On the morning of October 28, Beijing time, the first day of the 2021 World Snooker European Masters Qualifiers ended. The three players in China who played on the first day all defeated their respective opponents and successfully advanced to the round of 64. Past champion Bingham was out of the game.
According to the official arrangements of the Taiwan Federation, there are a total of 64 qualifying matches in this European Masters, and 128 players are caught and killed, and as long as they win one, they can advance to the main tournament. Among them, the qualification matches of the world's top four Trump, Selby, O'Sullivan and Robertson have been postponed to February next year, tied to the main tournament.
The British Regiment of the Chinese Snooker Brigade still maintains a large-scale combat posture, with 24 players participating in this European Masters Competition. However, Ding Junhui, who has just made his season debut in the German Masters qualifiers, did not qualify in the registration list, and he will miss this event.
The three Chinese players who appeared on the first day were Xiao Guodong, Zhou Yuelong and Gao Yang. Xiao Guodong played against German athlete Lucas Klex, Xiao Guodong's latest world ranking 33rd, the opponent is 79th - the Chinese celebrity won the first set of entanglement 76-32, and then blasted out a single 92 points in the second set to win; the third set again accumulated advantages through piecemeal play, 62-18 and then the next city; in the fourth and fifth sets, Xiao Guodong scored 52 and 68 points respectively, and finally won 5-0 against Klex.
Zhou Yuelong is facing the legendary snooker veteran, "White Whirlwind" Jimmy White. The first set of both sides did not feel ideal, the scene showed the characteristics of a tug-of-war, Zhou Yuelong handled the key stage relatively well, 66-40 to win the opening red. In the second set, Zhou Yuelong beat White 81-7 with a single shot of 66.
In the third set, Old White pulled back a city 62-34 several times. In the fourth set, Zhou Yuelong soared a single shot of 83 points to give the egg, leading 3-1 into the intermission. In the fifth set, Zhou Yuelong continued to work hard, with a single shot of 64 points to bring the big score to 4-1. After White won the sixth set 57-12, Zhou Yuelong scored a single 60 points in the seventh set, locked up the win 75-8, and beat his opponent 5-2.
The 17-year-old Gao Yang suffered a heavy blow at the Northern Ireland Open at the beginning of the month, losing 4-0 to Trump in the first round and scoring no points in the game. However, Gao Yang, who has experienced this embarrassing battle, has performed well recently, and in the previous German Masters qualifiers, he won two consecutive games to get tickets to the main tournament. Moving to the European Masters qualifiers, Gao Yang and David Li Li competed for the promotion quota, the first set he 60-18 ahead of the next city, the second set to shoot a single 78 points to win, the third set 67 to 11 again, to get a 3-0 advantage; in the fourth and fifth sets, David Li Li won the slow game 68-26 and 53-32, Gao Yang in the sixth set with a single 68 points, followed by 75-35 to win the seventh set, and finally eliminated the opponent 5-2, and he broke into the main game back-to-back again.
In terms of foreign players, Top 16 member and past champion Bingham upset Patrick, who was 3-5 outside the world ranking 100, and did not qualify for the main game; Lisovsky defeated Germany's Simon 5-2 and successfully advanced to the round of 64; Mark Davis, a veteran who defeated Ding Junhui in the first round of the German Masters qualifiers, won Milkins 5-3 and also won the main tournament ticket.