On January 27, 2022, Beijing time, the Snooker German Masters entered the second match day of the main tournament, Yan Bingtao, Lu Haotian, Fan Zhengyi and other three Chinese players appeared, Yan Bingtao's opponent is David Gilbert, as long as the normal play, Yan Bingtao is expected to join hands with Zhao Xintong, Zhou Yuelong and others to advance to the round of 16. Zhao Xintong and Zhou Yuelong, who won the first round, will continue to appear on the second matchday to impact the quarterfinals.
The German Masters are divided into qualifiers and main matches, Ding Junhui was out of the qualifiers, so he missed the main tournament, but China's snooker ushered in a big outbreak, 8 players advanced to the main tournament, that is, 8 Chinese players in the round of 32. Although Gao Yang and Liang Wenbo withdrew from the main tournament for their own reasons, the Chinese players handed over a brilliant report card on the first matchday of the main match.
Zhao Xintong eliminated world champion Mark Williams 5-3 and Zhou Yuelong eliminated seeded player Anthony McGill 5-2. Although Anda Lost to Luca Brechel, he shot a three-shot 50+ and once chased the score to 3 draws, but unfortunately lost two sets in the last minute. After all, Luka Brechel is a seeded player, and this season has won the ranking championship, and Zhang Anda is facing Luka Brechel, but she is actually not behind.
On the first match day, The Chinese players won 2 and lost 1, zhao Xintong and Zhou Yuelong joined hands to advance to the round of 16, and in the absence of Ding Junhui, the performance of the young players was worthy of recognition. On the second matchday, three more Chinese players will play in the first round of the main match, Yan Bingtao against David Gilbert, Fan Zhengyi against Highfield, lu Haotian to challenge Mark Allen, the opponent is not bad, only to let go.
Entering 2022, Yan Bingtao maintains a good competitive state, as long as he plays normally, he is expected to defeat David Gilbert and advance to the round of 16 with Zhou Yuelong and Zhao Xintong. And Fan Zhengyi's opponent Highfield is average, this is a game of equal strength, the key is to play on the spot. Lu Haotian against seeded player Mark Allen, the difficulty of passing the level may be the greatest, hoping that Lu Haotian will give full play to his strength and bring surprises.
The second matchday is divided into three time slots, the first two time periods for the first round, while the third time period is followed by the second round of matches, and the four quarter-finals seats in the upper half of the zone will be released on the second matchday. Chinese players Zhou Yuelong and Zhao Xintong play back-to-back, Zhou Yuelong challenges Trump, Zhao Xintong's opponent is Tom Ford, these two games belong to a strong dialogue, I hope Zhao Xintong and Zhou Yuelong continue to work hard and strive to break into the quarterfinals!