The outcomes are in for the German Masters qualifiers, bringing an finish to proceedings on the World Snooker Tour in 2023.

The ultimate batch of motion for this yr was going down through the week on the Ponds Forge Worldwide Sports activities Centre in Sheffield.

A tweak to the format for the German Masters this season has seen the qualifying section lowered from two rounds to just one.

The highest eight seeds have had their round-of-128 fixtures held over to the venue levels to ensure their involvement on the Tempodrom.

It follows a number of editions of the favored rating event the place too lots of the marquee names didn’t take part in Berlin, irritating the promoters and native followers.

The likes of Ronnie O’Sullivan, Luca Brecel, Judd Trump, and Mark Allen are all set to be concerned when the event correct commences on the finish of January.

Mark Selby, Shaun Murphy, Neil Robertson, and defending champion Ali Carter additionally had their preliminary encounters deferred.

Amongst these, nevertheless, who wanted optimistic outcomes this week to safeguard their spots within the German Masters had been former winners Mark Williams and Kyren Wilson.

Williams, the champion in 2011 and 2018, beat David Grace 5-3 whereas 2019 winner Wilson repeated that scoreline towards Oliver Traces.

Martin Gould, the 2016 champion who’s presently within the warmth of battle to safe his tour survival having dropped means down the rankings, additionally progressed with a 5-4 defeat of James Cahill.

However Ding Junhui and Anthony Hamilton, winners in 2014 and 2017, bowed out with respective reverses towards Yuan Sijun and Ben Woollaston.

Final week’s Scottish Open champion Gary Wilson was despatched crashing again right down to earth with a 5-4 defeat to Scott Donaldson.

Former German Masters runner-up Jack Lisowski and 2015 world champion Stuart Bingham had been different notable names to expertise disappointing outcomes, shedding to Zak Surety and Liam Pullen respectively.

On a busy week of motion, the likes of John Higgins, Barry Hawkins, Zhang Anda, and Robert Milkins all progressed.

High 16-chasing trio Hossein Vafaei, Tom Ford, and Zhou Yuelong superior along with tour veterans Stephen Maguire, Matthew Stevens, and Joe Perry.

Arguably essentially the most spectacular victory got here from Si Jiahui – the World Championship semi-finalist overturning a 4-0 deficit to sensationally deny Lyu Haotian in a decider.

Jimmy White, who grew to become the primary 60 year-old in additional than 30 years to achieve the final 16 of a rating occasion in final season’s German Masters, misplaced 5-2 to Pang Junxu.

Ken Doherty had higher luck, although, with the Irishman simply overcoming Jenson Kendrick courtesy of a whitewash show.

The German Masters takes place from January 29 to February 4.

German Masters draw and outcomes

Spherical of 128 (bo9)

Ali Carter vs Michael White (held over)
Peng Yisong 5-4 Alfie Burden
Pang Junxu 5-2 Jimmy White
Haydon Pinhey 5-3 Rod Lawler
Zak Surety 5-3 Jack Lisowski
Alexander Ursenbacher 5-0 Ma Hailong
Hossein Vafaei 5-0 Mink Nutcharut
Elliot Slessor 5-2 Iulian Boiko

Sam Craigie 5-2 Sean O’Sullivan
Liam Pullen 5-1 Stuart Bingham
He Guoqiang 5-4 John Astley
Mark Williams 5-3 David Grace
Graeme Dott 5-3 Victor Sarkis
Ashley Carty 5-2 Noppon Saengkham
Andrew Higginson 5-4 Jiang Jun
Shaun Murphy vs Xu Si (held over)

Mark Allen vs Manasawin Phetmalaikul (held over)
Louis Heathcote 5-1 Andy Lee
Stephen Maguire 5-1 Rebecca Kenna
Joe O’Connor 5-2 Andy Hicks
John Higgins 5-3 Daniel Wells
Martin Gould 5-4 James Cahill
Zhou Yuelong 5-4 Jak Jones
Tian Pengfei 5-4 Reanne Evans

Jamie Clarke 5-3 Hammad Miah
Scott Donaldson 5-4 Gary Wilson
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 5-1 Jamie Jones
Zhang Anda 5-3 Mostafa Dorgham
Martin O’Donnell 5-2 Himanshu Dain
Matthew Selt 5-4 Dylan Emery
Matthew Stevens 5-3 Anton Kazakov
Judd Trump vs Lukas Kleckers (held over)

Ronnie O’Sullivan vs Julien Leclercq (held over)
Ken Doherty 5-0 Jenson Kendrick
David Gilbert 5-0 Dean Younger
Jordan Brown 5-4 Lengthy Zehuang
Robert Milkins 5-4 Allan Taylor
Robbie Williams 5-3 Jackson Web page
Ryan Day 5-3 Stan Moody
Oliver Brown 5-0 Andres Petrov

Andrew Pagett 5-3 Ahmed Aly Elsayed
Chris Wakelin 5-3 Mohamed Ibrahim
Aaron Hill 5-3 Muhammad Asif
Yuan Sijun 5-2 Ding Junhui
Mark Joyce 5-1 Wu Yize
Si Jiahui 5-4 Lyu Haotian
Alfie Davies 5-4 Sydney Wilson
Mark Selby vs Marco Fu (held over)

Neil Robertson vs Sanderson Lam (held over)
Jimmy Robertson 5-3 Liam Highfield
Joe Perry 5-0 Ryan Thomerson
Xing Zihao 5-1 Ross Muir
Kyren Wilson 5-3 Oliver Traces
Ben Woollaston 5-1 Anthony Hamilton
Ricky Walden 5-1 Adam Duffy
David Lilley 5-2 Liam Graham

Xiao Guodong 5-1 Ian Burns
Tom Ford 5-0 Baipat Siripaporn
Mark Davis 5-2 Ashley Hugill
Barry Hawkins 5-2 Stuart Carrington
Ben Mertens 5-3 Rory Thor
Fan Zhengyi 5-1 Cao Yupeng
Liu Hongyu 5-0 Dominic Dale
Luca Brecel vs Ishpreet Singh Chadha

Spherical of 64 (bo9)

Carter/M. White vs Peng Yisong
Pang Junxu vs Haydon Pinhey
Zak Surety vs Alexander Ursenbacher
Hossein Vafaei vs Elliot Slessor
Sam Craigie vs Liam Pullen
He Guoqiang vs Mark Williams
Graeme Dott vs Ashley Carty
Andrew Higginson vs Murphy/Xu

Allen/Phetmalaikul vs Louis Heathcote
Stephen Maguire vs Joe O’Connor
John Higgins vs Martin Gould
Zhou Yuelong vs Tian Pengfei
Jamie Clarke vs Scott Donaldson
Thepchaiya Un-Nooh vs Zhang Anda
Martin O’Donnell vs Matthew Selt
Matthew Stevens vs Trump/Kleckers

R. OSullivan/Leclercq vs Ken Doherty
David Gilbert vs Jordan Brown
Robert Milkins vs Robbie Williams
Ryan Day vs Oliver Brown
Andrew Pagett vs Chris Wakelin
Aaron Hill vs Yuan Sijun
Mark Joyce vs Si Jiahui
Alfie Davies vs Selby/Fu

N. Robertson/Lam vs Jimmy Robertson
Joe Perry vs Xing Zihao
Kyren Wilson vs Ben Woollaston
Ricky Walden vs David Lilley
Xiao Guodong vs Tom Ford
Mark Davis vs Barry Hawkins
Ben Mertens vs Fan Zhengyi
Liu Hongyu vs Brecel/Singh Chadha

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