On December 15, Beijing time, the Snooker Grand Prix entered the third matchday, and O'Sullivan will face Andy Hicks in the first round. Before the game, O'Sullivan once again received good news, the number one rival in the second half of the district Mark Williams was out of the cold, O'Sullivan's half of the district did not have many top masters, which greatly increased his hopes of advancing to the final. In addition, Yan Bingtao and Trump will both appear on the third matchday to reach the quarterfinals.
The top 32 players in this season participate in the World Grand Prix, because there are many accidents in the season rankings, and the World Grand Prix is bound to have a group of top masters. Take this competition, in the first half of the competition, there are Trump, Selby, Neil Robertson, Higgins, Karen Wilson and other masters, while the stars in the second half are dim, and the biggest promotion favorite is of course O'Sullivan.
For O'Sullivan, the game was a good pick, first of all, his first-round opponent Andy Hicks is not a top master, and O'Sullivan should be able to pass the level easily as long as he plays normally. Secondly, in the second half, in addition to O'Sullivan, Mark Williams is a top player, Bingham is the world champion, but the form is far less than before, and then there is Luca Brechel, who has been in good shape lately. Taken together, Mark Williams should be O'Sullivan's number one opponent in the final.
However, just before O'Sullivan came on, he once again received good news, Mark Williams lost 3-4 to Lissovsky, upset out, and it looked like O'Sullivan was going straight to the final. Of course, O'Sullivan's competitive state is not as good as before, and the short-term system is very accidental, and the possibility of low-ranking players being upset is greater, and O'Sullivan still can't take it lightly.
In addition to O'Sullivan vs. Andy Hicks on matchday, Gary Wilson vs. Hussein Wafi, Jimmy Robertson vs. Matthew Selter, Luka Brechel vs. Jordan Brown, and after these four games, the Round of 16 will be officially born.
In addition, the third matchday also arranged a second round of matches, Yan Bingtao and Trump took the lead, Yan Bingtao against Martin Gould, Trump against Tom Ford, and the two seeded players will attack the quarterfinals. Three Chinese players participated in this competition, only Yan Bingtao passed the first round, and his opponent Martin Gould eliminated zhao Xintong, the champion of the New Science and England Championship, and his morale was very strong, hoping that Yan Bingtao would enter the competition state as soon as possible and play at the best level.
As the game deepens, every game in the first half of the district will be a strong dialogue, the three aces after the 80s Trump, Selby, Neil Robertson may have a chance to meet, they are of course the favorites to win the championship, but we hope that Yan Bingtao can become a spoiler, don't forget, he also has to work hard to defend his seed seat!