Ryan can have his day against Zhang Yong in Crawley

Matches start 10am Tuesday
Eurosport 1, 12.45pm

Ronnie O'Sullivan has rather rained on the English Open's parade with his comments regarding the Crawley venue but Ryan Day looks ready to have his day in the sun when he takes on Zhang Yong.

Day is rated a a 1-3 shot and that looks more than fair. but taking BoyleSports' offer of 7-10 giving Yong a 1.5-frame start in this best-of-seven contest looks a better play.

After years of failing to win a ranking event, Day has become a winning machine, landing the Romanian Masters and Gibraltar Open earlier this year and the Riga Masters in 2017.

Dynamite is a dangerous break-builder and the Welshman's power-scoring allows him to easily dominate opponents when on-song.

Day has enjoyed a solid start to the season making the quarters in Shanghai and at the European Masters, and he easily put away Lee Walker 6-2 in the recent International Championship qualifiers.

Yong has shown glimpses of ability but the Chinese youngster looks up against it today.

O'Suillvan is a 1-20 poke to get past Allan Taylor, while Mark Selby is a 1-3 shot against Ben Woollaston.

Recommendation
R Day -1.5 frames
2pts 7-10 BoyleSports

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