In the early morning of December 14, Beijing time, the 2023 ** Scottish Open 32-16 match was launched. As of now, four games have ended the battle. China's post-00 star Pang Junxu won first and then lost, losing three games in a row with a 2-1 lead, and losing 2-4 to McGill, the two-time champion in the ranking competition. In addition, two world champions, Mark Selby and Brecel, also lost in shocks, while world No. 10 Ali Carter also lost to his opponent. Overnight, three big upsets!The two world champions 3top16 are all out, and 4 seats have been out of the top 16!
Pang Junxu is China's first Kexin post-00 star, in the first year of his career, he reached the top 16 of the ranking tournament 3 times, and was elected as the best newcomer of the year in the World Taiwan Federation. In this 32-in-16 game, Pang Junxu faced the smiling assassin McGill, who had two titles, in the first 3 games, Pang Junxu scored 80 points in a single stroke to lead 2-1, but then in the game, McGill began to exert his strength, winning three games in a row to win 4-2, Pang Junxu regretfully stopped.
Brecel, the new world champion and ranked fourth in the world, has an upset new season. Facing the world's 80th Martin O'Donnell in this game, the little monk was in a sluggish state, completely lacking the sharp attack of the past, and making low-level mistakes continuously. O'Donnell hit 4 shots of 50+ without pressure, and the total score was 4-2 to easily defeat the opponent to advance, and the little monk once again stopped in the round of 32.
The other two matches were also unpopular. Four World Championships, the world's fifth-ranked Mark Selby faced Matthew Selt, and finally the two fought hard for 7 rounds, after two and a half hours of hard fighting, Selby led 3-1, lost three games in a row, 3-4 lost to the opponent and was upset. In this campaign, Selby shot three 50s and Sert scored two 50s.
Ranked tenth in the world, Carter also lost, captain Carter is a famous player born in the 70s, a two-time runner-up in the World Championships, a total of 5 ranking championships in his career, and reached the final of the Wuhan Open in the new season, losing to Trump 7-10 and winning the runner-up. In this battle against the Thai star Sankham, although Carter scored 74 points and 138 points in a single stroke, he finally lost to his opponent 2-4, and Sankham also completed the following gram and advanced to the round of 16.
So far, 4 seats have been decided in the round of 16, and overnight, three big upsets!The two world champions 3top16 are all out. World No. 4 Brecel, world No. 5 Mark Selby, and world No. 10 Ali Carter all fell outside the round of 16.