On September 30, 2022, the Snooker British Open continued, with two seats first in the semi-finals. Robbie Williams eliminated Lu Haotian 5-1. The latter had a problem with his mentality and failed to withstand the pressure. Only Yuan Sijun was left in Chinese players, and Mark Allen defeated Selby 25-3. At this point, all the top ten in the world were eliminated, and only Mark Allen left in the seed players.
Lu Haotian is 24 years old and ranked 43rd in the world. He once reached the final and lost to Matthew Celter to the runner-up. In recent years, Lu Haotian has average results. This time, Lu Haotian won Mark King, Gilbert , Ross Muir, Matthew Stevens to advance to the quarterfinals and eliminated the three ranking champions. In the eyes of many fans, it is an unexpected surprise, and there is also a chance to play against Robbie Williams next.
Robbie Williams ranked 61st, and his best career result was the semi-finals. This season he needs to solve the problem of relegation. In fact, no one expected before the game that Robbie Williams would become a dark horse. In the previous game, Robbie Williams defeated the Chinese star Ding Junhui 4-2. In addition, he also eliminated three post-90s players, Ashley Hegill, Hallworth and Klex.
game adopts a 9-game 5-win system, neither of them is in shape. In the first game, Lu Haotian played steadily and took the lead with 77-10. In the second game, Lu Haotian scored 51 points in a single shot and interrupted the attack. Robbie Williams made a piecemeal and won a game 71-61. The two sides made mistakes in the third game, and Robbie Williams won another game 61-51. Lu Haotian's defense had no quality and was completely suppressed by the opponent.
In the fourth game, Lu Haotian scored 50 points in a single shot and turned to defense. Robbie Williams took action many times and completed the super score with 70-56. In the fifth game, Robbie Williams still did not score 50+ in a single shot. With his more stable performance, he won the battle 87-11 and got the match point 4-1. In the sixth game, Robbie Williams scored 42 points to interrupt the attack, and then ended the game 80-42 and eliminated Lu Haotian 5-1.
Selby fought against Mark Allen again and staged a peak showdown. Selby ranked third, holding nine three-game champions, Mark Allen ranked 14th, and once won the Masters. Both of them were top experts. The past record was relatively close, and the outcome was all based on the on-the-spot performance. In the first game, Selby directly scored 123 points in a single shot. In the second game, Mark Allen took action many times and won a game 59-29.
Next Mark Allen scored 143 points in a single shot. In the fourth game, Selby scored 34 points and interrupted the attack. Mark Allen scored 75 points in a single shot and won another game. In the fifth game, Selby scored 103 points in a single shot and regained the color. In the sixth game, Selby won the battle 73-44. In the seventh game, Mark Allen narrowly won 59-51. In the eighth game, Mark Allen scored 126 points in a single shot, and finally defeated Selby 5-3 and advanced to the semi-finals.
