Beijing time on November 27, the 2022 Snooker German Masters qualification came to an end, and the Chinese snooker army performed well, with a total of 12 people advancing to the main event. In the just-concluded third round, Li Xing and Pang Junxu defeated their opponents 5-2 and 5-4 respectively to advance to the main draw. Prior to this, 7 players including last season's champions and runners-up Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao had advanced to the main event, while China's brother "Ding Junhui" missed the main match 4-5.
At the German Masters, Chinese twins Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao were the champions and runners-up. Last season, they reached the final in doubles, with Zhao Xintong winning the title 9-0. Before the last match day of the 2022 German Masters qualifying round, seven Chinese players, including Zhao Xintong, Yan Bingtao, Xiao Guodong, Tian Pengfei, Zhao Jianbo, Peng Yisong and Zhang Anda, joined hands to advance to the main event.
Among them, Zhao Xintong defeated Asf 5-1 in the promotion round, Yan Bingtao defeated David Grace 5-2, and Xiao Guodong narrowly defeated Wafi Ayuri 5-4. On the last matchday of qualifying, Ding Junhui, who had just finished runner-up at the British Championship and swept seven-time world champion Ronnie O'Sullivan "Rocket" "Rocket" O'Sullivan's "China's first brother" 6-0 in the quarterfinal, played well in the opening match of the qualifying tournament, beating Welsh Open champion Jordan Brown 5-1.
In the third qualifying round, he faced veteran Matthew Stevens. In this match, Ding Junhui started with a 1-0 lead. In the ensuing match, Stevens won four consecutive games to win the match point 4-1. Ding Junhui did not give up three consecutive games to chase the score to 4-4. However, it failed to stage a comeback in the tiebreaker and missed the main draw 4-5.
Although Ding Junhui missed the main draw 4-5, the Chinese achieved very good results in the other four third-round matches. Li Xing won comfortably 5-2 against world No. 10 Bariho Kings to advance.
In addition, veteran Cao Yupeng defeated Scott Donaldson 5-3, and teenager Si Jia Hui swept Andy Hicks 5-0. At this point, the German Masters is all over, and a total of 12 players from the Chinese snooker team, including Zhao Xintong, Yan Bingtao, Xiao Guodong, etc., advanced to the main event, congratulations to them, and look forward to winning the championship again!