Beijing time on October 27 news, the 2021 Snooker German Masters qualifiers ended the final four matches of the competition. Masters champion Yan Bingtao and famous player Liang Wenbo defeated their respective opponents and advanced to the main tournament and had the opportunity to impact the championship. In the first round, Waffi Ayuri, who swept the Rockets Ronnie O'Sullivan 5-0, lost 3-5 to Andrew Higginson and missed the promotion.
In the first nine days of the German Masters qualifying, there were four matches, and Yan Bingtao, Liang Wenbo, Zhao Jianbo and Chen Zifan, four Chinese players, competed in the second round (promotion round). The four matches are: Yan Bingtao vs Lei Peifan, Liang Wenbo vs Ben Hankone, Zhao Jianbo vs David Gilbert, Wafi Ayuri vs Andrew Higginson.
Liang Wenbo is ranked 27th in the world and Yan Bingtao is currently ranked 13th in the world, and they are the third and fourth Chinese players to win the ranking competition after Ding Junhui and Fu Jiajun. In the first round of the German Masters qualifiers, they also performed very well, Liang Wenbo shot a four-shot 50+, a 5-1 victory over snooker Queen Ryan Evans. Yan Bingtao won 5-2 in the derby with Chen Zifan to advance.
In the second round of the qualifiers, Liang Wenbo played against Ben Hankone, who was ranked 84th in the world, and his performance was relatively smooth, beating his opponent 5-2 to advance to the main match. Yan Bingtao also won 5-2 in the qualifying round and played a derby with 18-year-old Lei Peifan. At this point, Liang Wenbo and Yan Bingtao advanced to the main competition.
18-year-old Zhao Jianbo was in the qualifying round against world-ranked 21st David Gilbert, who lost 2-5 to his opponent. The qualifying round was another match, played by "Iran's first brother" Wafi Ayuri, against veteran Andrew Higginson. In the first round, Wafi swept the "Rockets" Ronio Sullivan 5-0.
When O'Sullivan was eliminated in the last round, Waffi was in a very hot state, blasting 1 hundred (141 points) and 2 shots 50+ (52 points, 50 points, 81 points, 64 points), but in this match with Higginson, he only shot 1 shot 50+, and finally lost 3-5 to the opponent and did not qualify.