On the evening of January 31, the 2024 German Masters continued, and with Fan Zhengyi's 5-3 thrilling defeat of Belgian teenager Ben Mertens, the 64-32 rounds of Chinese players were all completed.
Xiao Guodong, Fan Zheng.
1. Liu Hongyu was the last three Chinese players to appear in the 64-32 rounds, and the result was two defeats and one victory. Xiao Guodong against the English player Tom Forde, who has performed more brilliantly this season, in the game, Fude quickly got the match point (9 rounds and 5 wins) with 4 strokes of 50+, although Xiao Guodong won a game with a single stroke of 79 points, but finally defeated Tom Ford 1-5.
Liu Hongyu played against India's Ishplit Singh Chadha (referred to as "Third Brother"), in the first half, the third brother took the lead twice with 1 shot 60+ and 1 shot to break 100, and Liu Hongyu with 1 shot 70+ and 1 shot to break 100, equalized twice, and entered the halftime break with a big score of 2-2. After returning from the break, the third brother scored 58 points in a single stroke again, won 2 games in a row, and took the lead in getting the match point with a big score of 4-2. In the seventh game, Liu Hongyu saved 1 match point 83-32. But in the eighth game, the third brother broke 108 points with a single stroke, and won 5-3 to advance to the second round.
Fan Zhengyi is the only Chinese player to win in this period, Ben Mertens won a game after the opening, and then Fan Zhengyi scored 53 points and 60 points in a single stroke to win three games in a row, and then Mertens won two games in a row to equalize the score 3-3, at the critical moment, Fan Zhengyi played steadily, seized the opportunity of the opponent's mistake one after another, completed a single game reversal in 2 consecutive games, and finally won 5-3 and advanced to the second round.
So far, in the 64 into 32 rounds of Chinese players, 13 players and 7 people have advanced to the top 32, including two post-90s (Zhou Yuelong, Xu Si), and five post-00s players (Fan Zheng.
1. Yuan Sijun, Si Jiahui, Pang Junxu, He Guoqiang).