On February 3, Beijing time, the 2024 Snooker German Masters continued, and O'Sullivan withdrew from the top16 of this station, and many of them stopped qualifying, such as the world No. 4 Luca Brecel, No. 5 Selby, No. 6 Murphy, No. 10 Ding Junhui, and No. 16 Gary Wilson are all in one round! Chinese player Xu Si single-handedly picked out two top16 players Murphy and Mark Williams, but unfortunately stopped in the top 16, but also created the best results of the season! At present, there are only 4 top16 players left in the top eight!
Trump vs. Higgins
In the last round, the world's No. 2 Trump played four single-stroke 80+, of which three single-stroke broke 110+, including two single-stroke 130+, full of firepower, 5-2 strong advance to the quarterfinals, and won the 11,000 pounds bonus and locked in the series of 150,000 pounds in advance! Trump holds two championships at the English Open and the Northern Ireland Open, and has been far ahead since surpassing Hawkins, currently leading the second place Hawkins with 109,500 bonus points!
In the last round, the world's No. 12 Higgins and the world's No. 3 Allen once again staged a miraculous bag flipping stunt, playing four single-stroke 50+ shots, one of which broke 100 in a single stroke, and advanced to the quarterfinals 5-2.
Trump and Higgins have played each other as many as 50 times since the 2008 Grand Prix (more than 15 years and more than 3 months), you must know that even between Ronnie O'Sullivan and Mark Williams, who are among the "75 Three Masters", they have only played 50 times in 30 years! In terms of overall record, the "Wizard" has a slight advantage of 26 wins, 1 draw and 23 losses; however, in terms of ranking matches, Trump has a slight advantage of 11 wins and 9 losses! In 2023, they have met 6 times in one year, and the result is 3-3 and evenly divided, Higgins defeated Trump to win the 2023 Snooker Champions League Invitational version of the championship, setting a record in the history of the game, which is also Higgins' most recent championship;
In this matchup, in the first game, Higgins took the lead and scored only 1 point, and Trump scored 71 points in a single stroke to win, leading 1-0. Then Higgins played a single stroke of 50+ in two consecutive games to win! Trump played a single stroke of 60+ in three consecutive games after falling behind 1-2, locked the victory with a wave of four consecutive whips, and advanced to the semifinals 5-2! Among them, in the fifth game, Trump took the lead and scored only 6 points, Higgins seized the opportunity to play his third single stroke of 50+, but unfortunately stopped at 53 points in a single stroke, Trump scored 68 points in a single stroke and refused to reverse in a single game.
Si Jiahui vs. Ryan Day
The two have only met twice before, winning 1 game each, and the most recent meeting was in the third round of the 2023 Snooker Single-Game Limited-Time Tournament, where Si Jiahui won 112-0 and finally reached the quarterfinals of the ranking tournament for the first time in the season.
In the last round, the world's No. 25 Si Jiahui only played one single stroke 50+ in the first game, but 5-3 beat Yuan Sijun, who played two single strokes of 50+ and broke 100 in a single stroke, to advance to the quarterfinals for the second time in the season and the eighth Chinese player this season.
World No.19 Ryan reached the quarterfinals of a ranking tournament for the first time this season with a 5-2 run against Julian, having last won the title in 2022.
In this duel, Si Jiahui played a wave of five consecutive whip reversals under the loss of 45-83 in the first game, and played a single stroke of 50+ in five consecutive games, and won with a single stroke of 75 points in the fifth game after 0-25 behind, and scored 73 points with a single stroke under 6-61 in the sixth game to achieve a single game reversal, and won two consecutive games of reversal! Ryan Day did not have a single stroke of 50+ in the whole game, and could only end in a gloomy 1-5! Si Jiahui reached the semifinals of the ranking tournament for the first time in the season.
Fan Zhengyi against Kyren Wilson
The world No. 35 vs. No. 11, the latter was full of firepower, playing four single-stroke 50+ in the whole game, and scoring 125 points in a single stroke in the first game! Fan Zhengyi has few opportunities and few opportunities can not be grasped, with a maximum of 31 points in a single game, 0-5 rout, and the season continues to miss the semi-finals.
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