The 2021 Snooker World Grand Prix ended the third day of competition, the Chinese legion "only seedling" Yan Bingtao continued to break through the success, in the match with the "glasses man" Gould, Yan Bingtao played well, and finally he fell four straight sets to easily beat Martin Gould 4:0, taking the lead in advancing to the quarterfinals of the World Grand Prix. The "dark horse" of this competition, Tom Ford, continues to be upset, following the first round of the competition to eliminate four world championship champion Higgins, TomFord in the second round and the world's second ranking, the 2019 World Championship champion Trump cut off the horse, strongly advanced to the world Grand Prix quarterfinals, can eliminate two consecutive world champions, TomFord is an uncompromising "big dark horse". In the match with Mark Allen, Selby advanced 4:2, and the "Rockets" O'Sullivan, the recent belgian famous Belgian Brechel, the "Melbourne machine" Neil Robertson and other famous players have defeated their opponents and advanced strongly.
The only Chinese players participating in this year's World Grand Prix are Yan Bingtao and Zhao Xintong, each with three Cao Yupeng, and the top seed Zhao Xintong and the famous Cao Yupeng in the first round of the competition lost out, and only Yan Bingtao advanced to the round of 16. The chinese legion "single seedling" Yan Bingtao's second round opponent is the first round of eliminated Zhao Xintong's "glasses man" Gould, after two consecutive ranking matches early out, Yan Bingtao came to the Grand Prix after the state has rebounded, the first round of the big victory mark Gold after the promotion, Gould in the first round of the first round of the number one seed Zhao Xintong cut off the horse, the state is just right. In the first set, the two sides played very fiercely, both of them won multiple mobile phone meetings, Yan Bingtao hit a 57 points to seal the victory, and finally he won the first set 69:50. In the second set of the game, although Yan Bingtao did not play a single high score, but with multiple hands-on scoring did not leave too good opportunities for the opponent, Yan Bingtao 64:0 clean sheet opponents and then the next city, the third game of the game both sides still did not have a good attack, Yan Bingtao was a number of hands-on points and finally won 88:14, the big score 3:0 lead. Gould, who fought backwaters, caused yan Bingtao a lot of trouble in the fourth set, but Yan Bingtao still withstood the pressure to win 72:47, swept Gould 4:0 on aggregate, and strongly advanced to the quarterfinals of the World Grand Prix.
"Post-80s" veteran, the dark horse of this competition Tom Ford continued the upset journey, the first round he eliminated the "wizard" Higgins 4:2, the second round of the game Tom Ford to meet the powerful Trump, Trump is currently ranked second in the world, there is a significant gap in the comprehensive strength of the two, but the short-term format gives TomFord the opportunity to upset. In the first set, both sides had the opportunity to attack, With Trump winning the first place with a 50+ and the second set Trump continuing to make a fantastic start with a 99:0 clean sheet. In the third game, Tom Ford began to fight back, he single-handedly blasted 133 points to win back a city, and in the fourth game, TomFord's offensive firepower was not reduced, and he scored 65 points and then won another set, and the big score was tied at 2:2. In the fifth set, Trump struggled to win and won the match point 3:2 when the situation was not dominant, in the sixth game Trump wasted a great opportunity, TomFord seized the opportunity to win 75:57, the big score again chased Trump, the decisive game Trump once again had a fatal mistake, Tomford completed the reversal and won the seventh set in the game behind, the total score was 4:3 to beat the world champion Trump, strongly advanced to the quarterfinals.
Selby, who eliminated "Mr. Stability" Hawkins in the first round, faced Mark Allen, who eliminated China's Cao Yupeng in the first round. In the first inning, Selby was in a state of explosion, with a single shot of 85 points before going down to the next city, and in the second game, Selby's offensive state was still hot, and he scored 78 points to win another set. The ensuing matches were fought bitterly between the two sides, each game was played for a long time, the third game Mark Allen struggled to win back a set, the fourth game Selby laughed in the "battle" to finally get the match point, the fifth game Mark Allen withstood the pressure to take and close the score, the sixth game Selby repeatedly attacked and scored, and finally kept a clean sheet allen and advanced to the quarterfinals. Neil Robertson, the first "post-80s" player to win a "Grand Slam", faced Hamilton in the second round, who eliminated world champion Mark Williams in the last round and was in good shape. In the first set, the two sides played very fiercely, Neil Robertson seized the opportunity to go to the next city first, in the second game Robertson single shot 108 points and then won another set, and in the third game Robertson was unstoppable to win another set, leading 3:0. In the fourth inning, Hamilton single-handedly scored 83 points to win a set, and in the fifth game Neil Robertson did not give his opponent another chance, and won after a single shot of 74 points, the total score was 4:1, and in the next round he will compete with China's Yan Bingtao for a place in the final four, which is a big test for Yan Bingtao.