On December 14, Beijing time, the first day of the snooker World Grand Prix was contested, and world champion Mark Williams lost to Lisovsky 3-4 and was out of the game. With this victory, Lisovsky continued to follow Yan Bingtao, ranking 17th with a disadvantage of 4,000 pounds. In addition to Mark Williams, there are two seeded players who are out of the first round, that is, the British Championship champion Zhao Xintong and the world's fifth-ranked Karen Wilson, which can be said to be unpopular on the first matchday.
The World Grand Prix is contested by the top 32 players in a single season, and the level of competition is quite high. China's Zhao Xintong, Yan Bingtao and Cao Yupeng won the opportunity to participate. On the first match day, Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao appeared at the same time to start the opening match. Because the first round uses a 7-game 4-win system, the variables are very large, and the cold is easier to be born.
Zhao Xintong failed to continue the strong state of the British Championship, although he shot a 101 point, once leading 2-1, but then lost three consecutive sets, his opponent Martin Gould played a single shot of 75, 52 points, 79 points in a row, and the last three sets were all one-shot to win, 4-2 to advance to the round of 16. From the ranking point of view, this is considered to be an unpopular, after all, Zhao Xintong ranked ninth in the world, is the number one seed in this competition, and the result is out of the first round.
The winning Martin Gould will face Yan Bingtao in the second round, and this tournament is particularly important for Yan Bingtao, in addition to striving for good results, he also has to defend his seeding seat. Facing Mark King in the first round, Yan Bingtao scored a 111 points to win easily 4-1. However, Yan Bingtao's rival Lisovsky also won, facing world champion Mark Williams, Lisovsky shot a three-shot 60+ to win 4-3.
Mark Williams was also in good shape, trailing twice in the first half, but he scored a hundred and two 50+ to come back 3-2 after the end of the fifth set. Unfortunately, Mark Williams was suppressed by Lisowski in the next two sets, did not have too good a chance, and finally lost 3-4 to the opponent and was out of the cold. In this way, Lisovsky continues to follow Yan Bingtao, ranking 17th, and still has a chance to return to the top 16 after this competition.
The final match of the first matchday was anthony Hamilton's 4-3 elimination of Karen Wilson, and world number five Karen Wilson was out of the first round, which was also a big hit. The two fought fiercely in the game, with Karen Wilson winning three straight sets while trailing 2-0, but Anthony Hamilton scored 99 points to win the sixth inning. In the decider, Karen Wilson originally had the initiative, but there was a serious mistake in hitting the powder ball, and Anthony Hamilton came up and scored all the remaining red balls on the table, but the mother ball accidentally fell into the bag, and Anthony Hamilton led 64-30. Karen Wilson was powerless to fight back, losing 3-4 and out of the cold.
On the first matchday, three of the world's top 16 seeded players were out, Karen Wilson, Zhao Xintong and Mark Williams, which was a surprise!