On the evening of November 16, the 2020 Snooker Northern Ireland Open kicked off. Gilbert, ranked 12th in the world, lost 1-4 in the first round to David Grace, ranked 67 in the world.
39-year-old Gilbert is the uncrowned king of snooker. He lost all of the 4 ranked finals. This year he even made his debut in the Masters with Kermak-Allen and Maguire to advance to the top 4, losing to the final champion in the semi-finals. Ham. Gilbert's performance in the new season was mediocre. He lost 3-6 to Trump in the quarter-finals of the Champions League and stopped in the top 8. After the German Masters qualifier lost to China 2-5 in the first round, Yuan Sijun staged a round tour. Z1z
Tudou’s opponent tonight is Grace, who was upset in the top 4 of the British Championships in 2015, losing 4-6 to China’s 147 Mr. Liang Wenbo, regretting to be out. Since then, Grace has also entered the Paul Hunter Classic and the single-time limited-time top 8 respectively, and has never made it to the finals of the competition in his career.
Tonight's game, Gilbert has not yet come out of the shadow of the failure of the German Masters qualifiers, feeling cold to lose 3 games in a row, Grace scored 60 points and 71 points on a single stroke, 3-0 lead to get the match point. Gilbert fell behind 0-56 in the 4th game, and won with 66 points on a single stroke. In the 5th game, Gilbert was not guaranteed in the late quarter. He scored 57 points and was still reversed by Grace with a 4-point advantage. The 1-4 miserable defeat for 2 consecutive stations and 1 round trip made the first big upset in the Northern Ireland Open.
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