In the early morning of December 17, Beijing time, the snooker World Grand Prix quarterfinals ended the first competition, and the world's first Selby played against Trump's big dark horse Tomford. In this campaign, Tomford won the first set, but after that, Selby exploded, slamming 6 shots 50+ to advance, and the big dark horse Tomford fell 2-5. The first man in the final four is out: Selby, the 4th world champion at the World Championships!
In the real-time world rankings, Selby is ranked first and Tomford is 20th. In his career, Selby has won 4 World Championships, a total of 20 ranking championships, quite brilliant! In contrast, although Tomford's strength is also good, it is still several equal orders of magnitude compared to Selby. Of course, Tomford is in good shape at the moment, eliminating Higgins 4-2 in the first round, and then killing the world's second Trump in the second round with a 4-3 score from the General Bureau, eliminating 2 consecutive world champions to reach the quarterfinals, AndomFord is definitely the number one dark horse in this tournament! Selby can't be careless!
In the first set, Tomford showed his recent fiery feel, winning with 86 points in one shot and taking the lead. In the second set, Selby scored a one-shot 58 to make it 63-13 and equalize the overall score. In the third set, Selby scored another 74 points, 74-0 again, and the General Bureau scored 2-1 to complete the rebound. Apparently, Selby had already played the feel, and in the fourth set, Selby blasted a single shot to break 10014 points to win, winning three consecutive sets, and Selby ended the first half with a 3-1 lead in the general bureau.
In the second half, Selby scored a single 55 points in the fifth set, but Tomford narrowly won 69-64, and after losing three consecutive sets, Tomford stopped the decline and pulled back a set. In the sixth set, Selby scored 52 points to win 88-38. In the seventh inning, Selby blasted the sixth 50+ of the match, and the General Manager finished the game 5-2, eliminating the big dark horse Tomford, becoming the first player to reach the top four of this year's Snooker World Grand Prix.