On January 27, 2022, Beijing time, the snooker German Masters began the second day of the main competition, and China's Lu Haotian was in a slump, losing 1-5 to Mark Allen and collapsing out. When he debuted, Lu Haotian was known as Ding Junhui's successor, but now he is getting farther and farther away from the top master. Another Chinese player, Fan Zhengyi, eliminated Hayfield 5-2 to reach the round of 16, while world number one Mark Selby won five consecutive sets to sweep Paris Pinkis 5-0 and easily passed the level.
Eight Chinese players broke through in the qualifiers and broke into the main stage of the German Masters. Unfortunately, Gao Yang and Liang Wenbo withdrew from the main competition. On the first match day, Zhao Xintong, Zhou Yuelong and Zhang Anda took the lead, Zhao Xintong eliminated Mark Williams, Zhou Yuelong eliminated Anthony McGill, and Zhang Anda regrettably left. It should be said that the performance of Chinese players on the first match day was quite good.
On the second match day, Lu Haotian and Fan Zhengyi took the lead, fan Zhengyi's opponent was Highfield, it should be said that this is an evenly matched game, the key is to see the impromptu play. Fan Zhengyi was in good shape, shooting 83 points, 79 points and 134 points in succession, and he eliminated his opponents 5-2 and easily advanced to the round of 16. The winning Fan Zhengyi will face Andrew Higginson in the next round, who received a retirement gift from Liang Wenbo, Andrew Higginson is average, and Fan Zhengyi has a chance to continue.
Fan Zhengyi successfully advanced, but Lu Haotian collapsed out, facing Mark Allen, Lu Haotian only played a single 53 points in the sixth set, but was defeated by Mark Allen's single shot 63 points. Throughout the match, Mark Allen shot two hundreds and two 60+ to easily beat Lu Haotian 5-1. When he debuted, Lu Haotian showed full talent and was known as Ding Junhui's successor, but there was no obvious momentum of progress in recent years, and he had been left behind by the top masters.
In the other game, world number one Mark Selby scored 50, 61, 75 and 77 points, winning five consecutive sets to sweep Barry Pinchis 5-0 to advance to the next round, and the winning Mark Selby will face the winner between Yan Bingtao and David Gilbert in the second round of the main tournament.
Next, Yan Bingtao will compete with David Gilbert for a place in the Round of 16, with Sean Murphy against Kurt Maflin, Sankam against Ryan Day, and Sam Craig against Ken Dahdi. So far, Zhao Xintong, Zhou Yuelong and Fan Zhengyi have already reached the round of 16, hoping that Yan Bingtao will continue to work hard and win the same victory!