O’Sullivan wins, snooker queen misses first win
On the morning of February 22nd, Beijing time, with O’Sullivan’s defeat of McManus, the second day of the 2020 Snooker single-time limited-time match ended all 64 games. The 64 players who entered the second round at 21 o’clock on the evening of the 23rd will continue the second round.
In the first round of the competition, a total of 23 Chinese players competed, and 15 players eventually advanced, including Zhang Anda, Chang Bingyu, Xiao Guodong, Zhao Xintong, Mei Xiwen, Luo Honghao, Li Xing, Lu Haotian, Lei Peifan, Tian Pengfei. Lu Ning, Zhou Yuelong, Yan Bingtao, Liang Wenbo, Chen Feilong and other contestants. Among the top 16 players who came to the competition, except for Selby’s loss to Thailand’s Song Sawar and Mark Allen’s loss to Chinese teenager Luo Honghao, the others all advanced smoothly. As for the women’s players, after the Thai women’s Nucharu Onharuthai lost to Tu Zhenlong on the first day of the match, the snooker queen Evans lost to Burns on the second day of the match and missed the second round. Evans also participated in the tournament last year, but also lost to legendary star Jimmy White. So far Evans has not yet tasted the first victory.
In terms of single-stroke scoring, among the players who scored 50+ in the first round of the competition, the Malaysian player currently has 133 points in a single stroke, while the Chinese player Chang Bingyu’s 120 is currently ranked second. These two break 100s are also the only two breaks so far. A total of 13 strokes exceeded 50 points in a single stroke.