On December 14, Beijing time, the first match day of the 2021 Snooker World Grand Prix, 3 of the 4 matches were unpopular. As the number one seed, Zhao Xintong was out. In addition, Karen Wilson, who is no. 5 in the world, is out 3-4, and Mark Williams, who is no. 8 in the world, is also out 3-4. The only thing that wasn't a hit was Yan Bingtao's win, with his 4-1 win over Mark King.
Because he won the British Championship, this season, Zhao Xintong has the highest number of points, so he is the number one seed and ranked 9th in the world. Facing Gould, Zhao Xintong did not show the strength of the skill, was reversed in the case of 2-1 lead, and suffered the first round of the first round of 2-4.
Yan Bingtao played normally, beating Mark King 4-1 and will face Gould in the next round.
The other 2 matches of the first matchday were somewhat unpopular.
World No. 5 Wilson met Hamilton, and although he lost two straight sets, Wilson won three consecutive sets to get match points 3-2. Since then, Hamilton has tied with 99 points. In the decider, Wilson then played several times, chasing 26-29 when there was another mistake, Hamilton single shot 35 points, although Wilson did not accept the loss, but still lost 30-71, 3-4 out of the game. In a good situation, Wilson gave in, and he could only blame himself for his poor performance!
World No. 8 Mark Williams also lost. Trailing 1-2, Mark Williams shot a single 117 and 77 points to win the set point 3-2. Then, Lisovsky scored 74 points, and the big score became 3-3! In the decider, Williams took the lead but made a mistake, and Lisowski single-shot 94 points to take away the victory, 4-3 to win.
That is to say, on the first day of the 4 games, the higher-ranked Zhao Xintong, Karen Wilson and Mark Williams all lost, and only Yan Bingtao did not explode and won and advanced. Zhao Xintong's greatest regret is that from winning the British Championship to the first round of the Grand Prix tour now, there is only an interval of 8 days. In the future, there are still many places where Zhao Xintong needs to improve.