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Snooker German Masters Qualifying Tournament: The Chinese Legion has 4 wins and 3 losses, and 9 people have advanced to the main draw.
China News Service, Beijing, December 21. On the morning of the 21st, Beijing time, the 2024 German Snooker Masters ended the third day of qualifying. Four more Chinese players successfully passed the competition, making it possible for the top 64 Chinese players to advance to the main draw. increased to 9 people.
On that day, 7 members of the Chinese Legion played 4 wins and 3 losses. Among them, the “Chinese Derby” between the 2022 European Masters champion and the “post-00s” leader Fan Zhengyi and the new single time limit runner-up Cao Yupeng, the “post-90s” star, is highly anticipated. However, due to Cao Yupeng’s downturn, an originally evenly matched contest became a “one-sided” contest.
At the beginning of this campaign, under Fan Zhengyi’s offensive, Cao Yupeng had no power to fight back and failed to score a single point in the first 4 games. In the fifth game, Cao Yupeng saved a match point, but Fan Zheng won again and again, easily winning 5-1 and advancing to the main match.
In another game, Zhang Anda, who is ranked second only to Ding Junhui in the Chinese Legion in the world, defeated Egyptian player Mustafa Dolgham 5-3 and scored 133 points in a single stroke in the 8th inning. Zhang Anda, a late bloomer, has won the international championship and the runner-up at the English Open this season. He is currently ranked 13th in the world and ranks among the top three in the season.
Two “post-00s” young players Peng Yisong and Pang Junxu also advanced that day, and both staged comebacks. In the contest with England player Alfie Boden, Peng Yinsong fought back from a passive situation of being 1-3 behind, and finally defeated his opponent 5-4 to achieve a comeback. Facing the 61-year-old snooker legend Jimmy White, Pang Junxu won four consecutive games when he was 1-2 behind, reversed the victory 5-2 and advanced to the top 64.
In addition to Cao Yupeng’s defeat in the “China Derby”, two professional rookies from the Chinese Legion, Long Zehuang and Jiang Jun, were also eliminated on the day. Both lost to their opponents 4-5.
Three days after the qualifying round, 15 members of the Chinese Legion have participated, 9 have advanced and 6 have been eliminated. Chinese billiards star Ding Junhui lost to the “post-2000” young player Yuan Sijun in the “China Derby” the day before, and was unexpectedly stopped in the qualifying round.
A total of 22 Chinese players are participating in this season’s German Masters. Because their opponents are seeded players, Xu Si and Hong Kong star Fu Jiajun will participate in the postponed qualifying match during the main game, and the other 20 people will participate in this qualifying match.
In the last two competition days of this qualifying tournament, there are still 5 Chinese players competing. Among them, Zhou Yuelong, Wu Yize, and Ma Hailong will appear on the next match day.
2023-12-21 05:59:00
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