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Good news! China's snooker new golem dark horse into the top 8, and the world's second place to compete for the top 4

The 2021-2022 snooker German Masters continued, with Chinese players performing mixed, following the success of zhou Yuelong and Zhao Xintong on the first day to advance to the round of 16, in the first round of the tournament, Chinese players Yan Bingtao and Fan Zhengyi also defeated their opponents and advanced, of which Masters champion Yan Bingtao defeated Gilbert 5:3, while Fan Zhengyi defeated Highfield 5:2, so that a total of four Chinese players reached the round of 16 of the Snooker German Masters, while Lu Haotian lost 1:5 to "Little Steel Cannon" Mark Allen , the first round was eliminated. Immediately after the first round of the second round of competition, the Chinese players performed a happy and worried, the British Championship champion Zhao Xintong performed well, following the first round victory over world champion Mark Williams, Zhao Xintong was still brave in the second round of the competition, he swept the "dark horse" TomFord 5:1, and advanced to the quarterfinals with his head held high. Another Chinese player, Zhou Yuelong, played poorly, losing five consecutive sets in a match against world champion Trump, losing 0:5 to his opponent and missing the quarterfinals.

Good news! China's snooker new golem dark horse into the top 8, and the world's second place to compete for the top 4

After winning the British Championship at the end of last year, Zhao Xintong's performance has become more and more confident and stable, Zhao Xintong is currently ranked ninth in the world, the highest ranking among Chinese players, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the "new brother" of Chinese snooker. The German Masters Zhao Xintong first round against the world champion Mark Williams, the result of Zhao Xintong relying on the incomparably brave attack to mark Williams eliminated, and Zhao Xintong's second round opponent Tom Ford is also in good shape, the first round of the game upset to eliminate Maguire, showing a good strength, TomFord Although not a top master, but his career has played a single shot of 147 points five times, the offensive accuracy is quite outstanding, Zhao Xintong and TomFord two people compete for a place in the quarterfinals. In the first game, both of them did not play a single high score, TomFord attacked frequently, Zhao Xintong attacked many times after the next city to take the lead, in the second game Zhao Xintong took the lead in getting the opportunity to attack, but he could not attack continuously because of the problem of the mother ball, TomFord seized the opportunity to blast out a single shot to break the hundred and win back a set, the first two sets of the two sides fought 1:1 draw.

Good news! China's snooker new golem dark horse into the top 8, and the world's second place to compete for the top 4

In the third set, the two sides were in a bitter battle, both had the opportunity to win the innings, Zhao Xintong showed excellent offensive accuracy when the score was behind, relying on "unreasonable attack", Zhao Xintong won the round with a 64:55 reversal and took a 2:1 lead, and in the fourth game, Zhao Xintong was full of firepower, and after a single shot blasted 94 points, he led the next city 3:1. After returning from the halftime, Zhao Xintong's firepower did not decrease, although Tom Ford took the lead in attacking, but he soon made mistakes, Zhao Xintong seized the opportunity to blast out a single shot of 80 points and then won another set, the big score was 4:1 to lead, the sixth game Zhao Xintong did not give TomFord any chance, he singled out 92 points and won the sixth set, the total score was 5:1 to beat the opponent, strong promotion to the quarterfinals of the Snooker German Masters. In this game, Zhao Xintong's mother ball position control is not very good, but relying on the incomparable brave attack, he finally won the opponent to advance to the quarterfinals, and zhao Xintong's opponent in the next round of the game is the defending champion Trump.

Good news! China's snooker new golem dark horse into the top 8, and the world's second place to compete for the top 4

Another Chinese player, Zhou Yuelong, played against the defending champion and world number two Trump in the second round, zhou Yuelong defeated McGill 5:2 in the first round, while Trump advanced directly to the second round because China's Gao Yang withdrew without a fight. In the first game, Trump was full of firepower, he single-handedly blasted 130 points and then won the first game to win the first game, in the second game Zhou Yuelong took the lead in attacking, but unfortunately after scoring 40 points, the attack was stopped, Trump seized the opportunity to play a single 70 points and then won another set. In the third set, Zhou Yuelong's attack was still intermittent and there was no continuity, and Trump relied on more stable play to take another city 73:38, leading 3:1.

Good news! China's snooker new golem dark horse into the top 8, and the world's second place to compete for the top 4

In the fourth game, Zhou Yuelong's attack still did not improve, after unable to win a shot, Zhou Yuelong repeatedly handed over the offensive right, Trump played a single 55 points and then won another round, the big score was 4:0 to lead, the fifth game Trump did not give Zhou Yuelong any more chances, played a single 50 points to win, the total score of 5:0 swept Zhou Yuelong, and advanced to the quarterfinals. In the other two matches in the second round, Karen Wilson defeated Stadtmann 5:4 to advance to the quarterfinals, while Walton, who eliminated Neil Robertson in the first round, defeated Belgian star Brechel 5-2 in the second round, and the two will compete for a place in the quarterfinals, while Zhao Xintong will compete with world champion and currently world number two defending champion Trump in the final four.

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