In the early morning of January 28, Beijing time, the first round of the Snooker German Masters was all over, and the latest 2 games ended, Yan Bingtao eliminated Gilbert 5-3 to catch the last train, and world champion Dahdi lost 3-5 to Klegi to press the whistle out.
In the match between Yan Bingtao and Gilbert, Gilbert won the first set 83-58, Yan Bingtao won the second set with 62+ 56 points, Yan Bingtao won the third and fourth sets in a row with 74-41 and 77 points, Gilbert won two consecutive sets with 66 points and 59-7, Yan Bingtao won the seventh set 83-28, and then Yan Bingtao won the eighth set with a single shot of 93 points, and the General Bureau beat Gilbert 5-3 to advance.
World champion Dahdi met in the first round with Cregie. In the first set, Dahdi took the next city 65-48. In the second set, Dahdi scored a 75-point reversal. In the third set, Cretch scored 93 points to win. In the fourth set, Cregie scored 108 points to win. In the fifth set, Dahdi scored 63 points to win 71-14. In the sixth inning, Cregie blasted a single shot for 136 points! In the seventh set, Klegie narrowly won by one point at 57-56. In the eighth set, 64-46, Cregie once again narrowly won and the General Managerial Division advanced 5-3.
In the first round of 32 into 16 matches, ST Masters champion Neil Robertson broke the biggest upset, losing 3-5 to Rich Walton suffered a round of travel, Chinese players: Zhou Yuelong 5-2 McGill, Zhao Xintong 5-3 Mark Williams, Zhang Anda 3-5 Brechel, Fan Zhengyi 5-2 Hayfield, Lu Haotian 1-5 Mark Allen, Yan Bingtao 5-3 Gilbert, a total of Zhou Yuelong, Zhao Xintong, Fan Zhengyi, Yan Bingtao 4 people advanced to the round of 16.
The full roster for the round of 16 and the quarter-finals matchups
Top Half: Trump Chow Yuelong, Tomford Zhao Xintong, Karen Wilson Stedman, Brechel Richwater
Bottom half: Andrew Higginson Van, Murphy Mark Allen, Ryan Day Creggy, Yan Bingtao Selby