On October 27, Beijing time, the snooker German Masters qualifier came to an end, and the Chinese players performed well on the last competition day, and Yan Bingtao and Liang Wenbo got tickets for the main competition. So far, a total of 8 Chinese players have advanced to the main competition of the German Masters, with gratifying results. Hussein Wafi, who eliminated O'Sullivan in the first round, failed to maintain his strength and lost 3-5 to Andrew Higginson, regrettably out.
On the last match day of the qualifiers, four Chinese players stormed the main event, and the most talked about was last season's Masters champion Yan Bingtao. The 21-year-old Yan Bingtao is becoming more and more mature, although his current world ranking is not as good as Ding Junhui, but in the case of Ding Junhui's sluggish state, the outside world is optimistic that he will impact Ding Junhui and become the leader of the new generation of Chinese snooker. Yan Bingtao did show maturity that did not match his age, and had previously given O'Sullivan a thumbs up.
Facing his disciple Lei Peifan, Yan Bingtao played five consecutive strokes of 50+ in a 0-2 situation, winning five consecutive sets of Yan Bingtao eliminated Lei Peifan 5-2 and successfully advanced to the main tournament. Yan Bingtao is currently ranked 13th, further narrowing the gap between him and Ding Junhui, and if he can achieve good results in this season's major events, he has every chance to surpass Ding Junhui. The leader of China's snooker is about to change hands? It's entirely possible!
Liang Wenbo's opponent is Ben Han Kaun, although Liang Wenbo's single shot quality is average, the offensive state is indeed relatively low, but he defended well, and finally eliminated the opponent 5-2 and successfully advanced to the round of 32. Youngster Zhao Jianbo challenged David Gilbert, Zhao Jianbo started well, once leading 2-1, but then made more mistakes, and David Gilbert played a wonderful attack, winning four consecutive sets to take away the game, Zhao Jianbo stopped the qualifiers.
At this point, the Chinese players have ended the qualification journey, a total of 8 Chinese players have advanced to the German Masters main competition, namely Zhou Yuelong, Zhao Xintong, Gao Yang, Zhang Anda, Fan Zhengyi, Lv Haotian, Yan Bingtao and Liang Wenbo, it should be said that the performance of young Chinese players is quite outstanding, I hope they can continue to be strong in the main competition and make greater breakthroughs.
In addition, Hussein Wafi of O'Sullivan's clean sheet in the first round of the qualifiers failed to continue his strength, and he lost 3-5 to Andrew Higginson, which was somewhat a pity. Next, the European Masters qualifiers followed, the seeded players except Ding Junhui, other players will appear, Yan Bingtao led 24 Chinese golfers to compete for the main tournament seat, I wish the Chinese players good luck!