In the early morning of December 15, Beijing time, the first round of the Snooker World Grand Prix ended two more battles, Ali Carter eliminated Gilbert 4-1, AndomFord eliminated Higgins 4-2, and the two worked together to advance to the round of 16.
Ali Carter and Gilbert clashed, and it seemed like a tie-breaker. But apparently, Alicat is in better shape. In the first set, Alicat blasted a single shot of 77 points to win. In the second set, Alicat won 68-42 and the General Manager had a fantastic start of 2-0. In the third inning, Gilbert finally scored a 50+ and scored a single 57 points to win a difficult set back 72-65. In the fourth set, Alicat scored another 53 points to keep a 92-0 clean sheet with Gilbert, and the General Bureau led 3-1 and won multiple match points. In the fifth set, Alicat kept another clean sheet 73-0, and the General Bureau advanced 4-1.
Four-time World Championship winner Higgins broke out, and Tomford eliminated Higgins 4-2 to reach the round of 16. In the first set, Tomford showed a fiery feel, winning by 75 points. In the second set, Higgins scored 66 points to pull back a city. In the third set, Tomford won 63-33. In the fourth set, Higgins scored 81 points to win. Next, Tomford exploded, scoring 71 points and 130 points in a row to win two consecutive sets, and the General Bureau won 4-2 to Higgins.
So far, the round of 16 of this year's Snooker World Grand Prix has been born 8 seats: Gould, Yan Bingtao, Anthony Hamilton, Selby, Tomford, Lisowski, Bingham, Ali carter.
It is worth mentioning that the World Grand Prix is ranked by a single season real-time ranking to rank the seed status, Zhao Xintong is the top seed, Brechel No. 2 seed, Mark Williams No. 3 seed, Higgins No. 4 seed, and now, the top 4 seeds have 3 people out of the first round: Zhao Xintong 2-4 Gould, Mark Williams 3-4 Lisovsky, Higgins 2-4 Tomford, snooker even burst the big cold!