The fourth day of the German Masters ended with all the quarterfinals. The two "post-00" leaders of the Chinese ** group, Si Jiahui and Fan Zheng, both entered the top eight, and this result can be said to be reasonable.
Si Jiahui and another "post-00" Yuan Sijun staged a derby yesterday, Si Jiahui led 4-1 and was chased by Yuan Sijun for two games in a row, but Si Jiahui still won 5-3. Fan Zhengyi won two games in a row yesterday, first defeating Chada, the dark horse of this competition, and then beating last year's runner-up Fude in the 1 8 finals. Xu Si, the fourth Chinese player to play yesterday, lost 4-5 to Craigie.
This quarter-final is very important for both Si Jiahui and Fan Zhengyi at present. Si Jiahui reached the quarterfinals again after a single-game limited-time match, although this signing had some "assists", but the feeling of recovery is still the key to his recent stable results. As for Fan Zhengyi, this is the first time he has reached this stage since reaching the quarterfinals of the Shanghai Masters and the British Open at the beginning of the season, and he is currently in a serious retaining stage - he is about to deduct the quarterfinals points of the German Masters and the championship points of the European Masters two years ago, and the ranking may slip significantly.
The German Masters continues today with all four finalists to be announced. Si Jiahui and Fan Zhengyi are both in the relatively weak lower half of the area, and if they continue the feeling of the previous games, it is not a luxury to reach the finals. Si Jiahui's opponent in the 1 4 finals is Ryan Day, who has had a dismal season and his best result in the pre-ranking tournament of the German Masters is just a round of 16. The two met at the 2020 European Masters, Ryan Day defeated Si Jiahui, who was still quite immature at the time, 5-3, and the two met again in a single-game limited-time tournament last year, Si Jiahui played two shots of 50+ revenge, it can be said that these two encounters are not too valuable for this game.
Fan Zhengyi's opponent is Wilson, the only remaining top 16 in the second half of the region. In the first half of 2021, the two had a confrontation in the short game of grab 2 and grab 4, and Brother Yi, who was at the peak of his career at that time, won all of them. However, at the European Masters at the beginning of 2022, Fan Zhengyi defeated Brother Yi in the third round of the tiebreaker, thus starting the magical road to winning the first ranking tournament championship. Two years have passed, Brother Yi's state and momentum are far less than at that time, and this season's ranking has not even entered the top 32.
Compared with the second half, the first half of the German Masters is more competitive, with defending champion Carter in full swing, Trump and Higgins will stage a "master-apprentice battle" again in the 1 4 finals. It is worth mentioning that if Carter wins the championship, he will occupy the high ground in the Saudi Masters ticket battle with Ding Junhui. Trump and Higgins met for the third time this season, the first two times Trump staged a super reversal, and took this opportunity to start a crazy season, this meeting, Higgins, who has just begun to cooperate with psychokinesiologists, naturally hopes to complete revenge and continue to hit the first championship in the ranking competition in three years.