On January 27, 2022, the snooker German Masters ended the first day of competition, the Chinese players won 2 and lost 1, Zhao Xintong and Zhou Yuelong advanced, Zhang Anda lost to Brechel, and three of the world's top ten first rounds were out, two of whom had won the World Championship, respectively, Mark. Williams lost 3-5 to Zhao Xintong and Robertson lost 3-5 to Richie. Walton, Maguire lost 2-5 to Tom. Woodford.
The German Masters champion prize money of 80,000 pounds, the defending champion is Trump, who has won the ranking tournament for two consecutive years, this time is expected to achieve another good result, the Chinese players six people participated in the main competition, Ding Junhui lost to Mark 4-5 in the qualifiers. Davis was out, and also eliminated O'Sullivan, Higgins and other famous players, who failed to qualify for the main tournament in Berlin.
It is worth mentioning that China's Gao Yang and Liang Wenbo temporarily withdrew from the competition, the World Taiwan Federation did not arrange substitutes, and their opponents Trump and Andrew. Higginson won without a fight, directly advanced to the round of 16, the first match day Zhao Xintong, Zhou Yuelong, Zhang Anda played, the result was 2 wins and 1 loss, of which Zhao Xintong eliminated Mark. Williams advanced, and the good state of the competition is worth looking forward to.
Zhao Xintong and Mark. Williams is only one place behind in the world rankings, but the career achievement gap is very large, but Zhao Xintong can expect to win more championships in the future, this time he played a single 89 points, 72 points, 70 points, 64 points 5-3 to end the game, eliminating Mark. Williams advanced, the opponent fell behind 1-3 to 3 draws, Zhao Xintong withstood the pressure, and finally seized the opportunity to win two consecutive sets to win.
Zhou Yuelong scored 96 points, 74 points, 67 points, 5-2 victory over the post-90s star McGill, everyone also hopes that he can make a breakthrough as soon as possible and win the first ranking championship of his career, Luca. Brechel blasted a 129-point, 120-point, 71-point 5-3 victory over Anda, and in this season, Brechel reached the final twice, winning the Scottish Open and the runner-up of the British Championship.
There are also two unpopular appearances, Richie. Walton blasted a 124-pointer, 79 points, 71 points to beat Robertson 5-3, Tom. Forde blasted a single shot 104 points, 88 points, 81 points, 76 points, 53 points 5-2 to eliminate Maguire, 90s star Karen . Wilson remained steady, blasting out 117 points, 94 points, 64 points, 58 points to eliminate Jimmy 5-1. Robertson, Stedman eliminated Georgiou 5-2.
The first day of the tournament was over, and the German Masters final 16 decided nine places, namely Trump, Karen. Wilson, Zhao Xintong, Luca. Brechel, Zhou Yuelong, Ritchie. Wharton, Tom. Ford, Andrew. Higginson, Stedman, zhou Yuelong against Trump, Zhao Xintong vs. Tom. Ford, Karen. Wilson vs. Stedman, Richie. Wharton vs. Brechel.
Tonight there are three Chinese players playing, Yan Bingtao against Gilbert, Lu Haotian against Mark. Allen, Fan Zhengyi against Highfield, stay tuned.