Tian Pengfei vs Mark Selby Prediction: The better player will win this matchup

The match for the British Open that will feature Tian Pengfei and Mark Selby will take place at the Centaur. Mark Selby has a significant advantage in this match, according to the odds, but do you believe the Chinese will be able to advance to the next round?

Despite the fact that he just recently won a match against Stephen Hendry on the opening day of this event, Tian Pengfei, who was born in China, is the underdog in this match. In the meantime, Tian Pengfei's performances have not been very impressive at all. He currently has just two victories in his past six matches overall, with one of those triumphs coming against Rory McLeod in the preliminary round of this event. In addition to this, it is important to point out that his defeats came at the hands of Shaun Murphy in the Champions League First Stage, Allan Taylor in the European Masters Qualification, Sanderson Lam in the Wuhan Open, and Guodong Xiao in the English Open. Despite the low likelihood of Tian Pengfei coming out on top in this contest, we can nevertheless anticipate him to put forth his best effort, do his best to avoid coming out on the losing end of things, and fight to the very end.

Mark Selby, who is 40 years old, is coming into this match on the heels of a victory over Ben Woollaston in his first match of this year's British Open. Selby won that match. He defeated Woollaston in that contest by a score of 2-4, giving him a total of five victories in his previous six encounters. However, additional matches won included those played against Andy Lee in the Wuhan Open, Hossein Vafaei and Judd Trump in the Shanghai Masters, and Muhammad Asif in the International Championship. These matches had respective outcomes of 5-0, 6-5, 6-1, and 6-2. His match against Ronnie O'Sullivan in the semifinal of the Shanghai Masters was the only one he'd lost over that stretch of time, and it was the one and only time. Mark Selby will hope for a win here as he continues to move to the next level of this competition. While the Englishman will now focus on winning the trophy.

The fact that Selby is the favorite in this competition is a demonstration of what we may anticipate from him, which is especially relevant when taking into account the fact that Tian Pengfei's results have been below average. Mark Selby is not a match for Tian Pengfei, so I have full faith that he will win both this match and the run line, despite the fact that I anticipate it to be a very difficult contest.