On the morning of July 24, Beijing time, the fifth day of the 2022-2023 World Snooker European Masters Qualifiers ended. Three mainland British players competed, with a one-win, two-loss result - Lei Peifan beat Rodraver 5-0 and advanced to the main tournament with his head held high; Lu Ning and Cao Yupeng lost to Milkins and Jordan Brown respectively, and regrettably stopped.
According to the official arrangement, the European Masters will play a qualifying round first to determine the top 64 places in the main tournament. Previously, mainland players Wu Yize, Yan Bingtao, Zhao Xintong, Lu Haotian, Xiao Guodong, Zhang Anda, Chang Bingyu, Si Jiahui, Zhou Yuelong and Hong Kong's Fu Jiajun had already defeated their opponents to win the main competition.
On matchday 5, 19-year-old Repefan played against 51-year-old England veteran Rod Lawler. Lei Peifan dominated the overall rhythm, winning the opening game 63-6 in the first set, 61 points in the second set, winning 74-54 in the third set, continuing to expand the results in the fourth set 69-8, and locking the score at 66-21 in the fifth set to 5-0, sweeping into the main game.
Ronin's state today was volatile, missing out on a lot of fighter balls, only to be clearly overtaken by the experienced and fierce Robert Milkins. In the first set, Milkins blasted a single shot 59 points to take the next city 73-12. In the second set, Ronin still had a hand, but Milkins scored a sharper single shot of 60, extending the score to 2-0 at 76-8. In the third set, Lu Ning lost the most unfortunately, losing 47-60 after a bitter battle. In the fourth inning, Milkins' single-shot 58 firepower ensured a 78-45 lead out of the match point. In the fifth set, Lu Ning was not in momentum, and the opponent soared a single shot of 72 points, and the total score was 5-0 to take away the victory.
Cao Yupeng and Jordan Brown fight back and forth in the dark. In the first set, Brown scored 70 points to keep a clean sheet, followed by a single shot of 71 points in the second set to win. Cao Yupeng began to threaten from the third set, a single 65-point attack to win the inning, followed by a single 58 points to win the fourth set, the two sides drew 2-2 into the intermission. In the fifth set, Brown resumed the firepower, bombarding a single shot to win by 115 points, and adding another 50 points to win in the sixth set, bringing out the match point 4-2.
Desperate, Cao Yupeng struggled to catch up, winning 76-46 in the seventh set and equalizing the total with 67 points in the eighth set. In the decisive moment, Jordan Brown single shot 64 points to send eggs, and finally defeated Cao Yupeng 5-4, ending this wonderful offensive and defensive battle.
In terms of foreign celebrities, the "Emperor of Billiards" Hendry was mediocre in the whole game, and was eliminated by Mark Joyce 0-5 - Hendry did not score a 50+ and was kept a clean sheet in two sets, while Joyce scored two 70+ and an 80+; Sean Murphy beat Dean Young 5-3 to make it to the regular stage.