On December 11, Beijing time, the 2023 ** Gram Single Game Limited Time Tournament came to a successful conclusion. In the final, Chinese star Cao Yupeng lost 4-65 to "Little Steel Cannon" Mark Allen and missed the championship. In terms of the latest world rankings, "China's first brother" Ding Junhui rose to 11th, "Rocket" Ronnie O'Sullivan continued to rank first, and Cao Yupeng rose to 43rd.
*Created in 2011, the Limited-Time Tournament is a very special tournament in which the winner wins seven games in a row (seven games in a row) wins the championship. In this competition, Ding Junhui, the "first brother of China", did not participate, and Cao Yupeng, ranked 35th in the world, joined hands with 22 Chinese players including Zhang Anda, the champion of the National Championships, and Si Jiahui, the top 4 of this year's World Championships.
After fierce competition, Cao Yupeng and Si Jiahui joined hands to advance to the top 8. In the first four rounds, Cao Yupeng defeated Sydney Wilson, Julian, Tachaiya, and Mia in a row, showing a very good competitive state.
In the 1 4 finals, Cao Yupeng's opponent was veteran Mark Davis, who is ranked 51st in the world, and he defeated Julian Boyko 63-46 in the fourth round. In the past, Cao Yupeng and Davis will have a record of 1 head-to-head match, and the match took place 11 years ago.
In the first round of the 2012 ** Gram British Championship, Cao Yupeng lost to Davis 1-6. Eleven years later, the two met in the 1 4 finals of the single-game limited-time tournament, and Cao Yupeng faced Davis again, this time, he defeated his opponent Davis 39-13 to advance to the semifinals.
In the other 1 4 finals, Si Jiahui lost 18-52 to "Little Steel Cannon" Allen and missed the top 4. In the semifinals, Cao Yupeng defeated "Captain" Alister Carter 41-18 to advance to the final, and "Little Steel Cannon" defeated Ellitt Lessers 60-8 to advance to the final.
In the final, Cao Yupeng lost to the "Little Steel Cannon" 4-65 and missed the first championship in the ranking competition. But after receiving a £20,000 runner-up prize, the world ranking rose six places to No. 43. "Fire" O'Sullivan to 111750,000 (about 10.04 million yuan) pounds, Ding Junhui with 3750,000 (about 3.37 million yuan) pounds rose to 11th place.