Ryan Day vs Chris Wakelin Prediction: Ryan Day to get a win start

The 2023 Players Championship, also known as the 2023 Duelbits Players Championship, is scheduled to take place at Aldersley Leisure Resort in Wolverhampton, England, between the dates of February 20 and February 26, 2023. Following the World Grand Prix and coming before the Tour Championship, it will be the second event of the Players Series and the twelfth ranking event of the 2022–2023 season.

Following some lackluster performances in his most recent matches, Ryan Day will enter this encounter with a positive attitude and the hope of finding some good fortune. The Welsh professional is now rated 18th in the world snooker rankings; however, he has not been performing at the level of his ability as of late, as evidenced by a number of underwhelming outcomes. But the Welsh player will have high expectations for a different outcome this time and will be confident in his chances of victory because he is the favorite to win. Now, in his previous 11 matches across all competitions, Ryan Day has only one victory to show for it, while he has lost the other ten.

After suffering defeat in his last two matches against David Gilbert and Robert Milkins, Chris Wakelin will come into this one confident that he can go back to winning ways and continue on his winning streak. But, prior to those defeats, the Englishman had won 12 of his previous 13 matches, including significant victories over Neil Robertson and Joe Perry. Even though he will be keeping his fingers crossed that he can pull off an upset and win this match, he needs to keep in mind that Ryan Day is a very good player and that he will not have an easy time competing against the Welsh player despite the fact that he has had a lot of bad runs.

Both players are coming into this match off of losses in their most recent matchups, so it won't be an easy one for either of them to win. Despite this, they are going into this competition with a positive attitude and the expectation that they will advance to later rounds. Even though Ryan Day hasn't exactly been putting up stellar performances lately, I'm still hoping that he'll be able to pull out a victory in this match. When looking at Chris Wakelin's recent performances, it is clear that the Englishman has not always had it easy against top players, despite being able to win against Neil Robertson.