On the morning of January 31, the 2024 German Masters ended the second day of competition, and 26 seats have been produced in the top 32. The Chinese players had mixed feelings in the second day of the game, with 11 players winning 6 wins and 5 defeats, and the performance of the new career He Guoqiang was particularly eye-catching, breaking 100 with two shots and upsetting "Golden Left Hand" Mark Williams. Zhang Anda hit four shots of 50+, but he fell short in the deciding game and was killed by Tachaiya 4-5! Fu Jiajun retired after 1-3 due to physical reasons. Xiao Te, Radish, Carter, and Allen successfully advanced. The specific results are as follows:
From 17:00 on Wednesday, January 31The German Masters enters its third matchday, during which the final six top 32 spots will be decided, including three Chinese players Fan Zheng.
1. Xiao Guodong and Guangdong teenager Liu Hongyu will attack the top 32! In addition, the last two top 16 players, Kyren Wilson and Barry Hawkins, will also be in action.
Xiao Guodong and Fude are both veterans, the two have played 11 times, Xiao Guodong has 6 wins and 5 losses, and they are evenly matched. Forde has been outstanding in the last two seasons, reaching the semi-finals multiple times and ranking among the top 16 in the world. Xiao Guodong has already been eliminated from the World Open and the Welsh Open, and will have to make a final struggle to qualify for the Players Championship, which only plays in the top 16 of the season.
Liu Hongyu kept a clean sheet against "Spaceman" Dale in the qualifying round, and Indian player Chada upset the "new world champion" Brecel in the qualifying round, both of them showed good strength, and the outcome of the first meeting was unpredictable.
European Masters champion Fan Zhengyi, will face the Belgian young player Ben Mertens for the second time, the first meeting between the two occurred in a single-game limited-time match Fan Zhengyi won, because the accident of the game can not be used as a reference, but in terms of the current strength of the two, Fan Zhengyi only needs to play steadily, and it is not difficult to advance with his own strengths and weaknesses.
10 p.mThe 32-in-16 rounds of the competition officially kicked off! Chinese players Zhou Yuelong, Si Jiahui and Yuan Sijun took the lead.
Zhou Yuelong will challenge his idol John Higgins for the 14th time, and I believe I am looking forward to it! Although Zhou Yuelong has a record of 4 wins and 9 losses, he has not been able to achieve an overwhelming victory in the last few encounters with "The Wizard", but Zhou Yuelong has a slight advantage, and Zhou Yuelong is also facing a single-season top 16 defense, he needs to beat his idol in this tournament to secure a place in the Players Championship.
Yuan Sijun and Si Jiahui's match was relatively easy, and the opponent basically had no resistance.
At 3 a.m. the next day, and 6 more players hit the round of 16. Three Chinese players played, and every game was a tough battle! Pang Junxu challenges defending champion Carter, He Guoqiang blocks Sam Craigie, who is relatively highly-ranked, and Xu Si takes on world champion Graeme Dort.
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