In the early morning of November 27, Beijing time, the qualifying tournament of the 2022 German Snooker Masters continued. In a highlight match in the third round, China's Li Xing faced world No. 10 Barry Hawkins, who won the match point 4-2 at the end of the sixth set. In the second qualifying round, Li Xing swept women's world champion Rebecca Kenna 5-0.
The 2022 German Masters in Snooker is seamlessly connected after the British Championship. In this competition, the 32-year-old Li Xing of China played in the second round and showed a very good competitive form with a 5-0 victory over women's world champion Rebecca Kenna.
Li Xing, ranked 40th in the world, is a very strong player, two years ago in the 1/4 final of the Scottish Open, once played the 5-4 final world number one Judd Trump. Last season, he also defeated seven-time world champion Stephen Hendry 5-3 in the European Masters qualifying tournament.
In this match, Li Xing faced the women's world champion, ranked 116th in the world, and the overall performance was very strong. The first set was won by a single 65 and started strongly 1-0.
After leading 2-0, Li shot a one-shot 52 in the third inning to extend his lead 3-0. In the following match, Li Xing won two more consecutive games, keeping a clean sheet of 5-0 on aggregate, and won the first victory of the German Masters qualifying tournament.
In the third round of qualifying, Li Xing's opponent was the famous Hawkins. The latter lost 3-6 to "China's first brother" Ding Junhui in the first round of the British Championship, one of the three major snooker competitions that just ended. Competing back-to-back in the German Masters qualifiers, Hawkins beat Dominic Dale 5-1 in the second qualifying round.
In the qualifying round, Hawkins' opponent was Li Xing. In the past, the two had a record of 4 meetings in the qualifying tournament, and Li Xing was at a disadvantage with 1 win and 3 losses. In the first six innings of this match, Li Xing shot two 50+ shots and soon won the match point 4-2, just one step away from the main draw.