On December 15, Beijing time, in the first round of the 2021 Snooker World Grand Prix, China's Cao Yupeng lost 1-4 to Mark Allen and suffered the first round of travel. In the game, Cao Yupeng made too many mistakes, and he couldn't believe it himself, and directly lay on the table in chagrin. So far, in the first round of the competition, all 3 Chinese players have played, only Yan Bingtao has won, zhao Xintong and Cao Yupeng are out, and they did not qualify for the round of 16.
In this competition, a total of 3 Chinese players competed, namely the British Championship champion Zhao Xintong, the Masters champion Yan Bingtao and Cao Yupeng, and Ding Junhui did not qualify. On the previous match day, Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao played, and the result was a joy and a worry, Zhao Xintong lost, and suffered the first round of swimming out. Yan Bingtao performed strongly, winning 4-1 to advance. Next, Yan Bingtao's opponent was Gould, who eliminated Zhao Xintong.
Today, Cao Yupeng is playing against the famous Mark Allen, who is ranked 12th in the world and Cao Yupeng is 74th!
In the first set, Cao Yupeng scored 86 points and won the first set.
But after that, mistakes buried Cao Yupeng, and in the second set, with a single shot of 114 points, Allen easily pulled back a city. In the next two sets, Cao Yupeng still made mistakes, Allen scored 80-33, single 79 points, and the big score was 3-1 to get the match point!
At this time, Cao Yupeng has no way to retreat, he should let go, after all, in the face of 3 match points, the opponent is still stronger Allen, not easy to chase!
In the fifth set, Cao Yupeng started smoothly and seemed to be in sight to win the game, but after scoring 32 points, the simple powder ball did not score, and he lay on the table, very upset. On the sidelines, Cao Yupeng was helpless and could only smile bitterly. In the end, Cao Yupeng took the initiative to concede defeat, lost the game, lost 1-4 in the big score, and suffered the first round of travel!
In this regard, in the first round of this competition, 3 Chinese players have been out of the game, namely Zhao Xintong and Cao Yupeng, leaving only Yan Bingtao, a Chinese player.
Overall, the Chinese players' performance was not stable enough, and Zhao Xintong was able to win the British Championship, but he was also quickly out of the Grand Prix.