In the early morning of January 31, Beijing time, the 2024** German Masters continued. On the second match day, six Chinese players, including Si Jiahui, Zhou Yuelong, Pang Junxu, Xu Si, Yuan Sijun and He Guoqiu, won and advanced. Among them, He Guoqiang defeated 3-time world champion "Golden Left Hand" Mark Williams 5-2. Ding Junhui did not participate in this tournament, and he lost to Yuan Sijun 2-5 in the qualifying round.
*The German Masters is a tournament that will produce the third champion from the start of 2024. In this competition, a total of 12 Chinese players played, and Ding Junhui lost 2-5 to Yuan Sijun in a derby match in the qualifying round. And the World Championships semi-finalist Si Jiahui, in another derby, reversed Lu Haotian 5-4 to advance to the main match.
In the first four games of this qualifying match with Lu Haotian, world No. 27 Si Jiahui got off to a bad start and fell behind 0-4. In the fifth game, after returning from a short break, Si Jiahui, who had no way out, started the Jedi counterattack mode, and he directly scored 123 points in a single stroke, 137-0 clean sheet Lu Haotian, 1-4 to save the first match point, and the score was chased to 1-4.
In the sixth game, Si Jiahui scored 87 points in a single stroke, 118-0 clean sheet against Lu Haotian, and saved the second match point 2-4. In the seventh game, Si Jiahui saved the third match point 82-25 through several starts, and the score came to 3-4.
In the eighth game, Si Jiahui scored 98 points in a single stroke, and Lu Haotian, who had no feeling, could hardly withstand the opponent's offensive. Poorly, Si Jiahui saved the third match point at 98-33, the score was chased to 4-4, and the two sides returned to the same running line.
In the deciding game, Si Jiahui scored 103 points in a single stroke, locked the victory 103-0, and reversed the total score of 5-4 to advance to the main match. Coming to the second round of the German Masters, Si Jiahui defeated Mark Joyce 5-1. In the same round, Xu Si defeated Andrew Higginson 5-2, Guoqiang defeated Mark Williams 5-1, Yuan Sijun defeated Alan Hill 5-1, Zhou Yuelong defeated Tian Pengfei 5-0, and Pang Junxu defeated Haydn Pingxi 5-1.