Snooker European Masters qualifiers began, Xiao Guodong against Lucas Clex, and finally Xiao Guodong played steadily, swept the opponent 5-0, and played a three-shot 50+, heading high into the main tournament, and was also the first person in China's snooker promotion.
The German Masters qualification has just ended, it ushered in the European Masters qualification tournament, but also seamless, the European Masters qualifiers only one round, that is to say, as long as you win the game can qualify for the main tournament, China has a total of 24 players to participate, Ding Junhui missed this event, the specific reason is not clear. The qualification rounds for the world's top four, Trump, Selby, Neil Robertson and O'Sullivan will be postponed to the main season! Xiao Guodong was the first Chinese player to appear, in the german qualifying round earlier, Xiao Guodong lost to Gao Yang 4-5 in the second round, missing the regular match, and Klex lost 2-5 to Yuan Sijun in the first round!
In the previous three encounters, Xiao Guodong won a full victory, the strength was significantly stronger than Harkless, normal play, Xiao Guodong promoted to the main tournament is not a big problem.
In the first set, Clex only had 32 points intermittently, Xiao Guodong won 76-32 successfully, and in the second set, Xiao Guodong won with a single shot of 92 points, making it 2-0 early. In the third set, after Xiao Guodong completed the super point, Clex did not give up, tried to do snooker many times, or missed the opportunity, Xiao Guodong long platform spelled green ball, and then there was a surprise win, 3-0. In the fourth set, Xiao Guodong turned into the defense 52-1, Klex left the opportunity, Xiao Guodong scored a red ball, Klex made a mistake in the red ball, Xiao Guodong scored a super point in the middle bag, and smoothly went to the next city, and the big score was 4-0 into the intermission time.
In the fifth set, Clex only 5 points was interrupted, Xiao Guodong started again, a single shot 68 points super points, Klex directly conceded defeat, Xiao Guodong thus swept the score 5-0 to advance to the main game.