In the early morning of December 14, Beijing time, the first round of the 2021 Snooker Grand Prix was contested, which was the last stop in the ranking of 2021. On the first match day, two Chinese players, Yan Bingtao and Zhao Xintong, both played, and the result was that the two were happy and worried, Zhao Xintong lost to Gould in the first round, and Yan Bingtao took Mark Jin to advance.
Zhao Xintong 2-4 Gould
The first set was fiercely contested between the two, with Zhao Xintong 55-29 taking the next set. Gould 77-34 in the second set to take back one set. In the third set, Zhao Xintong scored 101 points with a single shot, and his opponent won the round with a 101-0 clean sheet.
Gould scored a 75-pointer in the fourth set to win the fourth set 121-0. In the fifth inning, Gould scored 52 points and won the match point 82-9. Gould scored a 79 inning to end the battle and win the sixth set 79-0.
Yan Bingtao 4-1 Mark King
Yan Bingtao took the lead in the first set and won 72-35. Mark King was even better in the second set, pulling back the set 83-7. In the third set, the two competed fiercely, and Yan Bingtao won 70-58 to take a 2-1 lead.
In the fourth set, Yan Bingtao scored 111 points with a single stroke, and won easily 112-18. In the fifth set, Yan Bingtao cashed in on the match point 76-36 and won the match 4-1.