2021 Snooker World Grand Prix continued the first round of competition, the Chinese team performed poorly, following the first seed Zhao Xintong's first round of competition out, China's famous Cao Yupeng also stepped into Zhao Xintong's footsteps, in the game with the famous general Mark Allen, Cao Yupeng performed decently, and finally lost 1:4 to "small steel cannon" Mark Allen, stopping the first round of the World Grand Prix, so that the Chinese legion only Yan Bingtao alone passed the first round, Zhao Xintong and Cao Yupeng were eliminated in the first round, and this year's World Grand Prix Chinese legion only Zhao Xintong , Yan Bingtao and Cao Yupeng three qualified, the first round has not been completed, the Chinese players have been eliminated two, the overall performance is quite bad. Chinese players performed poorly, four-time World Championship champion Higgins was also in a slump, in the match with TomFord, Higgins equalized after losing two consecutive sets, the total score was 2:4 against Tom Ford, the first round of the upset stopped, becoming another outgoing world champion, in the last matchday, the current world ranking top ten, three-time world champion Mark Williams lost to Lisowski 3:4 after seven sets of hard work, the same first round was eliminated.
China's Cao Yupeng's opponent in the first round of the game is "small steel cannon" Mark Allen, Cao Yupeng is the last Chinese player to appear in this competition, fans hope that he can pass the first round like Yan Bingtao, Mark Allen is in good shape this season, and also won the Northern Ireland Open championship. In the first game, Cao Yupeng took the lead in the first game, and after a single shot blasted 86 points, the next city took the lead, and in the second game Mark Allen was not overwhelmed by Cao Yupeng's momentum of the big victory in the first set, and he also used color after shooting 114 points. In the third game, the two sides fought very fiercely, Cao Yupeng had a chance not to grasp it, Mark Allen scored many times and then won another round, the big score was 2:1, the fourth game Cao Yupeng took the lead in attacking but quickly stopped, Mark Allen single shot 79 points and then won another game, the big score was 3:1 and got the match point, the fifth game the two sides were in a bitter battle, Cao Yupeng's offensive state was not good enough to waste opportunities many times, Mark Allen won the fifth set after scoring several offensive points, and the total score was 4:1 to win Cao Yupeng, Strong promotion to the round of 16. In this way, the Chinese legion only had Yan Bingtao alone to reach the round of 16 of the World Grand Prix.
The fourth runner-up this season, just reached the final of the Scottish Open "Wizard" Higgins first round out, four-time World Champion Higgins first round opponent is the famous TomFord, nearly half a hundred years old Higgins this season is in hot form, four times into the ranking finals, unfortunately finally won the runner-up, but overall performance is quite stable. In the first game, TomFord took the lead in getting into the form, scoring 75 points and then winning the first game, and in the second game, "Wizard" Higgins scored 66 points and then played color, and the two sides drew the first two sets to a 1-1 draw. In the third set, the two sides were in a bitter fight, the game was very anxious, both sides had a chance, but in the end It was Tomford who seized the opportunity to win, and in the fourth set Higgins was not affected by the loss of the third set, and won after a single shot of 81 points, equalizing the score again. In the fifth game, Tom Ford grabbed Higgins' mistake and scored 71 points to win, the big score was 3:2 to win again and get the match point, and in the sixth game, TomFord was confident, he did not give Higgins any chance, and won after a single shot of 130 points, the total score was 4:2 to eliminate the world champion Higgins.
In other games, world champion Bingham won very thrillingly, the first round of Bingham against Rich Walton, the first four games of the game both sides played crisply, Bingham blasted a single shot 96, 93, 65 points, Rich Walton also played a single 82 points, Bingham 3:1 lead to get the match point, trailing Richton then unbelievably won two consecutive sets to equalize the total score, the decider game Bingham blasted a single 125 points and then took away the victory. "Captain" Carter faced "Potato Brother" Gilbert, the first two sets of the game Carter steadily won, the third set of the big score Gilbert narrowly won a set, and then the next two sets of Carter played 50+ consecutive games to win, the total score of 4:1 defeated Gilbert, strong promotion to the round of 16. World Number One Selby faced "Mr. Stability" Hawkins, and after winning one set each, Selby beat Hawkins 4-1 in three consecutive cities to advance to the second round. Title-winning favourite Trump beat Wollaston 4-2, "Melbourne Machine" Neil Robertson regained his form of bravery after a period of silence, he swept Thailand's Sankham 4-0 in straight sets, Trump and Robertson both advanced to the round of 16.