4-5! The world s number one big cold was defeated, the runner-up of the two-time World Championships was eliminated, Ding Junhui failed to hit 147

According to news on October 8, in the afternoon session of the second match day of the 2025 Snooker Xian Grand Prix, world No. 1 Trump was upset and lost 4-5 to Matthew Stevens! In addition, two-time World Championship runner-up Ali Carter was also eliminated in the afternoon session and lost to 19-year-old Stan Moody 3-5. Although China's top snooker player Ding Junhui failed to hit 147, he finally defeated Jordan Brown 5-1 and Wu Yize won 5-2. In the local derby with Xu Si, Chinese wild card dark horse Zhang Hao, who upset No. 15 Wakelin in the world, lost to Baranovski 2-5 in the last game. Gary Wilson easily defeated Akani Songshava 5-1. Fu Jiajun retired and sent defending champion Karen Wilson to advance.

In this campaign, Trump established a 3-1 lead in the first four rounds with a total score of 3-1. Trump and Matthew Stevens each hit a 50+ shot. Back from the intermission, Trump made more mistakes. Matthew Stevens seized the opportunity to win three consecutive games and took the lead 4-3 to get the match point. Matthew Stevens scored 90 points in the sixth game.

Faced with the pressure of his opponent's match point, Trump staged a desperate escape in the eighth inning. After being caught by three strokes, he made a snooker penalty to Matthew Stevens to make up for the lack of points on the table. Trump cleared the table and caught up to 68 draws. In the black decider, he smiled and accepted Matthew Stevens' pocket gift, saving a match point and catching up to 4-4.

However, in the end, Trump, the world's number one, could not escape the fate of being upset. Matthew Stevens ended the entire game with 68-0 in the decisive game with multiple starts. After nine games, he defeated Trump with a total score of 5-4 to advance to the top 32.

Also in the afternoon session, two-time World Championship runner-up Ali Carter was also upset. After the opening game, he lost four consecutive games 0-4 to dig a hole for himself. Although he then won three consecutive games and saved three match points to catch up to 3-4, he ultimately lost to 19-year-old Stan Moody 3-5. Stan Moody hit three 50+ shots in the game, and Ali Carter broke 111 points with one shot in the seventh game.

Ding Junhui, China's top local snooker player, played against 2021 Welsh Open champion Jordan Brown in the first round of the Xi'an Grand Prix. On the previous match day, Ding Junhui easily eliminated Craigie 5-1 in the postponed qualifying match. In this campaign, Ding Junhui continued his fiery touch from the previous round, scoring 85 points and 120 points on a single stroke, winning four consecutive games to establish a 4-0 lead, holding a huge advantage of full match points! In the third game, Ding Junhui launched an attack on a single stroke of 147. After playing 15 sets of red and black and scoring a single stroke of 120 points, it was a pity that the yellow ball in the clearing stage failed to score, and the attack on 147 failed! Back from the intermission, Jordan Brown recovered a round. Ding Junhui scored 97 points on a single shot to cash in on the match point and eliminated Jordan Brown 5-1 to advance.

The rest of the games held at the same time in the afternoon: Wu Yize and Xu Si’s local derby, Wu Yize broke 100 in two shots and 50+ in three shots, Xu Si broke 100 in one shot and 50+ in one shot, Wu Yize won three consecutive games 5-2 after 2-2 to advance; he participated as a wild card and had an upset in the last postponed qualifying match Zhang Hao, the Chinese wild card dark horse who defeated Wakelin, ranked 15th in the world, lost to Baranowski 2-5 in the round of 64 and 32; Gary Wilson hit two hundred-breaks and two 50+ shots to easily defeat Akani Songshava with a total score of 5-1; defending champion Karen Wilson automatically advanced to the top 32 due to the retirement of her opponent Fu Jiajun without a fight.