2023-10-13 07:10:05
Snooker Wuhan Open: O’Sullivan triumphs, Lu Haotian and Wu Yize advance to the top 8 2023-10-13 15:10:05.0 Source: Xinhuanet Author: Le Wenwan
The 2023 World Snooker Wuhan Open entered its fourth match day on the 12th. “Rocket” O’Sullivan made great progress and defeated Yuan Sijun 5:1; only two players from the “Chinese Legion”, Lu Haotian and Wu Yize, advanced to the quarter-finals.
In the game that night, O’Sullivan scored first, and Yuan Sijun responded with a single shot of 112 points to equalize the score. Subsequently, O’Sullivan won successively and took the lead in getting the match point 4:1. In the sixth game, the two sides created snooker for each other. O’Sullivan took the lead to break the game, but left the blue ball in the pocket. Yuan Sijun seized the opportunity and scored 63 points in a single stroke. However, when he was one point away from overtaking, O’Sullivan scored 4 consecutive black balls and the final result was 74:63.
Zhang Anda and Lu Haotian ranked 40th and 41st in the world respectively. In the first half, the two sides played evenly. After Zhang Anda won two games in a row, Lu Haotian scored 103 points and 87 points on a single stroke to even the score. After the intermission, Lu Haotian felt even hotter, winning three games in a row and advancing to the top 8.
Facing the strong enemy Maguire, Wu Yize came back 4:3 to get the match point following falling behind 1:3 in the game. Maguire equalized the game in the eighth game. In the deciding game, the two sides fought for a black ball, and Wu Yize won, thus defeating his opponent 5:4 to advance.
In the next round, Lu Haotian will face O’Sullivan, and Wu Yize will face Irish player Aaron Hill.
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