Beijing time on August 18 news, the 2021 Snooker European Masters officially started. After the end of the second match day, a total of 7 Chinese players, including Zhao Xintong, Yan Bingtao and Fu Jiajun, advanced to the second round. Among them, Masters champion Yan Bingtao beat Dylan Emory 5-4 on the second matchday.
The 2022 Snooker European Masters is the second tournament to produce a title this season. On the first match day of the European Masters, the Chinese snooker army played well, Zhao Xintong, Fu Jiajun, Xiao Guodong, Yuan Sijun, Wu Yize, Zhou Yuelong, Si Jiahui and other Chinese players advanced strongly, and the defending champion Fan Zhengyi regrettably went out.
On the second match day, a total of 4 Chinese players, including Yan Bingtao, Lü Haotian, Zhang Anda and Yuan Sijun, competed. In terms of world celebrities, there are Judd Trump, who is the second most popular in the world, as well as world champion "Golden Left Hand" Mark Williams, "Magician" Sean Murphy, as well as famous Jimmy White, Karen Wilson, Barry Hawkins, Jack Lissovsky, Rich Walton, Matthew Stevens and so on.
After fierce competition, Masters champion Yan Bingtao narrowly won the match against Dylan Emory to advance 5-4. A day earlier, Yuan Sijun, who defeated four-time World Champion and former World No. 1 Mark Selby, 5-2, lost to Jackson Page 1-5.
In addition, the post-95 young player Lu Haotian did not play well in the game with the strongest post-90s "囧 brother" Karen Wilson, and was defeated 1-5. In the European Masters qualifiers, Zhang Anda, who scored a single score of 147 points, did not qualify 3-5 in the match against World Championship champion Murphy.
In the end, after the end of the first round, a total of 7 Chinese players, including Zhao Xintong, Fu Jiajun and Xiao Guodong, advanced to the second round. The upcoming second round of the tournament, Zhao Xintong, who automatically advanced to the first round because of the opponent's retirement, will face veteran Robert Milkins. Looking forward to the good news of Zhao Xintong!