In the early morning of January 26 and the next day, Beijing time, the first round of the snooker German Masters main round ended, and 3 Players from China advanced to 2, because Gao Yang withdrew, so the small chief executive directly advanced to the first round bye. Of the 8 TOP16 players who played on the first day, 4 players were out.
The four players who were out were Mark Williams, who lost 3-5 to Zhao Xintong, Anthony McGill, who lost 2-5 to Zhou Yuelong, Neil Robertson who lost 3-5 to Tom Ford, and Stephen Maguire who lost 2-5 to Michael Georgio. Zhao Xintong played 4 strokes of 50+ in the match against Mark Williams to advance strongly. Karen Wilson easily won the match against Jimmy Robertson by shooting a 3-stroke 50+ and a 1-shot breaker.
Karen Wilson was born in '91 and is ranked 5th in the world. Jimmy Robertson was born in '86 and is ranked 40th in the world. In the past record of the two sides, Karen Wilson has the advantage of 2 wins and 1 loss. As soon as the game began, Karen Wilson scored a single 58 points, 84-0 clean sheet Jimmy Robertson to open the door, leading 1-0. In the second inning, Jimmy Robertson was mentally unstable, making a mistake after 26 points, and Karen Wilson scored a 64-point single to win another set to take a 2-0 lead.
In the third set, both sides had their own mistakes, and neither had any chance of scoring consecutive points. After several attacks and defenses, Karen Wilson had a slight advantage, winning another set 73-51 to take a 3-0 lead. In the fourth set, Jimmy Robertson scored the only 50+ (52) of the game to win the first set, the score was 3-1, and the two sides went to halftime.
In the fifth set after the break, Jimmy Robertson still could not regain his touch, and after 25 points, there was a mistake, but Karen Wilson soared after the break, playing a single 94 points to win another set, 4-1 on the court. In the sixth inning, Karen Wilson did not give Jimmy Robertson another chance to struggle, starting with a single shot of 117 points, ending the battle with a single shot to eliminate Jimmy Robertson 5-1.