Neil Robertson vs Zhengyi Fan Prediction: Expect a decent start for Robertson

On day three of the Scottish Open, Neil Robertson will play Zhengyi Fan at Renaissance Club in North Berwick. The two professionals suffered a defeat in their last encounter. How will they approach this game?

Neil Robertson's last tournament was in the Snooker Shootout, and the Australian could not get past the round 1/16. In his first matches, Neil Robertson defeated Simon Blackwell and Jackson Page, ending 73-14 and 59-49. However, his encounter against Liam Pullen ended in a 2-48 defeat, a performance he would love to forget. In the meantime, a look at Neil Robertson's last five matches has seen him win four and lose two, two other wins against Oliver Lines and Matthew Stevens, while he lost to Judd Trump, an encounter that ended 6-3 in the round 1/16 of the UK Championship. 

Zhengyi Fan is coming off a defeat at the hands of Robbie Williams in an encounter that ended 49-42. However, in the same tournament, Zhengyi Fan picked wins over Wang Yuchen and Bulcsu Revesz, ending 66-18 and 45-73. While the Chinese head into this game, Zhengyi Fan has three wins in his last six games, one other against Austrian Florian Nussle, ending 6-2 in the UK Championship qualifier. In that run, Zhengyi Fan lost to Jak Jones and Neil Robertson. 

Considering his quality and level of play, Neil Robertson should get things right in this fixture. While Zhengyi Fan has had his luck lately, the Chinese are expected to struggle, looking at how poor he was in the past fixtures of this meeting. This is an open one, but the better player is Neil Robertson, who is expected to win by a good margin.