The first day of the 2021 Snooker World Grand Prix was in full swing, the Chinese team performed mixed, the new Science and Technology Championship champion, the number one seed in the tournament, and now the world's ninth-ranked Chinese star Zhao Xintong was eliminated in the first round of the match, in the match with the "glasses man" Gould, Zhao Xintong performed poorly, he lost three consecutive sets in the case of a 2:1 lead, the total score was 2:4 against Martin Gould, the first round was cold out, which was a big surprise. Another player of the Chinese legion, the "post-00s" young player Yan Bingtao, known as the "genius teenager", has rebounded in his state, in the match with the famous mark King, Yan Bingtao blasted out a single shot to break the hundred, the total score of 4:1 to win the opponent to advance to the round of 16, after being eliminated early in the British Championship and the Scottish Open, Yan Bingtao finally stopped the decline in the losing streak, and before the start of the Masters, the state showed an upward momentum.
China's Zhao Xintong's first-round opponent is "Glasses Man" Gould, Zhao Xintong just won the championship at the British Championship two weeks ago, his world ranking not only rose to the top 16, but also surpassed Ding Junhui, Yan Bingtao and other Chinese players to the ninth in the world, because winning the British Championship made him rise to the first place in the points ranking this season, so Zhao Xintong was listed as the number one seed of the Snooker World Grand Prix. Gould's with the Scottish Open last week's round of 16 and China's Li Xing defeated O'Sullivan, and finally won the thrill of participating in the Snooker World Grand Prix, from the seed ranking point of view, the gap between the two is obvious, but objectively speaking, the comprehensive strength of the two is not as large as the ranking shows, Gould also won the ranking championship, but Zhao Xintong, as the number one seed in this competition, was eliminated in the first round or it was a big surprise. Because he just won the British Championship championship, Zhao Xintong's game was particularly concerned by Chinese fans, the first game between the two sides was very fierce, neither of them formed a continuous attack, Zhao Xintong scored many times before winning 55:29, the next city to win first.
In the second set, the game scene fell into a state of anxiety again, Gould scored several times and pulled back a city, and in the third game, Zhao Xintong attacked fiercely, he played a single 101 points and kept a clean sheet again, and the big score was 2:1 again. In the fourth game Zhao Xintong made a fatal mistake, Gould seized the opportunity to blast out a single shot of 75 points and won, pulling the big score into a 2:2 draw, the fifth game was very fierce, but Zhao Xintong did not feel good, Gould played a single 50 + roar to win another round, the big score was 3:2 to overtake, the sixth game Gurd did not give Zhao Xintong too many opportunities, single shot out 79 points after locking the win, the total score of 4:2 to defeat Zhao Xintong, strong promotion to the round of 16. Although Zhao Xintong won the British Championship, but the subsequent Scottish Open and the World Grand Prix were embarrassed, the Scottish Open he stopped qualifying, and the World Grand Prix he stopped the first round, Zhao Xintong wanted to become a world-class celebrity, he needed to improve the stability of the state, otherwise it was still far from the world's top players.
In addition to the top seed Zhao Xintong, the seeded players who were out of the first round of the game included Karen Wilson and world champion Mark Williams. World number five Karen Wilson first round against veteran Hamilton, the game began, Hamilton won two consecutive sets to give Wilson a dismount, Wilson stabilized his position and won three consecutive sets, the big score 3:2 lead and got the match point, Hamilton then did not mess with himself, he played a single 99 points after equalizing, the decisive game Hamilton seized the opportunity to win, the total score of 4:3 upset defeated Karen Wilson, advanced to the round of 16. World champion Mark Williams first round opponent is Lisovsky, Lisovsky's world ranking has just fallen out of the top 16, the two sides of the game played a big battle, Mark Williams blasted out a single shot to break the hundred and then took the lead to get the match point, Lisovsky then stubbornly equalized the score, the decider mark Williams took the lead in attacking but made a mistake, Lisovsky blasted a single shot 94 points after a sword to seal the throat, the total score of 4:3 eliminated the three-time World Championship champion Mark Williams, head high to advance to the round of 16.
The number one seed Zhao Xintong was out of the cold, but the Chinese talented teenager Yan Bingtao was in a state of courage, after the championship round into the final four, Yan Bingtao's state declined, the British Championship stopped in the second round, and the Scottish Open He was eliminated in the first round of the main tournament, two consecutive ranking matches were eliminated prematurely, and the fans were pinched for Yan Bingtao's world Grand Prix trip, the first round of the game Yan Bingtao's opponent was the "bald" player Mark Jin, although Yan Bingtao only played a shot to break the hundred, but occupied the initiative on the field from beginning to end. Yan Bingtao, who plays similar to Selby, is still very confident in the chaotic situation, and finally after the two fiercely fought for five innings, Yan Bingtao won 4:1 and strongly advanced to the second round of the World Grand Prix, Yan Bingtao will compete with Gould for a place in the quarterfinals, as long as the normal play, Yan Bingtao is expected to continue to soar.