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Kyren Wilson v Zhang Anda: Prediction, Tips and Odds

Kyren Wilson and Zhang Anda meet on Wednesday afternoon for a place in the Masters quarter-finals and both players have reasons to believe they can progress.

Kyren Wilson v Zhang Anda

Kyren Wilson v Zhang Anda betting tips and predictions

Zhang Anda to beat Kyren Wilson - 2/1

World champion Wilson is on the hunt for a first Masters title and the Warrior gets his tilt underway against Zhang in round one. 

The 33-year-old enjoyed his breakout moment when winning the World Championship at the Crucible Theatre last year and that followed a run to the final of the 2020 Sheffield showpiece. 

Wilson had long been touted as a future world champion and the Kettering potter made progress to three quarter-finals, two semi-finals and a final before finally lifting the trophy last year. 

However, while there was plenty of Crucible form in the book for the Warrior, last term's Sheffield success was somewhat of a bolt from the blue. 

Wilson had been enduring a relatively poor campaign and he had failed to even qualify for the World Grand Prix, Players Championship and Tour Championship in the run-up to the World Championship. 

Since winning in South Yorkshire, there have been pockets of glory, with Wilson winning the Xi'an Grand Prix and Northern Ireland Open this season, but there have also been extensive periods of disappointment. 

The Warrior has suffered early exits in the Shanghai Masters, Wuhan Open, British Open, English Open and Shanghai Masters this term, and alongside a patchy Masters record, Wilson looks opposable against Zhang. 

Wilson has suffered four first-round defeats in eight appearances at Alexandra Palace and he has recorded just six victories in eight years of competition on the Ally Pally baize. 

Zhang is a very capable performer, who enjoyed a breakthrough season when winning the International Championship last season. 

The previous campaign also yielded runner-up spots in the English Open and Players Championship, and while there hasn't been any major final appearances this term, the performance levels of Mighty Mouse have remained high. 

The Nanxiong-born player makes only his second Masters appearance on Wednesday afternoon, after losing to Shaun Murphy in the first-round last season.

However, the Chinese cueman can be expected to build on that experience, and offers of 2/1 appear to underplay his chances of reaching his first Masters quarter-final. 

Zhang Anda over 0.5 centuries @ 10/11

Zhang was beaten 6-5 by Ronnie O'Sullivan at the last-16 stage of the Saudi Arabia Masters in August and that tournament could hold some clues as to what to expect from the Chinese player at the Masters. 

The Rocket had to be somewhere approaching his brilliant best to get the better of Mighty Mouse in Riyadh, but it was Zhang's 5-0 last-32 victory over Ben Woollaston which really caught the eye. 

The Chinese cueman tallied three knocks of 138 and an 128 run in a stunning display of break-building and it's clear the 33-year-old can deliver in snooker's biggest events. 

It's 10/11 that Zhang makes at least one century in a best-of-11-frame contest against Wilson and that looks a worthy play. 

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Kyren Wilson v Zhang Anda odds

Kyren Wilson - 2/5
Zhang Anda -
2/1

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