On February 18, Beijing time, the final match of the ** Welsh Open was released. Higgins, the top favorite to win the championship, lost 4-6 to Gary Wilson, and Gary Wilson hit a single shot of 147 in the second game. Higgins, on the other hand, fell outside the final for the fifth time after reaching the semi-finals for the fifth time this season. In another game, Odnaire defeated Slesser 6-5 and reached the final of the ranking tournament for the first time in his career, continuing to play the super dark horse of this tournament.
This Welsh Open not only lacked O'Sullivan's figure, but also caused many upsets after the start of the tournament. The top 10 players have all been eliminated, with World Champion Brecel in the quarterfinals out of the tournament, and the highest ranked players in the semi-finals are world No. 12 Higgins and world No. 16 Gary Wilson. Then there were Slesser in 50th and Odnair in 76th. In the semifinals, Gary Wilson and Higgins went head-to-head.
In this semi-final, Gary Wilson opened with a high morale and quickly scored 104 points in a single stroke. In the second game, Wilson was even more firepower, and after Higgins was penalized for 4 points to complete his own hands, he cleared the stage all the way around the red and black combination, played a single stroke of 147, and won 151-0! It was also the 10th shot of the season and the 199th 147 perfect score in gram history. Wilson continued his efforts and won two more games to take a 4-0 lead. Higgins then pulled one back, but Wilson quickly secured match point at 5-1. Although Higgins won 3 games in a row, in the 10th game, Wilson ended the game with a single stroke of 73 points and defeated Higgins 6-4 to enter the final.
In the other game, the two dark horse players played very intensely, Slesser hit 4 shots of 50+, and Odenel shot 3 shots of 50+, and the two fought all the way to the tiebreaker. In the deciding game, Odnair scored 126 points in a single stroke, and finally advanced to the final 6-5. In the final, Gary Wilson will face Odenaire.