This morning, the first day of competition at the ** German Masters, the latest report, Maguire lost 3-5 to O'Connor, becoming the fifth ranking champion to roll over after Selby, Murphy, White Jr. and Brecel. China's ** gram won in a row, Fu Jiajun and Xu Si got off to a good start, and Mark Allen temporarily fell behind 3-4, or became the fourth TOP16 escort.
Maguire is a post-80s player, holding 6 ranking tournament titles, and the last time he won the cup was in the 2020 Tour Championship, where he defeated Mark Allen 10-6 in the final to replace Ding Junhui. In the first round of the 6-crown champion of this tournament against O'Connor, he led 2-1 with a single stroke in the first 3 games, but then he was whipped 3 times in a row. In the 7th game, Maguire scored 56 points with a single stroke to save the match point, but O'Connor then returned with a single stroke of 67 points to end the battle, and the 6-champion overturned 3-5 and went out of the game.
On the first day of China's ** gram, 2 people won all the games, and Fu Jiajun reproduced the style of the 3 crowns, beating Selby 5-1 and hitting 3 shots of 60+. Xu Si refused to defeat Murphy 4 in a row, fell behind 0-3 and fought back 5 consecutive whips to complete the reversal, defeating Magic for the first time and changing his life. In addition to Master Sai and Murphy, there was also one top-16 loss on the first day, and world champion Brecel lost 2-5 to world No. 96 Chadha, which was unexpected.
Another top16 player, Mark Allen, also fell into a hard battle, and was defeated by 4 points in the 7th game, and is currently 3-4 behind the Thai newcomer and No122 Pemalek, life hangs by a thread. If Xiao Gang Cannon can't win 2 games in a row, he will become the 4th TOP16 player to accompany him on the first day, will this scene be staged?