In the early morning of October 30, Beijing time, the 2022 Snooker European Masters Qualifiers ended with two focus matches, and China's cao Yupeng played well, defeating the former single-time limit champion Mike George Wu 5-3 to advance to the main tournament. In another match, Masters champion Yan Bingtao, shot a 4-shot 50+ to beat Ben Wollaston 5-2.
Cao Yupeng, a 31-year-old veteran who is currently ranked 86th in the world, blasted a single shot of 147 points at the Scottish Open four years ago and reached the ranking final after eliminating Trump. In the German Masters qualifiers that ended in the middle of this week, Cao Yupeng regrettably missed the promotion. In the first round of the qualifiers, Cao Yupeng blasted a 100 and a three-shot 50+ to defeat Robbie Williams 5-2.
In the qualifying round, against the 2005 World Championship champion "Magician" Sean Murphy, he lost 4-5 and did not qualify. With some regrets about the German Masters qualification, Cao Yupeng moved to the European Masters qualifiers, this time, he seized the opportunity to win 5-3 against former singles limited time champion Mike Georgie Wu to advance to the main tournament.
In the past, Cao Yupeng and George Wu, the former single time limit champion, have no record of meeting. This game is an encounter. In the first game of the game, George Wu came up to take the lead, and Cao Yupeng was a bit slow and hot. In this inning, Georgiou won the first set 76-32 and came out on top 1-0.
In the second set, Cao Yupeng scored a single 64 points to win a set 70-8 to make it 1-1. In the third set, the mistake won another set 63-42 to win the score 2-1. In the fourth set, Georgiou won 66-27 to equalize 2-2, and the two sides went to the break with a draw.
In the fifth set, after returning from a break, Cao Yupeng felt cold, and Georgiou scored a single shot of 67 points to win another set 67-21 and lead again 3-2. In the sixth set, Cao Yupeng won the key set 66-23 through several starts, and equalized 3-3. In the seventh set, Cao Yupeng won 84-39 through several moves, and the score reached 4-3 and won the match point.
In the eighth set, Cao Yupeng and Georg Wu played very stiffly, in the tug-of-war, Cao Yupeng locked up the victory 61-36, the aggregate score was 5-3 victory over Georgiou, after missing the German Masters, very smoothly advanced to the European Masters.