On the evening of December 19, Beijing time, the 2023/2024 Snooker German Masters Qualifying Tournament ushered in the second match day of competition. At present, the game of Chinese players is basically over, the Chinese army played 5 people today, Ding Junhui lost to Yuan Sijun 2-5, and lost to the opponent again after the Wuhan Open, and missed the main event. The teenager He Guoqiang brought a surprise, and when he fell behind 3-4, he staged a good show of fighting for black and breaking 100, and narrowly defeated Astley 5-4. Veteran Xiao Guodong played well in the duel with Ian Burns and swept his opponent 5-1. He Guoqiang and Xiao Guodong have advanced to the top 64. Hong Kong's Lee Chun-wai lost 1-5 to Louis Siscott and was eliminated.
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Yuan Si-jun
The match between Ding Junhui and Yuan Sijun started first in the first period, and the last time the two sides met was at this year's Wuhan Open, where Yuan Sijun lost five straight games to Ding Junhui, who was in a slump. However, after Ding Junhui won the runner-up in the British Championships, his state rebounded significantly, which made fans have more expectations for Ding Junhui. However, at the beginning of the game, I felt that Ding Junhui had no intention of fighting, perhaps hoping to go home early to take care of the children. In short, a lot of the ball is forced to attack, and there are many mistakes, and the defense is not on the line. Ding Junhui scored 50 points in a single stroke in the first game, and then Yuan Sijun won three games in a row and entered the halftime break, and Yuan Sijun was penalized for being late in the second half. After the opening, Yuan Sijun scored 102 points in a single stroke in the sixth game, and Yuan Sijun seized the opportunity to lock in the victory in the seventh game, and in the end, Yuan Sijun defeated Ding Junhui with a score of 5-2 to advance to the top 64. Ding Junhui will not be seen at the German Masters next year.
He Guoqiang
Also taking place at the same time was the match of Chinese teenager He Guoqiang. Post-00 teenager He Guoqiang is a Chinese snooker newcomer, obtained professional qualifications in June this year, only got the first victory of his career at the English Open in August, and eliminated Kyren Wilson in the best open in October, and broke into the round of 16. Astley, an English athlete born in 1989, has two previous professional experiences, 2013-2015 and 2016-2020, with his best career result being a quarter-final at the Riga Masters. The match between the two today was quite dramatic. He Guoqiang scored 79 points and 63 points in a single stroke after opening, John Astri scored 52 points and 57 points in a single stroke, the two sides drew before the break, and He Guoqiang scored 50 points in a single stroke after returning from the break, and then Asteri scored 73 points in a single stroke to equalize the score, and then Astrid won the seventh game, and in the eighth game, He Guoqiang won the game into the decisive game with a strong psychological quality in the black ball stage, and He Guoqiang played a single stroke 111 points to lock the victory in the decisive game. In the end, He Guoqiang reversed John Astry's score of 5-4 to advance to the round of 64.
Xiao Guodong
In the second period of the game, the veteran Xiao Guodong played. Xiao Guodong has been runner-up in the ranking tournament twice in his career, and reached the top 4 of this year's English Open, and the famous player Ding Junhui is the same brother, ranking 22nd in a single season. Ian Burns is ranked around 100 in the world and is not well known. The process of the game also basically reflects the ranking strength of the two sides. In the first game, there were many mistakes by both sides, and in the end, Xiao Guodong got off to a good start 70-53. After that, Xiao Guodong became more and more courageous, with a single stroke of 107, 65, and 119 in three consecutive games, and the big score was 4-0 to take the lead in getting the match point and entering the halftime break. After the break, Astley scored 62 points in a single stroke to pull back a game. In the sixth game, the two sides made continuous mistakes, did not open up the score gap, and had to compete for the black ball, and finally Xiao Guodong scored the black ball on the accurate long platform and took away the victory 5-1.
After two days of competition, the Chinese players who entered the main competition were Si Jiahui, Liu Hongyu, Yuan Sijun, He Guoqiang, and Xiao Guodong. Those who were eliminated were Ding Junhui, Lu Haotian, and Li Junwei. Tomorrow's third match day will also have Jiang Jun, Zhang Anda, Long Zehuang, Fan Zhengyi, Cao Yupeng, Peng Yisong, Pang Junxu 7 Chinese players, I wish them success.
First Day Results:
Tachaiya Unu 5-1 Jamie Jones
Ken Doherty 5-0 Jenson Kendrick
Oliver Brown 5-0 Andres Petrov
Si Jiahui 5-4 Lu Haotian
Mark Williams 5-3 David Grace
Ricky Wharton 5-1 Adam Duffy
Tu Zhenlong 3-5 Ben Mertens
Dominic Dyer 0-5 Liu Hongyu
Elliott Slesser 5-2 Julian Boyko
John Higgins 5-3 Daniel Wells
Jackson Page 3-5 Robbie Williams
Barry Hawkins 5-2 Stuart Carrington
Day 2 Results (by press time)
Sam Craigie 5-2 Sean O'Sullivan
He Guoqiang 5-4 John Astley
Aaron Hill 5-3 Mohammed Asif
Ding Junhui 2-5 Yuan Sijun
Ian Burns 1-5 Xiao Guodong
Lee Chun Wei 1-5 Louis Siscott
Tomorrow's Chinese Legion event arrangement
18:00 Andrew Higginson vs Jiang Jun
18:00 Anda Zhang vs Mustafa Dolgham
18:00 乔丹·布朗 vs 龙泽煌
18:00 范争一 vs 曹宇鹏
22:30 Alfie Boden vs Peng Yisong
3:00 the next day, Pang Junxu vs Jimmy White