On January 26, another ranking of the World Snooker Tour will officially begin, the German Masters will be held in Berlin, and the 32 players who have advanced to the final round through two rounds of qualification will compete for the final championship. However, just before the game, there were a number of bad news, two Chinese players have withdrawn, about to challenge the defending champion Trump in the first round of the main round of the game, Gao Yang, for personal reasons. Liang Wenbo, a Famous Chinese player who has just entered the final four of the single-time limited time competition, just before the German Masters, tested positive for nucleic acid, was diagnosed with new crown, and was forced to retire. In this way, the two opponents Trump and Higginson won without a fight and directly advanced to the round of 16.
As a classic ranking competition on the European continent, the German Masters was once a flex for Chinese players, Fu Jiajun and Ding Junhui have entered the final, and Ding Junhui won the championship in 2014, becoming one of the five champions in a single season that year. However, in recent years, Chinese players have not made much achievements in the German Masters, but Trump has won the championship for two consecutive years, becoming another German Masters double champion after Williams. This year's German Masters has already ended two rounds of qualifying competition earlier, and the defending champion Trump has won consecutive victories over Tian Pengfei and Hamilton to advance to the main competition. As a result, the first round of the main match against Chinese rising star Gao Yang, and because the latter withdrew, he directly guaranteed the promotion to the round of 16, only four victories away from the impact of the three consecutive championships.
In the qualifiers, the biggest regret is China's brother Ding Junhui, when he just returned to the United Kingdom from China, he ushered in the debut of the new season, the result of facing the veteran Mark Davis, he did not perform well, although in the case of 2-4 behind, two consecutive wins were tied and dragged into the decider, but in the final final battle, Davis played a hundred, single shot 119 points ended Ding Junhui's promotion road, tragically suffered a round of qualification. At that time, after two rounds of qualifying, 8 members of the Chinese legion advanced to the main tournament, including Yan Bingtao, Liang Wenbo, Zhao Xintong, Zhou Yuelong, Zhang Anda, Lv Haotian, Gao Yang and Fan Zhengyi. But what no one expected was that just before the main game was about to start, it was hit again, Gao Yang withdrew, Liang Wenbo was diagnosed with new crown, forced to retire, and only six people remained to continue to play.
For Liang Wenbo, he just played the state and feel in the single-time limited time game, bravely reached the final four, if it were not for the unexpected shot against the final victor Wafi in the semi-finals, perhaps he could go further, and even launch an attack on the final champion. But unfortunately, from Ding Junhui's cold and fever retirement to Liang Wenbo's diagnosis of new crown, unexpected situations always come unexpectedly, catching people off guard. I hope that the two leaders of China's snooker will concentrate on recuperating and returning to the field as soon as possible.
For the remaining Chinese players, it is still necessary to go all out, strive for good results, and even launch an attack on the championship, after all, there are still opportunities to fight for the opportunity of the red envelope event, such as entering the top 16 of the single season, the chance of winning the Players Championship in February, the German Masters is the last chance, and they can only be ranked in the top 16 of the single season if they win the championship.