On December 26, Beijing time, it was reported that the 2023 ** German Masters Qualifying Tournament ended successfully, and a total of 12 Chinese players advanced to the main event. Among them, the national champion Zhang Anda defeated Mustafa Dolgam 5-3. Gary Wilson, who had just won the Scottish Open, lost 4-5 to Scott Donaldson, and Zhou Yuelong, who reached the semifinals of the Scottish Open, narrowly defeated Jack Jones 5-4.
With the 2023 Scottish Open coming to an end, the German Masters Qualifying Tournament is seamlessly connected, with National Championship champion Zhang Anda and European Masters champion Fan Zheng.
1. 12 Chinese players including Si Jiahui, who was in the semifinals of this year's World Championships, advanced to the main event.
In the just-concluded Scottish Open, Chinese players had a good performance, and Zhou Yuelong reached the semifinals. It's a pity that in the match with defending champion Gary Wilson, when the deciding game has been overscored, he couldn't win the game, and finally lost 5-6, which is very regrettable.
Gary Wilson, a taxi driver, had the biggest moment of his career at last year's Scottish Open, when he shot 2 100 shots and 2 50+ shots in the final, and defeated Joe O'Connor 9-2 with great ease to win the title, which was the first ranking tournament title of his career.
At the 2023 Scottish Open, he narrowly defeated Zhou Yuelong 6-5 before defeating Thailand's Norpeng Sangkam 9-5 in the final to win the championship. This championship also brought him a prize money of 80,000 pounds, and the world ranking has also been significantly improved.
At this year's Scottish Open, the prize money is set at £80,000 for the champion and £3 for the runner-up£50,000 with a prize of £1 for the top 4£750,000. There is also a single stroke top prize of £5,000.
With a good performance at the Scottish Open, Gary played back-to-back qualifiers for the German Masters, missing out on the main draw 4-5 against Scott Donaldson. In contrast, Zhou Yuelong, who lost at the Scottish Open, narrowly defeated Jack Jones 5-4. And Zhang Anda, who defeated O'Sullivan 9-6 not long ago and finally won the National Championship, eliminated Mustafa Dolgam 5-3.