The 2024 German Snooker Masters kicked off on December 18, 2023 at Ponds Forge in Sheffield, England, with a total of 12 matches played on the first day of match. Among the three players who played on the first day of the mainland, Si Jiahui staged a shocking reversal when he was 0-4 behind, played two shots over 100, and defeated Lu Haotian 5-4 in five consecutive games, won the Chinese derby, and advanced to the main match;
Si Jiahui
In the two games played by mainland players, Si Jiahui and Lu Haotian's Chinese derby battle was ups and downs, in the opening stage, Lu Haotian was like a rainbow, playing a shot of 112 points and three strokes + (83, 64, 89), and entered the break with a 4-0 lead in four consecutive games; He hit a shot of 123 points, a shot of 87 points, and a shot of 98 points, two consecutive clean sheets against the opponent, 137-0, 118-0, 82-25, 98-33 chased four consecutive games to chase the big score to a 4-4 draw, and won the winning game with a stroke of 103 points, thus defeating Lu Haotian 5-4 and advancing to the main match.
Teenager Liu Hongyu performed bravely, hitting two 50+ shots, and swept Dominic Dyer 5-0 (79-0, 63-33, 73-1, 71-8, 83-6) in five straight games to successfully advance to the main event.
Lu Haotian
The results of the other 10 matches are as follows:
Tachaiya Uno shot three 50+ shots to beat Jamie Jones 5-1
Ken Doherty won five games in a row to keep Jenson Kendrick clean 5-0
Oliver Brown shot a 50+ shot to sweep Andres Petrov 5-0 in straight games
Mark Williams shot a 106 and a 50+ to beat David Grace 5-3
Rich Wharton shot two 50+ shots to beat Edema Duffy 5-1
Ben Mertens shot a 50+ shot to beat Tu Zhenlong 5-3
Elliott Slessor shot a 103 and a triple 50+ to beat Julian Boyk 5-2
Robbie Williams hit three 50+ shots to eliminate Jackson Page 5-3
John Higgins and Daniel Wells are currently at 3-1
Barry Hawkins hit two 100 shots (138, 103) and two 50+ shots to beat Stuart Carrington 5-2
Liu Hongyu
The format of the first round of the main draw is as follows:
Si Jiahui vs Mark Joyce or Wu Yize
Liu Hongyu vs Luca Brecel or Ishpret Singh Chada
Tachaiya Uno vs Anda Chang or Mustafa Dogham
Ken Doherty vs Ronnie O'Sullivan or Julien Leclerc
Oliver Brown vs Ryan Day or Stan Moody
Mark Williams vs He Guoqiang or John Astley
Ricky Wharton vs Liam Graham or David Leary
Ben Mertens vs Fan Zhengyi or Cao Yupeng
Elliott Slesser vs Hussein Wafi or Nucharut Wangharut
John Higgins or Daniel Wells vs Martin Gould or James Cahill
Robbie Williams vs Robert Milkins or Alan Taylor
Barry Hawkins vs Mark Davis or Ashley Hugill
I hope that Si Jiahui and Liu Hongyu can make persistent efforts, have better performances in the main competition, and play better results!
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