On May 18, 2023, Beijing time, in the second round of the Haining Open of the China Tour of Snooker, Chinese player Gao Yang faced Zhang Yang, a young player with good strength. In this match, the performance of Chinese player Gao Yang in the UK can be described as very good. With his excellent performances of 133, 53 and 79 points, he eliminated Zhang Yang 4-3 to advance to the round of 16 of this tournament. Judging from the comprehensive performance of this game, the strength of the two players is still very close. But Gao Yang is a player in the UK after all, and his ability and tactical level at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends are better than Zhang Yang, so it is understandable that he won. It is worth mentioning that Gao Yang's single score of 133 in this game is also the highest single score in this tournament.
Zhang Yang scored the winning goal to lead Gao Yang 1-0
In the first game, Zhang Yang scored the first red goal to get a chance, and after only 21 points, there was a mistake. Gao Yang seized the opportunity to score a red goal to get a chance, and after scoring 14 points, he also made a mistake and was forced to choose defense. Zhang Yang missed the ball and was penalized for 4 points, Gao Yang scored a red ball to get the upper hand again, and made another mistake after scoring 9 points. Zhang Yang scored a red ball in the left bottom bag to get a chance, and after scoring 8 points, there was a mistake, and Gao Yang chose the cue ball to sink into the top library to defend. In the end, Zhang Yang won the game 66:57 by scoring the winning pink and black balls, thus leading British player Gao Yang 1-0 to usher in the opening match.
Gao Yang pulled back the game and trailed Zhang Yang 1-2
In the second game, Gao Yang scored a red goal first to get the upper hand, and made a mistake in scoring 18 points. Then Zhang Yang made another mistake in hitting the ball, Gao Yang scored the red ball again to get the upper hand, and after scoring 24 points, he hit the red ball in the right middle pocket and made a mistake. Zhang Yang scored the red ball to get the upper hand, and after scoring 14 points, he hit the red ball in the right bottom bag and missed it. Gao Yang made a mistake when he tried to play the combination ball, and Zhang Yangbo also made a mistake in the red ball in the left bottom bag. Gao Yang scored a red ball in the middle of the right side and scored 53 points to win the game 95:14 and draw 1-1 with Zhang Yang. In the third game, Gao Yang scored the red ball first to get a chance to get started, but he made a serious mistake after scoring only 40 points. Zhang Yang scored a red goal and defended due to poor calling after scoring 25 points. Gao Yang made a mistake in solving the ball, and Zhang Yang scored the red ball again, scoring 21 points and making a mistake. Gao Yang scored a red ball in the left middle pocket to score a five-point error, Zhang Yang scored a red ball to get a hand, and finally won the game 69:45 to lead Gao Yang 2-1.
Gao Yang successfully sealed the victory, narrowly defeating Zhang Yang 4-3
In the fourth game, Gao Yang took the lead in scoring the red ball and won the game 133:0 by shooting 133 points, thus drawing 2-2 with Zhang Yang. In the fifth game, Gao Yang scored the red ball first, and then made a snooker. Zhang Yang missed the ball and was penalized for 4 points, Gao Yang scored a red ball to get on the hand, scored 13 points and made another mistake, and chose to defend with a thin ball. Zhang Yang made a mistake in trying to attack, and Gao Yang made a mistake with another 17 points. Zhang Yang missed the ball, Gao Yang scored a red goal to get the upper hand again, and scored 13 points to make another mistake. Zhang Yang scored 35 points to make a defense, and in the end, Gao Yang won the game 64:35 and overtook Zhang Yang 3-2 to win the match point first. In the sixth game, Zhang Yang took the lead to score 18 points and made a mistake, and Gao Yang made a mistake again. Zhang Yang made another mistake after scoring the red ball, and Gao Yang scored the left middle pocket red ball to score 16 points. After many rounds of attack and defense, Zhang Yang won the game 63:14 and drew 3-3 against Gaoyang. In the seventh game, Gao Yang scored 79 points to win the game, thus defeating Zhang Yang 4-3 and successfully entering the round of 16.