On December 6th, the first match day of the ** Gram single-game limited-time tournament began, and 7 key battles attracted attention. Pang Junxu kicked off the opener to challenge defending champion Wakelin. The 3 TOP16 debuts are off to a good start. Jimmy White, the 10-time champion of the ranking tournament, is sleepwalking in the new season, or overturning again to stage a round and swallow the 12th defeat.
The single-game limited-time match is decided by 1 game, only 10 minutes are played, and there are regulations on the time of the shot, which is a hotbed for low-ranked players to cause upsets. Since suffering 4 consecutive defeats in the event, Ding Junhui has completely stopped committing, he and Fu Jiajun are the only two Chinese professional players absent from this event, in addition, 75 double male O'Sullivan, Higgins and other post-80s 3 tigers are also exempt from the card.
Pang Junxu is a leader in China's first-class post-00 generation, and won the runner-up in the WST Classic for the first time in the final of the ranking tournament this year. In this tournament, the Chinese teenager played the opening match with Wakelin, who reached the top in the single-game limited-time tournament last season, and his strength was half a pound and eight taels with Pang Junxu. Since the inception of the single-game limited-time tournament, no one has been able to defend the title, can Pang Junxu pick off Wakelin in the opening game and continue the curse?
The top 16 debuted with Carter vs. Rosmuir, Mark Allen vs. Wollaston, and Kyren Wilson vs. Danny Wells. 10-time champion Jimmy White is no longer the brave he used to be, and the superstar who was able to win the senior tournament last season and enter the main draw of the British Championship, has only one win in 12 games in the new season, and will try his best to avoid a 12th defeat in the first round against Sureti, refusing to roll over. The other 2 focus battles are also exciting, China's post-00 champion Fan Zhengyi vs. Astro Dyer, world champion Doherty and British Championship and Masters champion Stevens, so stay tuned.