The Snooker World Grand Prix is nearing its end, and unfortunately, the final four have confirmed that there will be no Chinese players.
Yan Bingtao, the only one who passed the first round before, relied on his outstanding control of the game at 16 into 8, beating Gould 4-0. However, in today's fierce battle with Robertson, Yan Bingtao once again exposed his shortcomings in attack, and the decider was defeated by Robertson's accurate long table blue ball, missing the final four.
Of course, Yan Bingtao still gained a lot this time, first of all, he basically ensured the qualification of the players' championship and took a step towards the Tour Championship; then, due to Lissovsky's tragic reversal, Yan Bingtao's first 16 crisis eased slightly; in addition, in the World Championship seed battle, Yan Bingtao continued to rank 16th, but there was a slight gap with the pursuers behind him.
Since the beginning of this season, the world's top four - Selby, Trump, O'Sullivan, Robertson as a whole are in mediocre form, only Robertson won the Championship in the English Open, O'Sullivan did not reach a final, Trump could not open the threshold of the final four, and Selby did not even reach the quarterfinals. However, in this World Grand Prix, the world's number one Selby played a long-lost good form, winning three consecutive games to reach the first semi-final in more than half a year. Robertson got rid of his illness and came to the final four. Although O'Sullivan is still in poor shape, the quarterfinals are still easy for him.
The only one left behind was Trump. Like the Scottish Open, Trump once again made a series of mistakes in the decider with a long lead, and was killed by Ford and blocked out of the quarterfinals. 2021 is obviously not good for Trump, since the new crown missed the Masters at the beginning of the year, he has not highlighted except for the German Masters and Gibraltar, after the Gibraltar championship, the best result in the ranking in the last nine months is only the fourth in the final group of the WST Pro series, and the other competitions have never reached the final four.
On the last three matchdays, Robertson and Selby's semi-finals were undoubtedly eye-catching. The two sides have brought a lot of classic confrontations in the past in the game of grabbing 6, what script will there be this time? In the second half, with Brechel out, O'Sullivan's road to the final looks smooth, but the "Rockets", whose mentality and state are fluctuating, can break the championship drought? Jimmy Robertson, who has been in good form this season, will be the rocket's next conundrum.
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