On January 27, 2022, Beijing time, the first day of the snooker German Masters ended the main day of competition, and four Chinese players were upset, namely Mark Williams, Neil Robertson, Stephen Maguire and Anthony McGill. China's Zhao Xintong eliminated world champion Mark Williams 5-3 to advance to the round of 16 with Zhou Yuelong, who eliminated Anthony McGill 5-2.
The German Masters, the last tournament in January, was originally attended by 8 Chinese players, but Gao Yang and Liang Wenbo withdrew for various reasons, leaving only 6 Chinese players to play in the main tournament. On the first matchday, Chinese players made consecutive underdogs, with British Champion Zhao Xintong playing against world champion Mark Williams, who shot four 60+ and eliminated Mark Williams, who shot three 50+, 5-3. In the first half of the competition, Zhao Xintong's long stage success rate was particularly high, which was amazing.
Zhou Yuelong, who has not been in a good situation this season, played against another seeded player, Anthony McGill, and after the opening, Zhou Yuelong scored 96, 74 and 67 points to take a 3-0 lead. Anthony McGill felt average, and Zhou Yuelong always controlled the rhythm of the game, and finally won easily 5-2. In addition to Mark Williams and Anthony McGill upsetting out, two seeded players were eliminated, Neil Robertson and Stephen Maguire.
Neil Robertson is this season's Masters champion, in excellent form and a favourite to win the German Masters. In the first round of the regular season against Richie Wharton, Neil Robertson only scored a 76, he lost three consecutive sets in the first five sets of 3-2 lead, Richie Walton shot a single 71, 79, 124 consecutive points, 5-3 to advance to the round of 16, Neil Robertson was eliminated.
Stephen Maguire scored a single 135 innings, but then his opponent Tom Ford scored a 100-100 and a four-shot 50+ to win 5-2. In addition, Luka Brechel eliminated Anda Zhang 5-3, Karen Wilson eliminated Jimmy Robertson 5-1 and Stedman eliminated Michael Georgwu 5-2. Due to Gao Yang's retirement, Trump, who was supposed to debut on this matchday, directly advanced to the round of 16.
After winning the first round, Zhou Yuelong will challenge Trump in the second round, Zhao Xintong's opponent is Tom Ford, and the other two matches in the first half are Karen Wilson against Stedman and Luka Brechel against Rich Wharton.