On the evening of February 23, Beijing time, the snooker European Masters 1/16 final took the lead in ending 4 competitions. Three 5-4 wins: Graeme Dort 5-4 Zhou Yuelong, Accardi 5-4 Brechel, Ryan Dai 5-4 Ashley Kati; the other was a 5-0 sweep: Jordan Brown 5-0 Xiao Guodong. At this point, the round of 16 has taken the lead in 4 seats, and the 2-group 1/8 final matchup has been determined: Jordan Brown Graeme Dort, Ryan Day Arkani.
In this period, the two Chinese players who came first all lost, Xiao Guodong was shaved by Jordan Brown 0-5 by the General Bureau, Zhou Yuelong was killed by Gramdort 4-5, China Snooker suffered consecutive defeats, and the 2 people who appeared in the first period were all out!
In the face of Jordan Brown, who eliminated the world's No. 1 Selby in the last round, Xiao Guodong lost 5 consecutive sets, not that Jordan Brown played well in this game, but that Xiao Guodong played too badly! In every inning, Xiao Guodong scored, that is to say, Jordan Brown gave Xiao Guodong a chance in every inning, but in every inning, Xiao Guodong could not grasp the opportunity, all kinds of mistakes spit cake, and finally lost 5 consecutive sets 0-5 fiasco!
Zhou Yuelong, on the other hand, started 3-0 in the big score, and was once overturned by world champion Graeme Dort under the super advantage of 4-2 in the General Bureau and holding 3 match points. This game once again exposed Zhou Yuelong's old and difficult problem: psychological quality is fragile! Originally, among the young generation of Chinese snooker players, Zhou Yuelong was the first to achieve results, but now, he has been surpassed by Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao, and even thrown away.
The remaining two 1/16 finals played at the same time were not attended by Chinese players, and the specific situation was as follows
Accardi 5-4 Brechel, scores per set (Accardi in front): 0-91, 0-89, 98-17, 52-25, 8-65, 76-13, 5-70, 67-16, 63-39
Ryan Dai 5-4 Ashley Kati, scores per innings (Ryan Dai in front): 25-60, 73-33, 16-56, 69-6, 77-23, 62-59, 5-62, 31-55, 117-0