Beijing time on October 28 news, the 2022 Snooker European Masters qualification tournament officially opened, the Chinese snooker army won consecutive victories, three Chinese players in the competition Zhou Yuelong, Xiao Guodong, Gao Yang, all won the main tournament. It is worth mentioning that Ding Junhui, the "first brother of China", did not register for the competition.
This week, there are two qualifying tournaments. In the middle of the week, the German Masters qualifiers came to an end, and the European Masters qualifiers were seamlessly connected. A total of 25 Chinese players participated in the German Masters Qualifiers, 20 of whom passed the first round, and 6 Chinese players, including Zhou Yuelong, Zhao Xintong, Lv Haotian, Cao Yang, Fan Zhengyi and Zhang Anda, advanced to the Main German Masters.
As soon as the German Masters qualifiers ended, the European Masters qualifiers began immediately, and Ding Junhui did not register for the competition. On the first match day, a total of three Chinese players, Zhou Yuelong, Xiao Guodong and Gao Yang, competed, and the first to play were Xiao Guodong and Gao Yang.
Xiao Guodong, ranked 33rd in the world, is played against Lucas Clex, who is ranked 79th in the world. In the game, he shot three 50+ (92, 52, 68 points) and beat Clex 5-0 to advance to the main game.
In another game at the same time, 17-year-old Chinese teenager Gao Yang played well, shooting two 50+ (78 points, 68 points), and defeating veteran David Lili 5-2 to advance to the main game. In the previous German Masters qualifiers, Gao Yang's performance was equally outstanding, winning consecutive victories over "Billiards Emperor" Stephen Hendry and big brother Xiao Guodong to advance to the main tournament.
Next up is the world's 17th-ranked Zhou Yuelong, whose opponent is Jimmy White, the runner-up of the 6th World Championships and the "uncrowned king". In the game, Zhou Yuelong shot 4 strokes of 50+ (66 points, 83 points, 64 points, 60 points), and defeated his opponent 5-2 to advance to the main game. In the German Masters qualifiers, Zhou Yuelong, like the youngster Gao Yang, also advanced to the main tournament with 2 consecutive wins.
In the match between two veterans over 45 years old, Mark Davis (49) and Robert Milkins (45), Davis shot a 1-100 and 4-50+ to win 5-3 to advance to the regular game. In the first round of the german masters qualifiers, Davis beat Ding Junhui 5-4. The result of the other matches: Hicks beat Stedermann 5-4, Lisovsky 5-2 Lichtenberg, Bingham 3-5 Patrick.