Matthew Selt vs Ronnie O’Sullivan Prediction: Selby will move to next round

The Wuhan Sports Center will hold day 3 of the Wuhan Open Qualification match between Matthew Selt and Ronnie O'Sullivan. Matthew Selt enters this match as the undeniable favorite, while Ronnie O'Sullivan is the clear underdog heading into this matchup.

Matthew Selt will go into this competition with the conviction that he will undoubtedly be able to score a victory, which is something he really needs in order to advance to the next round of this qualification. Matthew Selt was victorious over Liam Highfield in the most recent match he competed in, which was a qualification match for the British Open. Nevertheless, prior to that victory, Matthew Selt had suffered defeats at the hands of James Cahil and Anthony Halmiton in matches with scores of 0-3, 4-5. In spite of this, Matthew Selt will now enter this match with a record of three wins in his past five matches, including two earlier triumphs over Sydney Wilson and Andres Petrov in matches that concluded with scores that were equal to 3-0.

The Englishman Ronnie O'Sullivan is not in good shape entering this match; therefore, it is easy to see why the underdog status has been given to him in this competition. Ronnie O'Sullivan has not been successful in any of his recent encounters, and he is currently mired in a losing run that has reached five matches in length. Over the course of that time period, he suffered defeat at the hands of David Grace, Sijun Yuan, David Gilbert, Ishpreet Chadha, and Barry Hawkins. In fact, his most recent victory was against Liam Graham in April of this year. Although Ronnie O'Sullivan will desire to participate in the main tournament of this year's Wuhan Open, we can now assume that the Englishman will give us his best effort in this competition.

Matthew Selt, who will try to earn a win as Ronnie O'Sullivan is simply no match for him, should have little trouble winning this match. Given that Ronnie O'Sullivan has been performing poorly as of late, I do not anticipate a strong showing from him today. On the other hand, I anticipate Matthew Selt to win by a score of -2.5.