On the morning of October 25, Beijing time, the 2021 World Snooker German Masters Qualifiers ended the seventh day of competition. On this matchday, the two Chinese players who played were defeated and both lost at a slight disadvantage of 4-5; mark Selby, who is ranked second in the world, appeared and easily advanced 5-2.
The qualification stage of this German Masters has adopted the first round and the second round of mixed arrangement, which is a kind of schedule innovation that has not been seen in the past, as of now, China's snooker Brigade British Legion has zhou Yuelong, Zhao Xintong, Zhang Anda and other six players in a row to break through two levels, successfully ranked among the top 32 in the main tournament.
For the majority of Chinese billiards fans, the biggest attraction of the seventh matchday is undoubtedly Ding Junhui's season debut. Asian snooker king and Chinese snooker brother are now ranked 10th in the world, but because there has been no championship in the account for a long time, and he chose a truce at the beginning of this season, Ding Junhui now needs to use victory to regain his own rhythm of battle.
Facing veteran Mark Davis, Ding Junhui, who had just returned to the field, shot a 63, a 61 and an 88, and experienced an ups and downs of the game - from 2-1 lead to 2-4, and then chased two consecutive sets into the decider, failed to grasp the opening fighter at the key moment, and finally was won by Davis with the highest single shot 119 points. It is a pity that Ding Junhui lost the first game after returning to England, but we still believe that the oriental genius who created the history of China's snooker, and even changed the international development pattern of snooker to a large extent, can gradually enter the winning mode through the next training and competition.
Cao Yupeng played in the second round of the qualifiers, and the day before he felt hot, blasting a hundred and three 50+, beating Robbie Williams 5-2. This game challenged the top master Sean Murphy, in fact, Cao Yupeng also had a good start, he won the opening red 82-31, followed by the second set to blast a single 88 points and clean sheet Murphy, to achieve a 2-0 advantage.
But Murphy won 56, 118 and 102 in the third to fifth innings, 3-2 against Cao Yupeng; Cao Yupeng sent eggs again with 128 points in the sixth set, and the two sides fought 3-3. In the seventh set, Murphy scored 75 points to take a 4-3 lead, and Cao Yupeng dragged the game into the decider 65-10. At the last moment, the two sides fell into a bitter struggle, neither of them scored a single score, and finally the experienced Murphy won 76-51 to win the ninth set, and Cao Yupeng rubbed shoulders with the ticket to the main game.
In terms of major foreign players, Mark Selby scored a single 134 and two 70+ in the first round to beat Rose Moore 5-2; Thailand's Sankam, who defeated Higgins 5-2 on the first day, continued to play Kai, with a single score of 105 and 65 points in the closing two sets, he beat Jack Jones 5-4 to reach the round of 32.