On November 1, Beijing time, the first stage of the snooker European Masters qualifiers ended, and the Chinese players performed well, and 14 people advanced to the main competition. Repefan's qualifying round was postponed against Neil Robertson. On the last match day, the post-00s rising star Wu Yize brought surprises, he turned the tables strongly after falling behind 0-3, and beat the champion Michael Holt 5-4, breaking out of the big cold.
On the last match day, Liang Wenbo led 5 Chinese players to appear, and the result was 3 wins and 2 losses. Liang Wenbo shot a 4-shot 60+ and was in excellent offensive form, eliminating Joe O'Connor 5-2. Xu Scored a single 70, 134 and 106 points to beat Lee Walker 5-1. The biggest surprise came from professional newcomer Wu Yize, who was only 18 years old and faced Michael Holt, who won the ranking championship and was strong and experienced.
In the game, Michael Holt took the lead, scoring 52 and 115 points on a single shot to easily take a 3-0 lead. Wu Yize, who was in a desperate situation, did not give up, and then shot three shots of 50+ to tie the score. Wu Yize also scored a single 58 points when his opponent got the match point, dragging the game into the decider. In the final moments, Michael Holt scored a single 51 points, but Wu Yize still beat his opponent 67-51 to advance to the regular game.
In the other two games, Chen Zifan lost 3-5 to Tachaia, who scored a single 147 points in the last game, and this game contributed another 144 points. Browning was in a slump, losing 1-5 to Ashley Hegel and missing the regular game. At this point, the first stage of the qualifiers was completed, and 14 Chinese players broke into the main tournament, namely Yan Bingtao, Xiao Guodong, Zhou Yuelong, Gao Yang, Fan Zhengyi, Li Xing, Cao Yupeng, Xu Si, Pang Junxu, Zhang Anda, Wu Yize, Zhang Jiankang, Liang Wenbo and Yuan Sijun.
Youngster Lei Peifan's qualifying round was postponed, but the opponent was Neil Robertson, and the promotion was very difficult. In addition, three qualifying matches were also postponed, namely Selby against Matthew Selter, O'Sullivan against Nigel Bond, and Trump against Michael Judge. Karen Wilson, Yan Bingtao, Hawkins, Lisowski, Higgins, Murphy, McGill and other seeded players have taken the lead in qualifying for the main tournament.
Overall, in the case of Ding Junhui did not register, Yan Bingtao bravely picked the beam, the overall performance of the Chinese players is quite outstanding, the results of the two consecutive qualifying tournaments are gratifying, our young players have indeed made progress, like Wu Yize, Gao Yang and other young players are very talented, as the competition experience is more and more rich, their performance will be more and more outstanding!