On December 14, Beijing time, the Snooker World Grand Prix entered the second match day, and nine seeded players will appear on this match day, including five world champions, namely Mark Selby, Stewart Bingham, John Higgins, Judd Trump, and Neil Robertson. Selby again against the stronger Barry Hawkins, just lost the title in the Scottish Open Higgins against Tom Ford, Higgins has a huge consumption in consecutive games, may also be out of the cold?
On the first day of the World Grand Prix, three of the four matches had unexpected results, that is, the low-ranking players beat the seeded players, namely Martin Gould eliminated the world-ranked ninth-ranked Zhao Xintong 4-2, Lisovsky eliminated the world-ranked Mark Williams 4-3, and Anthony Hamilton eliminated the world-ranked karen Wilson 4-3. Only Yan Bingtao withstood the pressure, and he eliminated Mark King 4-1 to become the first seeded player to advance to the round of 16.
The result was unexpected, but it was not a big downfall, after all, these players are in the top 32 this season and are in excellent competitive form. Another point is that the 4-win-7-game system is inherently very variable, and compared to the long-term system, the 7-in-4-win system is of course more likely to be upset. Such an outcome may motivate low-ranking players who will appear later to attack the seeded players.
On the second matchday, 5 world champions appeared. Mark Selby takes on Barry Hawkins, both players are ranked in the top ten in the world, of course, strong dialogue, the two are friends, each other is also a bitter enemy, the competition will be very fierce. The match will take off on matchday two, with world champion Bingham against Rich Wharton, who is equally strong and cannot be surprised at what the result will be.
Veteran Higgins only has a day off, and then he will play in the World Grand Prix, this season has won four runners-up in a row, although he maintains a good competitive standard, but the consecutive runners-up will definitely be hit, coupled with his old age, continuous game consumption is huge, the first round against Tom Ford, may be out of the cold. In addition, Trump vs. Wollaston, and Neil Robertson vs. Sankham, both of which were tough battles.
There were 8 matches scheduled on this matchday, in addition to the five world champions, there is another game worth paying attention to, that is, China's Cao Yupeng vs. Mark Allen. Cao Yupeng once beat Mark Allen at the World Championships, it was a quite classic game, but also a very dramatic game, Mark Allen's remarks after the game also caused controversy, many years later, again, do not know what kind of situation will be presented?
In addition, David Gilbert vs. Ali Carter, Anthony McGill vs. Stephen Maguire, this is also a game of unpredictable outcomes, the key depends on the player's on-the-spot performance. I hope that all the players can play at the best level, and I hope that our Cao Yupeng can give it a go and beat Mark Allen again, and wish Cao Yupeng good luck!