there will be a number of Chinese players to advance to the round of 16, and then launch an attack on the championship!