China’s 00’s rising star Liu Hongyu swept past 10-time champion Jimmy White to advance to the third round of the 2024 World Snooker Championship qualifying tournament, while Xing Zihao was defeated by Daniel Wilson 5-10. Meanwhile the signings for the main draw have all been released and match times have been set.
Liu Hongyu, the new star after 00, surprised everyone in his first professional tournament this season, first reaching the semifinals of England Open, and then knocking out Jimmy White in the qualifying round of this World Championship, it is no exaggeration to say that Liu Hongyu is the best newcomer of the Chinese army in this season’s performance. In this game, both sides in the first set of some errors, Liu Hongyu with a number of hands, to 67-60 to pull out the first set, the second set, Jimmy White blasted a single 81 points back to a set, the third set, Liu Hongyu blasted a single 74 points to win another set, the fourth set, Liu Hongyu 80-8 to take the set, the total score of 3-1 lead, the fifth set, Liu Hongyu blasted a single 60 points, to 77-1 to take the set. In the sixth game, Liu Hongyu blasted a single 135 points to win, the total score of 5-1 lead, the seventh game, Jimmy White with a number of on the hand, to 57-17 another game, after which Liu Hongyu won four consecutive games, to the total score of 9-2 to get the match point, although Jimmy White saved a match point, but then Liu Hongyu won 10-3, the first to advance to the top 80.
Another professional rookie Xing Zihao faced Daniel Wells. Although Xing Zihao blasted a single 140 and 61 points in the first stage, he still trailed Wells by a total score of 3-6. In the second stage, the two sides won two games in each of the first four games, and in the 14th game, with a number of top shots, Wells took it by 77-0 to get the match point by a total score of 9-5. In the 15th game, Xing Zihao had an error when he was leading the match, and then Liu Hongyu sealed the win by 70-45. Wells locked the match with a 70-45 win, thus eliminating Xing Zihao with a total score of 10-5. Wells will next face another Chinese player, Lv Haotian.
In addition, the signatures of the main round have been released, Ding Junhui and Zhang Anda are seeded players, and both are in the lower half of the zone, which means that the two may be staged derby, in addition to Ding Junhui and Trump, O’Sullivan in the same group, the breakthrough is more difficult, which Zhang Anda will be on the 20th at 17:00, Ding Junhui will be on the 23rd 17:00 to play, look forward to them to be able to have good! Playing.
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