On December 15, Beijing time, the first two match days of the Snooker World Grand Prix were all over, and the round of 16 has decided 12 seats, only 4 seats are short. Following the exit of high-ranking players such as Karen Wilson and Mark Williams, Higgins was also eliminated in the first round. The 38-year-old Tom Ford played quite well, keeping a clean sheet on Higgins in the last two innings to win 4-2 to advance to the round of 16. Tom Ford, who is in hot form, is expected to be the number one dark horse of this competition.
At present, the eight round of 16 seats in the first half of the zone have all been released, and the specific matches in the second round are: Martin Gould vs Yan Bingtao, Anthony Hamilton vs Neil Robertson, Mark Allen vs Mark Selby, Trump vs. Tom Ford. In the first half of the district, the competition is very fierce, Zhao Xintong, Karen Wilson lost to the players ranked lower than themselves, and Higgins, who finally appeared, was also upset.
Higgins suffered defeat by Tom Ford, 38-year-old Tom Ford, ranked 22nd in the world, who is a powerful player but has not played very steadily. Judging from the performance against Higgins, TomFord was in excellent form and the offensive hand was hot, he scored a single 130 point, and two 70+, the fifth and sixth innings of the game, he kept a clean sheet higgins, and indeed had the hope of becoming the number one dark horse in this game.
Although the opponent in the second round was Trump, Trump was in average form, and this season has not yet produced the very dominant performance he had before, and it is not very stable, and the short-term system is prone to upset, so Tom Ford has the opportunity to continue. In addition, eliminating Higgins will also give Tom Ford more confidence, and the second round against Trump is worth paying attention to.
The second half decided four places in the round of 16 against Lisovsky vs. Stephen Maguire and Bingham vs Ali Carter. In addition to striving for good results, Lisovsky and Yan Bingtao also have to compete for the seeding seat, Lisovsky is currently ranked 17th, only 4,000 pounds behind Yan Bingtao in front of him, and one game can change the ranking of the two. Yan Bingtao wants to keep the seed seat, and can only keep winning.
In addition, with Cao Yupeng losing to Mark Allen, of the three Chinese players participating, only Yan Bingtao passed the first round. Through the game, it is not difficult for us to find that Zhao Xintong and Cao Yupeng are very strong, especially the offensive strength is good, but there is still a big gap between the comprehensive ability and the top masters. The simple summary is two words: comprehensiveness and stability, which is what they should strive for next!