Elliot Slessor vs Martin O’Donnell Prediction: Slessor has to give his best

Elliot Slessor and Martin O’Donnell will square it off at Morningside Arena, Leicester, in the British Open. The two players are coming off consecutive defeats. How will this one end?

Elliot Slessor is coming off consecutive defeats, and he will look to turn things around. In those matches, Elliot Slessor played Shaun Murphy and Zak Surety in games that ended 6-3 and 1-4, respectively. In the meantime, prior encounters to those defeats saw Elliot Slessor pick wins over Hayden Pinhey, Yuelong Zhou, and Ali Carter. However, he is slightly favored in this game and will now look to secure his third win against O’Donnell. 

Martin O’Donnell is coming off consecutive defeats and will look to do better here. In those matches, Martin O’Donnell lost to Jack Lisowski and Ian Burns in games that ended 5-2 and 2-4, respectively. In the meantime, prior encounters to those defeats saw Martin O’Donnell pick wins over Mitchell Mann, Huang Jiahao, and Matthew Stevens. Despite coming in as an underdog in this game, Martin O’Donnell has won twice in this fixture in four meetings and will look to keep that going. 

This is going to be a close game, looking at the two players' past meetings. While it is a 2-2 record for each player here, their confidence is definitely going to be high. However, while looking at how they have performed lately, Elliot Slessor is clear here. I do not see Martin O’Donnell pulling off any surprising performance here, especially looking at the players he had defeated. This should be a very tight one, though, but Elliot Slessor will not disappoint to win.