Tom Ford vs Lei Peifan Prediction: The end of the road for Peifan

In the quarterfinal stage of the Scottish Open, Tom Ford will play Lei Pefan at Renaissance Club, North Berwick. Heading into this crucial fixture, the two teams have been showing quality performances and will look to keep things going. Who makes it to the semis?

Tom Ford will hope to show his level of performance once again as the Englishman comes in as a favourite. In this competition, Tom Ford played Antoni Kowalski, Neil Robertson, and Long Zehuang in games that ended 4-2, 1-4, and 1-4. However, those wins are a testament to how good Tom Ford has been, as the Englishman has seven consecutive victories in prior encounters to this competition. While he will be eye-catching a spot in the semifinals, Tom Ford is expected to be at his best, show character, and give this game all it takes to win. 

Lei Peifan has been impressive in this competition and will rely on his ability again. Lei Peifan defeated Hossein Vafaei, Shaun Murphy, and Stuart Bingham in his run of matches into this one. In the meantime, just like each of those encounters, Lei Peifan comes into this game as the underdog, and he will hope to replicate that level of play. However, Lei Peifan won nine of his last eleven matches, which is impressive. His defeats in that run were against Anda Zhang in the UK Championship and Kreishh Gurbaxani in the Snooker Shoot-Out. 

Lei Peifan is expected to show his competitiveness again, but I do not trust him to win. On the other hand, Tom Ford is performing at a high level, playing character and pulling off strong plays. While Lei Peifan won the two meetings between these players, I feel the tables will turn with Tom Ford winning, a game that could end with close scores.