The 2021 Snooker World Grand Prix is in full swing, and in the first matchday of the previous competition, Zhao Xintong, as the no. 1 seed, unexpectedly lost to Martin Gould and missed the title again, and Yan Bingtao played a stable victory over Mark Jin to easily advance.
On the second matchday, the excitement of the game continued unabated, and the top players also made a collective appearance, with world number one Mark Selby facing Barry Hawkins, and John Higgins of the season four consecutive asians facing Tom Ford's challenge.
Earlier, the first stage was the showdown between Selby and Hawkins, and the two had a slight upper hand in the previous record of the encounter, but it is believed that for Selby, it is impossible to let the victory be taken away by the other side.
The first innings of the match between the two sides began a long tug-of-war, each of which actually had a chance but failed to complete a win, and it was an hour before Selby officially won the first set with the final color ball.
Hawkins then pulled back a set by a single 50+, and then the two fell into a long and bitter battle, but this situation was Selby's best play, and with three consecutive sets, Selby finally beat Hawkins 4:1 to easily enter the next round.
Looking at the match between the two throughout the game, it is inevitable that it is a little too dull, but compared to Hawkins, Selby obviously knows how to deal with this game situation, and poor Master Huo not only failed to break into the quarterfinals this time but also suffered a round of travel.
Another highly anticipated duel was played by Higgins and Tomford De, and for fans whether Higgins' consecutive runner-up affected his mentality was the most important thing for everyone, but the final result of the game was also unexpected, Higgins actually lost the first round.
As soon as the game began, Fude was in a hot state, seizing on Higgins' mistake and directly blasting a single 70+ to get the opening red, and then Higgins responded with a 60+ to equalize the two back to the same running line.
The next two did not let each other win another set to 2:2, the turning point in the fifth set Higgins due to too conservative did not choose to attack, defensive mistakes after The fore completed the super point to reach the match point, and the final set of the explosion to beat Higgins strongly advanced.
Although Higgins "overturned" tragically suffered a round of travel, but this is not a good thing, the recent continuous high-intensity competition has made Higgins also suffer, this time out can also just take a break, after the end of the game, some fans also joked that "Hagen" can temporarily not worry about their own five consecutive Asia, take this opportunity to have a good drink and relax.
In the other two matches, Stuart Bingham arrived at the match point 3:1 early, but was chased by Walton for two consecutive sets to enter the decider, fortunately, Bingham broke out in the tiebreaker and exploded a large over-100 opponent thrilling promotion, while "Captain" Carter easily defeated "Brother Potato" Gilbert to advance smoothly.