01/30/2024 FrankReport
The 2024 German Masters ended the first day of competition at the Dupten showroom in Berlin, Germany, with 5 matches in the first round of the main event (64 to the round of 32) and 8 postponed qualifiers (128 to the round of 64).
The first round of the main draw (64 into 32):
Sam. Craigie 5-2 Lean. Pullen, Matthew. Celt 5-0 Martin. O'Donnell, Graeme. Dort 5-2 Ashley. Cardi, Joe. O'Connor 5-3 Maguire, Jamie. Clark 5-2 Scott. Donaldson.
Postponement of qualifying (round of 128 to round of 64):
Ali. Carter (defending champion) 5-4 Michael. WhiteXu Si5-3 Murphy, Julian. Leclerc 5-2 Barry. Pingqisi (Pingqisi participated in place of O'Sullivan),Fu Jiajun5-1 Selby, Mark. Allen 5-4 Manasewein, Trump 5-0 Lucas. Clex, Neil. Robertson 5-1 Lin Binfeng, Singh. Chada 5-2 Brecel.
Summary:
On the first matchday: Sam. Craigie, Selt, Graeme. Dort, Joe. O'Connor, Jamie. Clark was able to advance to the round of 32.
Ali. Carter, Xu Si, Julian. Leclerc, Fu Jiajun, Mark. Allen, Trump, Neil. Robertson, Singh. Chada was able to advance to the round of 64 of the main event.
Xu Si's 5-3 win over Murphy and Fu Jiajun's 5-1 win over Selby are not overly surprising, after all, the results of these two games reflect the experience and experience they have accumulated after years of professional grinding, the current No. 59 Xu Si turned professional in 2017, and his best result so far was the semi-finals of the 2017 Indian Open, but Xu Si's best result of the season has not broken through the top 8.
"Wonder Boy" Fu Jiajun, who has 3 ranking tournaments so far, played his long-lost confidence and freedom in the match on the day, he defeated Selby 5-1, Fu Jiajun gradually faded out of the professional arena in the 2020 and 2021 seasons due to eye disease, Fu Jiajun relied on two consecutive seasons of wild cards to continue to gallop in his unsuccessful professional arena, Fu Jiajun's best result after his comeback was the 2022 Hong Kong Masters final (4-6 O'Sullivan), He has not been able to achieve satisfactory results in many competitions so far, and his results in ranking competitions have not been able to achieve a better breakthrough.
Several of the big-name players who played that day looked "stumbling": defending champion Carter beat Welshman Michael 5-4 in a thrilling 5-4 tiebreaker. White3rd mark in the world. Allen almost lost to Thailand's new player, Mana Saiween, who is ranked 123rd; The new 2023 World Champion Brecel continued his near-hopeless form as he lost 5-2 to 97th-ranked Indian newcomer Singh. Chada, this is an out-and-out unpopularity; Trump, who has won three consecutive ranking tournaments this season, is still sharp and unstoppable, and he swept Klex 5-0; "Aussie Thunder" Neil, who has been slow to play in the past two seasons. Robertson was once again in the air, beating Lin Binfeng 5-1 and showing a strong trend of recovering form.
Pang Junxu vs Haydn. Pinghai, Ali. Carter vs Peng Yisong, Zhou Yuelong vs Tian Pengfei, Zhang Anda vs Tachaiya, Yuan Sijun vs Aaron. Hill, Si Jiahui vs Mark. Joyce, Neil. Robertson vs Jimmy. Robertson.
Youssen vs Zach. Shuerdy, Mark. Williams vs player He Guoqiang, Xu Si vs Andrew. Higginson, Milkins vs Robbie. Williams, Ryan. Day vs Oliver. Brown, Wakelin vs Andrew. Padgett.
January 31 03:00:
Mark. Allen vs Heathcote, Doherty vs Julian. Leclerc, Gilbert vs Jordan. Brown, Joe. Perry vs Xing Zihao.