On December 12, Beijing time, the 2023 ** Scottish Open ended the first match day of competition, and in the game that ended in the early hours of this morning, it continuously soared a high score of more than 140 points in a single stroke!The first to score a high score was Trump, who swept Sidney Wilson 4-0 in the second game, and Trump scored 142 points in a single stroke;Subsequently, Trump's friend Lisowski scored 143 points in a single stroke, setting a new high score in a single stroke, and also swept the opponent 4-0 to advance;And in the 4-2 upset elimination of Mark Allen by Jamie Jones, Jamie Jones also scored 141 points in a single stroke in the third game.
Mark Allen has just won last week's single-game limited-time tournament and has risen back to the top three in the world rankings. In this Scottish Open, Mark Allen's first-round opponent is Jamie Jones, which is a seemingly unsuspenseful match. In the first two games of the game, Mark Allen hit two 50+ shots, but in the second game, he was reversed by his opponent and tied 1-1 in the total game. In the third game, Jamie Jones seized the opportunity to score 141 points in a single stroke to clear the table. Mark Allen won 68-7 in the fourth game to tie the game for a total number of points. However, in the fifth game, Jamie Jones won again on the offensive end, leading 3-2 with a total score and getting match point ahead of Mark Allen. In the sixth game, when there was no way out, Mark Allen made a fatal mistake when attacking the black ball, and Jamie Jones did play a super-level performance, peeling off the cocoon in a very complicated situation, and blasted out a single shot to break 100 points to cash in the match point, and ended the game with a total score of 4-2. From last week's championship to this week's first round, world No. 3 Mark Allen is out of the game!
In addition, there are 4 of the world's top 16 masters who were also eliminated on the first day of this Scottish Open, the world No. 14 Milkins lost four games in a row and lost 0-4 to Mark Davis, the world No. 15 Barry Hawkins was killed by Chinese player Pang Junxu 3-4, the world No. 8 Mark Williams was 3-0 ahead and lost to Sam Craigie 3-4, and the world No. 7 Murphy lost 1-4 to professional newcomer Liu HongyuOutside of the top 16 in the world, Wafai, who is ranked 17th in the world, also lost 3-4 to Daniel Wells. In terms of the remaining top 16 players, Ding Junhui 4-0 David Grace, Higgins 4-0 Oliver Brown, Kyren Wilson 4-2 Mustafa Dolgham, Brecel 4-0 Boyko, Ali Carter 4-3 Long Zehuang, Selby 4-2 Sean O'Sullivan. The overall record of the Chinese players was 3 wins and 1 loss, Ding Junhui, Liu Hongyu, and Pang Junxu were promoted, and Long Zehuang was eliminated.