On August 22, Beijing time, the 1/8 finals of the Snooker Xi'an Grand Prix are coming, in the two duels that have attracted much attention, the Chinese star Xu Si came from behind, showing a big heart to defeat the world champion Mark Williams with a 5-4 reversal, and the 17-year-old teenager Gong Chenzhi handled the key ball poorly, lost to Matthew Selt 4-5, and it is very regrettable that the opponent was defeated by the opponent, so that we only have one player Xu Si to advance to the quarterfinals, such a record is really miserable!
Xu Si played very tenaciously in this tournament, defeating Burton and Bingham in two consecutive rounds, defeating Burton and Bingham respectively, narrowly escaping to advance to the round of 16, and facing world champion Mark Williams in the 1/8 finals. After the start of the game, the two started a fierce tug-of-war as soon as they came up, and after several twists and turns, Xu Si took the lead 62-55. Then Mark Williams turned on the accuracy, and won two consecutive shots to score 96 and 70 points in a single stroke, and overtook the score 2-1. In the fourth game, Xu Si made another effort in the chaos and won 61-28, tying the score 2-2. Mark Williams scored 86 points in a single stroke, and once again sent a two-shot shot to get the match point 4-2, Xu Si exploded in a desperate situation, constantly eating away at the score, playing 77 points and 109 points in a single stroke, and defeated Mark Williams 5-4 in three straight games, and advanced to the quarterfinals!
17-year-old teenager Gong Chenzhi, the performance of this event is also eye-catching, the first ranking match reached the top 16, the opponent in the 1/8 finals is Matthew Selt, the opponent is not very strong, so Gong Chenzhi played well, may continue to move forward, as a result, the two staged ups and downs of the fight, after the game began Gong Chenzhi quickly entered the state, scored 76 points and 70 points in a single stroke, and got a wonderful start of 2-0, Matthew Selt quickly chased two games in a row and also colored, 2-2 draw. In the fifth game, Gong Chenzhi scored 85 points in a single stroke to win and take a 3-2 lead. In the sixth game, Matthew Selt seized the opportunity in the chaos and scored continuously to win 88-25 and tie it again at 3-3. In the seventh game, Gong Chenzhi won 67-15 piecemeal and got the match point 4-3. However, in the eighth game, Gong Chenzhi once scored 55 points, but unfortunately there was a mistake, and the opponent reversed strongly to win 61-55, 4-4 to tie the score. In the deciding game, Gong Chenzhi's momentum was hit, and Matthew Selt continued to score points to win 62-15, thus defeating Gong Chenzhi 5-4!
I have to say that the two Chinese players played very well today, Xu Si was a 5-4 lore in three consecutive rounds, such a promotion process can be called an epic difficulty, and Gong Chenzhi is still too young, unstable at the critical moment, it is a pity to be reversed by the opponent, but it is worth looking forward to continuing to work hard in the future, come on!
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