The 2024 Snooker German Masters Qualifying Tournament ended with a number of games, one of which was an upset, TOP16 player Lisowski lost to Zach Schulti 3-5, becoming the TOP16 player who fell in the qualifying round again, Ding Junhui is not alone: he also went out early and lost to Yuan Sijun. It is worth mentioning that in this game, Lisowski broke 100 with a single stroke, but he was still out.
The prize money for the winner of the German Masters is 80,000 pounds, and all participating players must participate in the qualifying round! Lisowski is ranked 16th in the world, and has reached the final of the ranking tournament 6 times before, but has failed to win the championship, can be called the "uncrowned king", and is even ridiculed as the "second millennium", his attack is more gorgeous, but in terms of defense and positioning, Lisowski is not a top player, this season's Scottish Championship, British Championship (first round tour), National Championship, etc. are not too good. Schulty is ranked 75th in the world, and his results this season are also average, the Scottish Open, the Northern Ireland Open, etc. are all out early, and the British Championship also fell early in the qualifying round. The two have played each other 4 times before, and Lisowski has 2 wins and 2 losses, but in terms of rankings, Lisowski is still stronger.
In the first game, Schulti scored 83 points in a single stroke to win + clean sheet, and in the second and third games, Lisowski won two games in a row 86-8 and 71-38, 2-1. In the fourth game, Schulti won 64-16, and the two played 2-2 in the first half. In the fifth and sixth games, Schulti won two games in a row with 60 points and 71 points in a single stroke, 4-2. In the seventh game, Lisowski scored 102 points with a single stroke and successfully pulled back a game, and in the eighth game, Schulti scored 61 points with a single stroke and won 63-8, defeating Lisowski 5-3.
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Earlier, Ding Junhui, ranked 11th in the world, lost to Yuan Sijun 2-5 and became the first TOP16 player to go out.