On December 18, 2023, Beijing time, in the first stage of the just-concluded World Snooker Scottish Open Finals, defending champion Gary Wilson and Thailand's Sankham started the first round of the battle.
After eight rounds of competition, Gary Wilson led Sancam 6-2 with a single shot of 105 points, 90 points, 62 points, 66 points, 79 points, 78 points, and 61 points.
Next, the two players will decide the final winner in the second stage of the competition at a later stage. Objectively speaking, Wilson is extremely close to defending his title and making history, and it is unlikely that Sancam will be able to fight back in the next games.
Wilson won two games in a row to take a 2-0 lead over Sancam
In the first game, Wilson made a defensive error in the game, and Sancam tried to attack the red ball in the left bottom pocket to get a layup, but he then chose to defend the cue ball with a sinking vault due to poor calling.
Wilson made a defensive error, and Sancam made a mistake with a red ball in the right middle pocket. Wilson scored a red ball in the bottom pocket on the right side and scored 90 points in a single stroke and won the game with a 90:1 performance, thus leading Sancam 1-0 and taking the lead.
In the second game, Sancam took the lead in the game with a defensive error, and Wilson scored a red ball to get a layup, but he scored 62 points with a single shot and then interrupted the attack due to a call error.
Sancam tried the cue ball to sink to the top of the vault and made a defensive mistake to leave Wilson with an offensive opportunity for a red ball in the right middle pocket. Wilson scored a red ball and eventually won another game 75-0 to take a 2-0 lead over Sancam.
Sancam pulled back a game to trail Wilson 3-1
In the third game, Sancam took the lead in making a serious mistake in defense, and Wilson scored a red ball in the left bottom pocket to get a layup, but he made a call error after scoring four points, and then went straight to play a high-quality defense.
Sancam successfully cleared the ball, Wilson made a defensive error, and Sancam made a serious mistake in attacking the red ball in the top pocket on the right side. Wilson scored 42 points on the red and put on a high-quality defense, and Sancam was penalized eight points for two consecutive misses.
Wilson scored a red ball and started again, and finally won the game 120-0 with a single-stroke performance of 66 points, leading Sancam 3-0.
In the fourth game, Sancam took the lead to score 25 points and missed, and Wilson scored 7 points when he hit the blue ball and was unfortunately penalized for scoring a red ball and being penalized 5 points. Sancam scored a red ball and won the game 69-7, trailing Wilson 3-1.
Wilson won three games in a row to take a 6-2 lead over Sancam
In the fifth game, Sancam took the lead in scoring 5 points and made mistakes, Wilson seized the opportunity to score a red ball, scored 79 points in a single stroke, and won the game 79:5, thus leading Sancam 4-1 to extend his lead.
In the sixth game, Sancam took the lead in scoring the red ball and made a snooker shot for himself, although the subsequent green ball was successful, leaving Wilson with an offensive opportunity to pocket the lipstick ball in the left bottom pocket.
Wilson scored a red ball and tried to solve a green foul after scoring 105 points in a single shot to win the game 105-5 to lead Sancam 5-1.
In the seventh game, Wilson won the game 82-0 with a single-shot performance of 78 points, leading Sancam 6-1 and extending the advantage to five games.
In the eighth game, Sancam took the lead in scoring 30 points and made a mistake in hitting the red ball in the left bottom pocket, and Wilson made a mistake in hitting a single stroke of 61 points. Sancam seized the opportunity to score a red ball and eventually won the game with a 73-61 performance, thus trailing Wilson 2-6.