Wu Anyi Misses Chance to Go Straight to Professional Tour in British Women’s Snooker Open

[Sports News]Hong Kong’s “Queen of Cue with Four Eyes” Wu Anyi made her debut at the British Women’s Snooker Open on Sunday (14th). The top 8 faced the 19-year-old Chinese supernova Bai Yulu and lost 2 games in a row with a 2:1 lead. It was reversed, and finally won 2:3, and missed the promotion, which means that it failed to return to the second place in the world, and missed the direct qualification for the professional tour.

The British Women’s Snooker Tournament was held in Walsall, England on May 13th and 14th. More than 50 female players from 14 countries or regions participated. The professional qualification “battle” between Wu Anyi, who is ranked No. 3 in the world. In 2021, Wu Anyi, who was awarded the “wild card” by the World Table Tennis Federation for the first time in two seasons of professional tours, must win the championship before she can surpass Evans and rise to second place, thus directly winning the next two seasons (2023-2024, 2024) -2025) PGA Tour berth.

Wu Anyi, who was listed as a seeded player, entered the round of 16 without the first round. Teammate He Qiqi easily won the first round with 3 straight sets, and advanced to the semi-finals to challenge Chinese star Bai Yulu. The latter has made rapid progress in recent years and won the World Youth Championship twice. This year In February, she participated in the Women’s World Championships for the first time and hit the highest score (127 degrees) in the history of the event. She even defeated Evans in the top four and finally won the runner-up.

“Four-eyed Cue Queen” was under pressure in the first game, leading twice and being chased by the opponent (64:54, 18:72, 65:52, 0:81, 7), and the fifth round of the decisive battle, Bai Yulu “Urgent” 59 degrees, 69:7 victory. Wu Anyi won 2:3 and missed the top 4. The ranking will definitely not improve and she will directly get the “wild card”. Later, she will participate in Q School and other qualifying tournaments to keep her seat on the professional tour.

As for Bai Yulu, she became more and more courageous, and finally defeated Evans 4:3 in the final, winning the women’s ranking championship for the first time. Evans will ensure her qualifications for the next two professional tours.

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