4-5! Chinese snooker upset: the post-90s celebrity lost to the Thai player, and another sub was eliminated
On January 30, 2024, the Snooker German Masters continued, and the Chinese star was upset, Zhang Anda lost to Thailand's Tachaiya 4-5, and he also became another seeded player to be eliminated after the world champion Brecel, Selby, and Shaun Murphy.
This year's German Masters Ding Junhui was out of the tournament ahead of schedule, and he had already lost to Yuan Sijun in the postponed qualifiers, the world's No. 1 O'Sullivan temporarily withdrew, and the substitute Barry Pinches lost to Leclerc, and how the post-90s star Zhang Anda performed naturally became the focus of everyone's attention, after all, in addition to Ding Junhui, only Zhang Anda was stable in the top 16, but he didn't expect to lose to Tachaiya and miss the promotion.
Zhang Anda has good strength, ranked 13th in the world, won 1 championship and 1 runner-up this season, defeated Tom Forde at home to reach the top, and at the same time scored 147 points in the final, leaving a deep impression on outside fans, and now it is second only to Ding Junhui, ranking second in Chinese snooker, the overall performance this year is average, and it is somewhat difficult to face Tachaiya in the first round, but in general, it must be Zhang Anda who has the advantage.
The opponent is the Thai star Tachaiya, currently ranked only 37th, has won a single-game limited-time championship before, and the stability is far less than that of Noppon Sangcam, Tachaiya's style of play is extremely ornamental, but there are too many simple mistakes, and the on-the-spot play fluctuates greatly, such as the World Open as the last runner-up winner, lost to the professional newcomer Long Zehuang, Zhang Anda felt the pressure, and everyone had high expectations for him.
After the start of the game, Tachaiya only scored 11 points in the first game to interrupt the attack, Zhang Anda started to play a single stroke 68 points to take the lead, the second game of the two sides made continuous mistakes, Tachaiya accuracy online, won the fight 72-52, the third game Zhang Anda was not to be outdone, played a single stroke 60 points, 64-32 to pull back a game, the fourth game Tachaiya played a single stroke 51 points, with 68-2 to complete the super score, the state is okay.
At the end of the intermission, Zhang Anda returned 93 points with a single stroke in the fifth game, and failed to complete the break of 100 in the sixth game, and Tachaiya directly scored 86 points in a single stroke in the sixth game, and Zhang Anda withstood the pressure in the seventh game, scored 58 points in a single stroke, and pulled back a game with 89-30, taking the lead in getting the match point, the two are completely different rhythms, Zhang Anda is pursuing steady and steady play, Tachaiya's rhythm is faster, and the long platform is obviously better.
In the eighth game, Zhang Anda did not score, Tachaiya scored 79 points with a single stroke, and in the decisive game, Tachaiya scored 74 points with a single stroke to end the game, and finally eliminated Zhang Anda 5-4.