The Northern Ireland Open was an upset! Zhang Anda was defeated in the first round by Davis, and the famous Chinese player missed the top 32!

In the first round of the World Snooker Northern Ireland Open that just ended on October 21, 2025, Chinese star Zhang Anda and two-time ranking event champion Mark Davis completed the fifth career confrontation between the two sides.

In this game, although Zhang Anda had a good start, he suffered a reversal. After five games of competition, Zhang Anda scored 86 points on a single stroke and took a 1-0 lead. He lost four consecutive games and lost 1-4 to Mark Davis and missed the top 32.

After the game, Davis ended his four-game losing streak against Zhang Anda. Next, Davis will compete with Thailand's Gotachaya for a place in the top 16.

Zhang Anda performed well and tied with Davis 1-1.

In the first game, Zhang Anda took the lead in getting the red ball into the right bottom pocket and then chose to defend with the green ball. Then Davis chose to put the cue ball on top of the library for defense. Zhang Anda continued to choose defense. Davis tried to attack but made a mistake but did not leave a good offensive opportunity.

Zhang Anda forced the red ball and then chose to defend with the coffee ball. After many offensive and defensive duels, Zhang Anda finally took the lead by scoring 86 points on a single stroke, winning the first game 89:8 and taking a 1-0 lead.

In the second game, Davis made a mistake after taking a 34:10 lead. Then Zhang Anda made a mistake when trying to attack the red ball in the right bottom pocket. After Davis scored the red ball, he chose to stick the coffee ball to make a high-quality snooker

Zhang Anda made a mistake when trying to clear the red ball from the bottom library, and Davis scored the red ball in the middle pocket on the right side. In the end, Davis won the game 60:10 and tied with Zhang Anda 1-1.

Davis won another game and overtook Zhang Anda 2-1

In the third game, Zhang Anda took the lead in scoring the red ball and then tried to attack the yellow ball in the right pocket and made a mistake. Davis scored a combination ball and then chose the cue ball to put in the top library for defense.

Zhang Anda made another mistake when trying to defend with a thin ball. Davis scored the red ball in the bottom pocket on the right side to get a chance, but he only scored 9 points before making a mistake. Immediately afterwards, Zhang Anda scored the red ball and then hit the blue ball. He made a mistake and dropped the cue ball and was fined 5 points.

Then Davis scored the red ball and scored 44 points again. Then he tried to attack and pocketed the red ball and made a mistake. Zhang Anda missed the colored ball after scoring the red ball, and then chose to admit defeat. In this way, Davis won the game 59:3 and overtook Zhang Anda 2-1 to take the lead.

Zhang Anda missed a good opportunity and defeated Davis 1-4.

In the fourth game, Zhang Anda took the lead in scoring the red ball and scored 16 points before making a mistake. Then Davis also made a mistake when trying to attack. Zhang Anda scored 8 points after scoring a red ball and made another mistake.

Davis seized the opportunity and scored the red ball to successfully get the chance to play. Finally, with an excellent performance of 118 points in a single stroke, he won the game 3-1 at 118:24. Zhang Anda took the lead in getting the match point of the game.

In the fifth game, Zhang Anda took the lead and scored 57 points in a single stroke and then made a mistake when hitting the red ball in the bottom pocket on the right side. Then Davis chose to put the cue ball on the top of the library for defense. Zhang Anda made a mistake when trying to attack the red ball in the right bottom pocket.

Davis scored a red ball in the left bottom pocket and successfully got a chance to play. He scored 66 points in a single stroke and completed a single-game reversal at 66:57, defeating Zhang Anda 4-1 and successfully advanced to the top 32.

Judging from the overall performance in this game, Davis did better than Zhang Anda. After all, Davis made no simple mistakes, while Zhang Anda still made a little more. Therefore, it is not surprising that Zhang Anda lost this game. But for the top 16 players, this performance is obviously not ideal.

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