2-4! The number one favorite fell, the top three in the world were all out, and Chinese snooker broke out again
Beijing time on December 13, 2023 Snooker Scottish Open, following Liu Hongyu and Pang Junxu eliminated Murphy and Barry Hawkins in the first round, Chinese snooker broke out again Super upset, Zhang Anda defeated the world's No. 2 Trump in the second round of 64 into 32 rounds, in the game, although Trump also played two shots of 50+, but Zhang Anda's performance was even better, a total of one shot to break 100 plus three shots of 70+, and won with 81 points in the sixth game, Trump was finally eliminated by Zhang Anda with a total score of 2-4!
With world No. 1 O'Sullivan retiring and world No. 3 Mark Allen out of the first round, world No. 2 Trump has undoubtedly become the number one favorite to win this Scottish Open. In the previous first round, Trump was in a hot state, scoring 142 points in a single stroke and winning four games in a row, and swept Sidney Wilson with a total score of 4-0 to easily advance. In the second round, Trump and Chinese star Zhang Anda met, after the two players had just met once in this season's English Open final, when Trump won 6 games in a row and reversed Zhang Anda 9-7 to win the championship with a total score of 3-7, and thus opened a wave of England Open, Wuhan Open, Northern Ireland Open back-to-back 3 consecutive championships, becoming the best player of the season so far this season, ranking first in a single season.
Zhang Anda is also one of the outstanding players this season, in addition to reaching the final of the English Open, he also reached the final of the Snooker National Championship and finally defeated Tom Ford to win the first ranking championship of his career, completing the biggest breakthrough of his 10-year career. In the single-season ranking list, Zhang Anda also ranks third, second only to Trump, who has won three consecutive championships in the ranking competition, and O'Sullivan, who won the British Championship. Of course, in the face of Trump, Zhang Anda is still at an absolute disadvantage, in the past three encounters, Zhang Anda was defeated! The last time he was able to defeat Trump, Zhang Anda was back in the second round of the 2016 Snooker World Open seven years ago. At present, on the official website of the World Taiwan Federation, Trump ranks 2nd, and Zhang Anda ranks 13th in the world, which is a strong dialogue between the top 16 masters.
In the first game of the game, Trump made a mistake, Zhang Anda seized the opportunity to play a single stroke 71 points to win, although Zhang Anda did not score much, but Trump no longer made efforts, Zhang Anda got off to a good start. In the second game, Trump made another mistake, and Zhang Anda broke 114 points with a single stroke after getting started, and took a 2-0 lead in the total game. In the third game, Trump scored 50 points in a single stroke and pulled back a city with 97-0. In the fourth game, Zhang Anda scored 82 points in a single stroke, replied to Trump with 82-0 and kept a clean sheet in one game, and took the lead in getting the match point with a total score of 3-1. In the fifth game, Zhang Anda missed an opportunity, and Trump won with a single stroke of 69 points, saving the match point and recovering a game. In the sixth game, Zhang Anda seized the opportunity and won with 81 points in one stroke, cashing in the match point to advance 4-2.
With Trump falling in the second round, in this Snooker Scottish Open, the world's top three are all out! In fact, the world's No. 4 Brecel also won a very thrilling game, in the second round of the game, Brecel once fell behind James Cahill 2-3, and after winning the last two games in a row, Brecel saved the match point 4-3 reversal and narrowly won.