As the Chinese New Year approaches, good news comes from the snooker arena in Berlin, Germany. The two top Chinese players, two of last year's three major tournaments, British Champion Zhao Xintong and Masters champion Yan Bingtao, have defeated their opponents to win the final of the 2022 Snooker German Masters.
Zhao Xintong 5-3 Lecmark Williams in the first round, defeated Ford 5-1 in the second round, faced defending champion and champion Judd Trump in the quarterfinals, Zhao Xintong did not give much chance, 5-1 to cut The Little Special under the horse. In the semi-finals, Zhao Xintong played against RichIe Walton, who has recovered from his form this season.
In the first set, Zhao Xintong made a simple mistake and lost a round first. In the 2nd set, Walton made two simple ball mistakes, Zhao Xintong did not catch it, but instead made two mistakes in his own position, resulting in two difficulty balls not scoring to form a leak, and losing another sentence. In the 3rd inning, Zhao Xintong finally caught Walton's mistake and shot a 70+. In the 4th set, Zhao Xintong made a simple ball mistake and was reversed by Walton in a single set, falling behind 1-3. After a short break, in the 5th inning, Walton's green ball mistake became a turning point in the game. In the 6th set, Walton's not difficult super dividend ball made a mistake again, and Zhao Xintong tied the score. Since then, Wharton has made mistakes continuously, and in the 10th set, Zhao Xintong has won the game on the bench, breaking a hundred, winning 5 consecutive sets and winning the game 6-3. In this game, Zhao Xintong made many mistakes, but Walton was not walton at his peak, and sent more mistakes.
In the second half, after Yan Bingtao reversed Selby and Ryan Day in a row, the semi-finals welcomed tough player Allen. In the first 4 sets, Yan Bingtao broke through the hundred, and the two sides played 2 draws. After a short break, Yan Bingtao led 4-2 in two consecutive sets, and Allen broke through the hundred to chase back a set. In the 8th set, Yan Bingtao used a snooker to win the opportunity and reached the match point 5-3. In the 9th set, Yan Bingtao lost a difficult black ball, and Allen played for the third time to save a match point. In the 10th set, the two sides fought bits and pieces, but the excitement continued. Under a good opportunity, Yan Bingtao took the initiative to admit the foul and won the applause of the audience. Then in defense, Yan Bingtao found an opportunity to attack very firmly, especially the penultimate red ball with difficulty and pressure, but unfortunately failed to turn the winning coffee ball. After that, Yan Bingtao, who had a little luck, used two snookers to form a super point through penalties, but in the face of the opportunity to kill, Yan Bingtao flipped over the bag and lost the bag mouth blue ball. Under the extension of the score, Allen is also full of pressure, many times lost the opportunity to fight for the black, and finally Yan Bingtao scored a powder ball on the long platform and advanced to the final 6-4.
Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao won the final of the German Masters, which is the third time in the history of the ranking tournament that a Chinese player has won the championship. The first two were the 2013 Shanghai Masters (Ding Junhui and Xiao Guodong) and the 2013 International Open (Ding Junhui and Fu Jiajun), which were Ding Junhui's five crowns in a single season. In earlier times, Ding Junhui and Fu Jiajun met in the final of the 2011 Masters. The previous finals were all related to Ding Junhui, who won the championship. This time, in the case of Ding Junhui's downturn, the two young players took over the banner and once again copied the Chinese derby in the final.
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