7 Chinese players competed, and Zhao Xintong Yan Bingtao once again rushed to the championship! Ding Junhui was out of the qualifiers. The 2022 Snooker German Masters will kick off later today, there were originally 8 Chinese players who could participate in the main competition, but the 17-year-old Gao Yang announced his retirement before the competition, so only 7 Chinese players played, namely Zhao Xintong, Yan Bingtao, Zhou Yuelong, Liang Wenbo, Lu Haotian, Zhang Anda, Fan Zhengyi. Ding Junhui, who everyone is more concerned about, was eliminated in the qualifiers and did not qualify for the main tournament.
The German Masters consisted of two stages, the first being the qualifying round and the second being the main stage. Originally, 8 Chinese players advanced to the main tournament, but unfortunately Gao Yang temporarily withdrew, and Ding Junhui lost to Mark Davis in the qualifiers, for Ding Junhui, he is now in a very embarrassing situation, the world ranking has dropped to 30th, and this German Masters He is not eligible to participate in the main tournament, so his world ranking is very likely to continue to decline. Among the 7 Chinese players participating in the main competition, Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao are in the top 16 in the world, of which Zhao Xintong is ranked 9th in the world and Yan Bingtao is ranked 15th in the world, but from the recent performance of these Chinese players, Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao have the greatest hope of winning the championship, and both of them have performed very well in the previous Champions League, defeating many famous players to advance to the winner group. In this competition, Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao will meet famous players in the first round, mark Williams and Gilbert respectively.
Before that, Yan Bingtao and Gilbert had 3 encounters, Yan Bingtao had a slight advantage of 2 wins and 1 loss, although Gilbert was also ranked in the top 16 in the world, but gilbert's performance this season was very general, and he had fallen out of the top 16 in the world, and Yan Bingtao's recent state was very good, I believe that Yan Bingtao should be able to advance to the round of 16 as long as he plays normally. In contrast, Zhao Xintong's promotion is more difficult, because from the recent competition, Mark Williams' state is not bad, so Zhao Xintong played with it, the victory or defeat is still difficult to predict, only hope that Zhao Xintong can play a normal level.
The other five Chinese players played against McGill, Liang Wenbo against Andrew Higginson, Fan Zhengyi against Highfield, Lu Haotian against Mark Allen, and Zhang Anda against Brechel. Among them, Lu Haotian and Zhang Anda's promotion is more difficult, because the opponents they have met have been in good shape recently, mark Allen's strength needless to say, Brechel has won the Scottish Open championship this season, and I don't know how many Chinese players will be left after the first round.