On December 14, the World Snooker Tour Grand Prix entered its second matchday, and in the eight first round matches that ended on the same day, China's third appearance, Cao Yupeng, won one set first and lost four consecutive sets 1-4. Higgins lost 2-4 in the match with Tom Ford, and the "upset" round of the tour was out. In addition, in other competitions, world number one Selby beat Hawkins 4-1, Trump beat Wollaston 4-2, Robertson 4-0 clean sheets Tonkham, Bingham 4-3 Walton, Maguire beat McGill 4-0 and Carter 4-1 Gilbert.
In the opening match on the first day, China's two young players Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao joined hands to play, and as a result, Zhao Xintong faced the "glasses man" Gould, regrettably stopping the first round 2-4. And Yan Bingtao performed well, 4-1 Lek Mark Jin, successfully advanced. The remaining Chinese player Cao Yupeng played against Northern Ireland's Mark Allen, and the most classic match between the two was in the first round of the 2012 World Championships, when Allen 'committed suicide' with a dramatic white ball smash in the final moments of the game, completing Cao Yupeng's breakthrough to advance to the round of 16. But in the three subsequent encounters between the two, Allen without exception won, so this grand prix is a continuation of the two people's enmity.
In the game, Cao Yupeng came up to show a good feel, a single 86 points clean sheet to get a good start, but then in the second set Allen played a hundred, single 114 points also clean sheets in color. In the third set, Allen completed a super score of 80-33 points, the fourth set played a single 79 points to complete the super score, the fifth set 63-35 won again, won four consecutive sets, directly 4-1 wave to take away the victory, blocking Cao Yupeng out of the strong 16 goal.
One of the underdogs in the day's game was the showdown between Higgins and Ford. Higgins, who had just finished runner-up in the fourth major tournament of the season at the Scottish Open, was clearly not ready, facing the ferocious Ford, Higgins lost his rhythm after 2-2, and was scored by Ford's single shot 71 points and single shot 130 points, two consecutive sets of clean sheets, directly ending the suspense of the game 4-2. The "Wizard" is out of the game. The remaining four games in the first round will take place today, with O'Sullivan playing Hicks, Gary Wilson against Wafi, Jimmy Robertson against Serte and Brechel against Jordan Brown.