In the early morning of April 14, the snooker World Championship qualification round came to an end, in the end of a focus battle, China's post-00s young player Lei Peifan played a level, facing the no. 2 seed wafi in the qualifier, chased to 9-9 in the case of 1-4 behind, the decider 61-68 was ruthlessly killed by the opponent, a goal difference did not qualify for the main match of this world championship, Wafi for the first time in his career into Crucible. In another match played in the same period, Thailand's Sankam defeated Milkins, who eliminated Cao Yupeng, 10-8 to advance to the main tournament.
Lei Peifan's performance this season was not satisfactory, until the World Championships, beating Carrington, Yusenbach and other toughsters to pass 3 levels in a row to enter the "Decisive Day", and his opponent Hussein Wafi ranked 18th in the world, ranking 2nd seed in the qualifiers, and his achievements have risen in recent years, beating many top masters. In the first half of the game, Lei Peifan stubbornly chased to 4-5 after falling behind 1-4! At the beginning of the second half, Lei Peifan won 78-52, and the total score was 5-5! Then he scored a single 52 points to win 6-5! But then Wafi returned a 70+, and won another set 7-6 to lead Repefan again, after which Repefan blasted out two 70+, Wafi added another 80+, the two sides have a win-loss, the total score Waffi 9-8 first to the match point, Repefan is not in danger, through a shot of 78 points to drag the game into the decider, unfortunately the last set 61-68 lost.
Mirkims failed to go any further after eliminating Cao Yupeng, although he took a 5-4 lead in the first half, but Sankam performed better in the second half, in the 10th-11th set, Sankam played a 50+ to win 2 consecutive sets of 6-5 on aggregate, and then Milkins blasted out 3 shots of 50+, counter-playing the opponent a 3-1, the aggregate score of 8-7 reversed again! In the face of such a tenacious opponent, the Thais did not give up, after the 16th set of 74-35 difficult to win, 2 consecutive shots of 70+, the total score of 10-8 had a thrilling victory over the opponent, together with Thai compatriot Ta chaiya to enter the World Championship main tournament.