On January 28, the German Masters of the World Snooker Tour entered the process of a one-day double match, and in the second round of 16-8 competition, the Chinese team performed well, Yan Bingtao, Zhao Xintong, Fan Zhengyi and three of them defeated their opponents and advanced to the top 8. In particular, Yan Bingtao, in the duel with the world's first Selby, once fell behind 2-4, resisted the pressure and finally won three consecutive sets, achieved a counterattack, and the big score was 5-4. After Fan Zhengyi's 5-3 victory over Higginson, he once again set a new personal ranking record, and the top 8 became a new career high.
In the first four competitions in the early morning of the same day, China's famous Zhao Xintong performed well, facing the siege of Fude, he showed the same accuracy and stability as always, and finally won easily 5-1 and advanced strongly. Another Chinese player, Zhou Yuelong, looked tied up in the face of defending champion Trump, and was eventually swept away, losing 0-5. After advancing to the top 8, Trump and Zhao Xintong will meet, and the two will have a strong dialogue and compete for a place in the final four. In the other game at the same time, Karen Wilson beat Steadman 5-4, and Walton sent Brechel out 5-2, which was a small upset.
In the afternoon match, China's Yan Bingtao and Fan Zhengyi played hand in hand to face the world's number one Selby and Higginson, who was lucky to advance because of Liang Wenbo's withdrawal. Fan Zhengyi faced Higginson, played an excellent hand, the whole game not only played a hundred, a single shot 104 points, but also a 4 stroke 50+ outstanding performance, and finally won the opponent 5-3, strong to advance to the top 8, continue to refresh the personal ranking game results to a new high. In the next round, Fan Zhengyi will face the famous Mark Allen, who defeated Murphy 5-3 in the second round to advance to the quarterfinals.
The duel between Yan Bingtao and Selby is quite interesting. If Selby can advance to the quarterfinals this game, he will surpass Hawkins to become the top 16 in a single season and qualify for the Players Championship, so for Selby, this battle is of great significance. For Yan Bingtao, he urgently hopes to show excellent state in the competition with strong enemies and create good results again. In the game, the two on the one hand are doing enough work in defense, on the other hand, in the attack, they are also not compromising with each other, in the first half, the two fought 2-2 draws, Yan Bingtao played two 50+. In the first two innings of the second half, Selby took control of the situation, first breaking the 100-shot 119 points to win, and then a single 57 points to further extend the lead and win the match point 4-2.
At the critical moment, Yan Bingtao withstood the pressure, first a single shot 95 points to win the seventh set, and then the eighth set, the two fell into a fight, and finally the key color ball stage, Yan Bingtao showed a big heart, first luck green ball flipped bag, and then successively turned over the bag blue ball and pink ball to win, directly completed the super points, won strongly, chased the score, dragged the game into the decider competition. In the ninth set, Selby won by flipping the bag, but when he scored 47 points, the K ball was wrong, Yan Bingtao took advantage of the trend, directly completed the super point, achieved a counterattack, and finally eliminated the world's first Selby 5-4, strongly advanced to the top 8, and the 1/4 final will be against Ryan Day, who defeated Cregie 5-1 to advance to the top 8. All quarter-finals will start at 3:00 a.m. Beijing time on January 29, and the three members of the Chinese Legion will reach the top four.