China News Service, Beijing, January 19th. On the morning of the 19th, Beijing time, the competition for the 2024 Snooker World Grand Prix ended in the United Kingdom on the fourth day. Chinese "post-90s" player Cao Yupeng was once again upset, defeating the big snooker team 5-4. Grand Slam winner Mark Williams reaches the semifinals.

On the same day, Chinese famous players Ding Junhui and Zhang Anda both successfully advanced to the quarterfinals, allowing Chinese players to occupy three of the top eight seats in this event.

　　This grand prix is ​​still a double match on one day.

In the first 16-to-8 round, Ding Junhui and Zhang Anda both won.

In the last round of competition, Thai player Sancam defeated Chinese player Xiao Guodong 4-1. This time, Ding Junhui eliminated Sancam with the same score, avenging the Chinese player.

　　Zhang Anda’s opponent is world number three Mark Allen.

Zhang Anda, a late bloomer, has accumulated a lot of experience this season and has won 1 championship and 1 runner-up in the ranking competition.

Now facing a strong opponent, Zhang Anda still performed strongly, leading 3-0 in the first three games.

Although Mark Allen subsequently won two consecutive games, Zhang Anda did not give his opponent a chance to come back, and finally secured the victory 4-2.

　　At this point, the 2024 Snooker World Grand Prix has concluded the 16-to-8 round competition. Cao Yupeng, Ding Junhui, and Zhang Anda have successfully advanced. The 9-man Chinese Legion has occupied 3 of the top eight seats, and its performance and results are remarkable. Can be ordered.

　　The ensuing quarter-finals adopted a best-of-nine-innings system, with Cao Yupeng taking the lead.

In the previous round of the tournament, Cao Yupeng swept the world's sixth-ranked "Magician" Sean Murphy 4-0, which was a major upset in this tournament.

This time he faces Grand Slam winner Mark Williams, ranked eighth in the world. Whether Cao Yupeng can continue to "defeat the top" has become a highlight of the day's event.

　　At the beginning of this campaign, Williams made a strong attack and won three consecutive victories.

Just when the audience thought that Cao Yupeng's luck had come to an end and Williams would usher in a complete victory, Cao Yupeng fought back and won two games in a row, rewriting the score to 2-3.

After Williams entered the match point at 4:2, Cao Yupeng won three games in a row and successfully counterattacked 5-4 to advance to the semi-finals.

　　The contestants of the Snooker World Grand Prix are the top 32 players in a single season, and Cao Yupeng ranks 28th this season.

However, in the first three rounds of this event, Cao Yupeng defeated the top 16 players to advance, becoming the biggest dark horse in this event so far.

　　On the next competition day, this Grand Prix will continue with a double match.

In the quarter-finals, Ding Junhui and Zhang Anda will stage the "Chinese Derby", and world number one O'Sullivan will face Gary Wilson. The winner of these two games will become his opponent in the semi-finals.

A semi-final on that day will be held between Cao Yupeng and Trump, who is ranked second in the world. Whether Cao Yupeng can continue his "dark horse" trend is worth looking forward to.

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