On December 13, 2021, the snooker Scottish Open ended, the last ranking event of the year, the World Grand Prix is about to start, the World Taiwan Federation announced the signing table, the top 32 players in the single season were invited to participate, only Zhao Xintong, Yan Bingtao, Cao Yupeng three Chinese players qualified, Zhao Xintong is the top seed, Brechel is the second seed, the meeting can only be in the final.
The World Grand Prix winner prize money of 100,000 pounds, according to the single season ranking invited 32 players to participate, each person has a guaranteed bonus of 5,000 pounds, this year's first round out is counted in the world rankings, the best result of the Chinese players is the runner-up, Ding Junhui lost to O'Sullivan in the final.
Last year, the best result of chinese players in this ranking tournament was the quarterfinals, Zhao Xintong defeated Higgins to advance, and later lost to Lisovsky, indeed everyone did not expect that after a year, Zhao Xintong would become the number one seed in this ranking competition, Yan Bingtao and Cao Yupeng had a good performance this season, although they did not win the championship, but they could qualify for the competition, which was also worthy of recognition.
Zhao Xintong in the 1/4 zone, the first round against the glasses man Martin. Gould, Yan Bingtao vs. Mark. Kim, the two defeated their respective opponents to meet the round of 16, to ensure that a Chinese player advanced to the final, 囧哥 Karen. Wilson vs. Anthony. Hamilton, Robertson vs. Noppon. Sangham, optimistic about Zhao Xintong, Yan Bingtao, Karen. Wilson and Robertson won, but there were too many cooling goals in 7 innings and 4 wins.
Cao Yupeng in the 2/4 zone, the first round against Mark. Allen, Selby vs. Hawkins, Trump vs. Wollaston, Higgins vs. Tom. Ford, Trump or fight Higgins again, Cao Yupeng wants to stand out too difficult, the same district is basically the top master, three Chinese players gathered in the upper half of the district, whether Zhao Xintong can continue the good state of winning the British Championship, or depends on the actual situation.
mark. Williams in the 3/4 zone, first round against Lisowski, McGill against Maguire, Bingham against Richie. Wharton, Gilbert vs Carter, O'Sullivan in the 4/4 zone, first round against Andy. Hicks, Gary. Wilson vs. Hussein. Wafi, Jimmy. Robertson vs Matthew. Celt, Luca. Brechel vs. Jordan. Brown, relatively speaking, is a bit easier to play.
Overall, many famous players are concentrated in the upper half, who can reach the final is difficult to predict, the second half is mainly O'Sullivan, Mark. Williams, Bingham, Brechel, McGill and other people compete, of course, there may be a new dark horse, this is the final battle of this year, I hope That Zhao Xintong, Yan Bingtao, Cao Yupeng three Chinese players to go all out and strive for another good result.