On January 20, 2021, the snooker single-time limited time tournament kicked off at Leicester Morningside Arena. The prize money for winning the championship is £50,000, the runner-up is £20,000, and the same is the same statistical ranking of £100 for each round won.
As the name suggests, the single limited time competition is a game of victory and defeat, the historical victory and defeat is not all based on the strength ranking, the 11 single limited time competitions that have been held have never had the top 16 players win the championship, this year I don't know if I can break this "curse"? Defending champion Ryan Day was out of the first game in the first day' game. Although O'Sullivan, Higgins and Trump did not sign up, ST Masters champion Robertson also withdrew the first day before the tournament. The rest of the participants include Chinese players Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao, it is worth mentioning that "Big Brother" Ding Junhui participated in the single limited time round for the fourth time in nine years, fighting for points without a win, fighting for the return to the top 16, which is a pragmatic choice, but the first round of 128 into 64 matches met with the new Master runner-up Barry Hawkins, the game will start on the evening of the 21st.
On the first match day, two Chinese players faced the top 16, Chang Bingyu encountered Murphy, once played a single shot of 50+, but Murphy scored a blue ball in the clear lottery stage and then surpassed 1 point, and then Murphy lost the powder ball, but with only 13 seconds left, Chang Bingyu failed to score a difficult powder ball, and could only lose 50-51. - The single limit is 10 minutes, the first five minutes are limited to 15 seconds, and the last five minutes are limited to 10 seconds.
Li Xing faced Selby, chased to 38-38 and then conceded the winning red ball, and left a bag of lipstick for Selby in the last 30 seconds, Selby shrewdly chose to defend after scoring the red ball, and won 43-38 at home. Williams, the last of the three top 16 on the first day, also advanced to control the field 59-1.
A total of 11 Chinese players played on the day, in addition to the above two losses, there was a 27-53 defeat to 15-year-old local player Moody, who won the England U14 championship. In the derby, Pang Junxu lost to Cao Yupeng 20-39, Gao Yang and Chen Zifan were also out, plus Cao Yupeng, Liang Wenbo, Gao Yang, Lei Peifan, Fan Zheng a total of 5 people to advance to the round of 64. On the second match day, Yan Bingtao, Ding Junhui, Zhao Xintong and so on will all play.
