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On February 19, Beijing time, at the Snooker Welsh Open, Zhao Jianbo defeated Grace 4-3.
Zhao Jianbo defeated Grace 4-3
Zhao Jianbo, a Chinese snooker rising star, a nova at the age of 19, faced the 37-year-old Grace, the young man played very hard, although the experience and psychology were relatively poor, but still relied on personal ability and self-regulation in the game, with two sets of "clean sheets" and two sets of reversal to get the final victory.
In the first set, Zhao Jianbo lost a city 33-76 first, after the second game, Zhao Jianbo chased the score to 39-57, two side bank red balls were difficult to solve, he chose to defend, although there was a key defensive mistake after that, but Grace also made a mistake when playing the top right ball, and the ball stopped in the right middle pocket, Zhao Jianbo got on again, after receiving all the colored balls, Zhao Jianbo narrowly won 72-63, pulling the big score into a 1-1 draw, which was his first reversal.
In the next two sets, Zhao Jianbo first "clean sheet" Grace 86-0, and then in the fourth set, Zhao Jianbo first scored 31 points and then forced Grace to make a mistake with a delicate defense, facing the opportunity ball, Zhao Jianbo once again played a single 84 points, and "clean sheeted" Grace again at 115-0.
Zhao Jianbo made a fatal mistake in the 6th set
3-1 to get the match point, Zhao Jianbo's psychology slightly fluctuated, after the 5th inning was lost 36-91, especially the 6th inning as shown in the picture, he led 51-22 when he had already opened the red ball pile, as long as he accepted the yellow ball to complete the adjustment, he had a chance to win the final victory, and as a result, Zhao Jianbo made a mistake and was pulled into a 3-3 draw by Grace 70-51.
Zhao Jianbo won by 76 points in the 7th inning
In the seventh set of the decisive game, Grace took the lead to take a 43-0 lead, at the critical moment, Zhao Jianbo withstood the pressure as shown in the picture, and after starting with the right bottom pocket, he won the victory with a single shot of 76 points, and the single shot in the desperate situation was reversed.
So far, Zhao Jianbo is only 19 years old, participating in 235 games, experience and psychology is very lacking, but, from the perspective of two sets of "zero sheet" Grace, his technology has been mature; the other two sets of reversals, especially in the decisive game 0-43 behind to complete the desperate reversal, the young man's psychological adjustment ability is very outstanding, the future is worth looking forward to.