2024 ** German Masters
On January 31, Beijing time, in the second round of the 2023-24 ** German Masters, Xiao Guodong played against Tom Forde, the latest battle report, Xiao Guodong lost 1-5 and missed the top 32, while Fude played four shots of 50+ and successfully advanced, which is really strong.
Xiao Guodong is a famous player born in the 80s in China, although he has not won the championship of the ranking competition, but on the whole, he can still maintain a relatively stable ranking competition. In this season, Xiao Guodong's overall performance was not good, the World Grand Prix, single-game limited-time tournaments, etc. were all out early, and the British Championship stopped in the third round of the qualifying round, and the overall performance was mediocre.
Fudd is known as "Mr. 147", and this season, he reached the final of the National Championships (6-10 to Zhang Anda) and won the runner-up, in addition to the British Open and Wuhan Open, he also reached the top 8, and his performance is still better than Xiao Guodong. According to statistics, the two have played each other 11 times before, Xiao Guodong has a slight upper hand with 6 wins and 5 losses, and the outcome of this game is still very suspenseful, looking forward to Xiao Guodong to bring good news.
In the first game, Forde quickly entered the state, scored 93 points in a single stroke, won 93-22 in one stroke, and led 1-0. From the second game to the fourth game, Fude continued his good form, and scored 84 points in a row, 52 points in a single stroke and 62 points in a single stroke, and won three games in a row with -30 and 68-26, and in the first half, Fude was already 4-0 ahead and got the match point.
In the fifth game, Xiao Guodong, who had no way out, seized Fude's mistake and won with a single stroke of 79 points, 1-4 to pull back a game. In the sixth game, Fude completed the super score, although Xiao Guodong did not give up, but Fude still won without danger and defeated Xiao Guodong 5-1.