Nathan Aspinall vs Michael Smith Tips

Former world champion Michael Smith has lost four matches in a row, and his form is suffering with an injury to his throwing arm. He has dropped to 30th in the rankings. Nathan Aspinall won the recent European tour and can start with a victory here.

In a race to five, Smith’s heavier first-nine scoring often creates immediate break chances, and his tops/10s routes tidy the big moments. Aspinall’s counterpunching and clutch 100+ checkouts keep it live, but if “Bully Boy” lands the first serve wave the set of legs can run away. Lean Smith to edge a tight one.

Michael Smith was always known as a high 180 scorer. He has lost form massively but must still have heavy scoring in him. Nathan Aspinall hits plenty too. Smith needs to play well, and then he can score big numbers.