The 2023-2024 season of the Snooker Professional League ushered in the qualifying match of the German Masters, and on December 18, 2023, Beijing time, the qualifying round of the German Masters is about to start, and the German Masters this season is completely different from the previous format, with a total of 64 players participating in the main match of the German Masters this season, while only 32 players can enter the German Masters in the past, the main stage of the German Masters. Chinese snooker players are also gathering again, looking forward to reaching the final and winning the championship.
In this season, Zhang Anda reached the finals of the ranking tournament twice, and won a championship and a runner-up, and in the competition of the single-game limited-time competition, Cao Yupeng also entered the final of the ranking tournament again after six years, and won a runner-up full of gold. In this competition of the German Masters, Ding Junhui had previously won the championship of this event, and Zhao Xintong, who was banned, also won the championship of this event. The stage of the German Masters is no stranger to Chinese snooker players. Before that, there was also a final derby of the German Masters, and the two sides were Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao, and Zhao Xintong won the final championship with a score of 9:0. However, since then, both have been banned and are still in the suspension. Ding Junhui's luck in this competition is not very good!
In the first round, Ding Junhui will accept the challenge of Yuan Sijun, and it is not easy for the Chinese teenager to break into the main draw of the German Masters this season. Plus, in an extra focus battle. Si Jiahui will start a Chinese match with Lu Haotian. All four Chinese players were placed in the sixth half. In addition, Ding Junhui is not having a good time in this half of the area, and Si Jiahui has also beaten him before. And in Ding Junhui's path to promotion, it is very likely to encounter Mark Selby in advance. Both are seeded in the sixth half, and Selby will face Hong Kong veteran Fu Ka-chun in the first round. Mark Selby has reached the semi-finals on a number of occasions this season, but his form has dropped in recent times.
If Ding Junhui and Selby meet, then the two will compete for the final quarterfinals, even if the two really meet Ding Junhui in the quarterfinals, it is not that they are not sure that they can defeat Mark Selby. The Chinese players who were placed in the same half as Ding Junhui also included teenager Wu Yize. And Ding Junhui is on the road to promotion, in this round of 16, Ding Junhui's most likely player is this year's Northern Ireland Open runner-up Wakelin. Wakelin also won the championship last season. Ding Junhui wants to break through successfully in the sixth half, but there is still a certain amount of pressure and difficulty.