On December 18, 2023, Beijing time, the snooker German Masters qualifying tournament kicked off. There will be 12 qualifying matches on this match day, including three Chinese players including Si Jiahui and Lu Haotian, as well as seeded players such as Mark Williams and Barry Hawkins. The qualifying round adopts a best-of-9 system, and this match day is divided into three matches, each of which will be played for four games.
Si Jiahui
Tachaiya Uno 5:1 Jamie Jones
Thailand's Gotchaiya is ranked 37th in the world and Jamie Jones is ranked 40th. Tachaiya is an excellent snooker player, having won a single-game limited-time championship in his career and was runner-up in the 2019 Snooker World Open. Tachaiya has been in solid form this season, reaching the round of 32 of the European Masters and the round of 16 of the international tournament in a row, ranking 29th in a single season, and has already qualified for this season's Grand Prix.
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Welsh player Jamie Jones has won the runner-up of the Snooker Players Tour in his career, and has shot a perfect score of 147 on several occasions. Jamie Jones often plays the role of a dark horse in the game, and has repeatedly upset top players such as Higgins and Shaun Murphy. Jamie Jones has been solid this season, finishing 32nd in a single season and catching the last train to the World Grand Prix.
Tachaiya Uno vs Jamie Jones
At the beginning of the game, in the first game, Tachaiya scored many times and won the first game 81:0 and got off to a good start. In the second game, Tachaiya scored 52 points in a single stroke and won the game 65:5. In the third game, Jamie Jones had a chance to win the game, but unfortunately the state was too poor, and finally Tachaiya won the next game 79:29, leading 3:0. In the fourth game, Tachaiya scored 59 points in a single stroke and won the game 65:23, taking the lead in winning the match point with a big score of 4:0. Jamie Jones, who was cornered, scored twice in the fifth game to pull back a game at 68-0 to avoid the embarrassment of being a clean sheet. In the sixth game, Tachaiya started from afar, won the game with a single stroke of 92 points, won the game with a big score of 5:1, and successfully advanced to the main match.
Si Jiahui 5:4 Lu Haotian
Si Jiahui is ranked 28th in the world, and Lu Haotian is ranked 35th. Born in 1998, Lu Haotian was once the youngest top 8 player in the ranking competition, but his form has been tepid in the following seasons and there have been no particularly outstanding results. After entering this season, the technical level has improved, and he will advance to the semifinals in the Snooker Wuhan Open, setting the best result in the career ranking tournament, ranking 12th in the world in the latest single season, and ranking third in the Chinese army in a single season.
Lu Haotian
Si Jiahui entered the professional competition last season and achieved good results, becoming the best professional rookie last season. At the end of last season's World Championships, Si Jiahui made history by beating top players such as Shaun Murphy to the semi-finals from the first round of qualifying, and is also one of the most promising young Chinese players. Si Jiahui has a steady style of play, is good at attacking, and has amazing accuracy when he is in good shape, but he still needs to improve on the defensive end, and Si Jiahui's performance this season is not good, ranking only 38th in a single season, and he did not qualify for the World Grand Prix.
Si Jiahui vs Lu Haotian
After the start of the game, Lu Haotian was in a hot state, while Si Jiahui was in a sluggish state and made many simple mistakes. After the start, Lu Haotian scored 83 points, 64 points, 89 points and 112 points in a row, and won 4 games in a row, with a big score of 4:0 to take the lead in winning the match point. After coming back from the break, Si Jiahui's state improved, and he scored 123 points and 87 points in a row, and played two games in a row, with a big score of 4:2 Si Jiahui fell behind. In the seventh game, Si Jiahui seized Lu Haotian's mistake to score and won the next game 82:25. At the critical moment, Si Jiahui scored 98 and 103 points in a single stroke, played two games in a row, and beat Lu Haotian with a big score of 5:4 to advance to the main match.