Zhang Anda scores season's first 147 as he eases past Ukraine's Anton Kazakov in European Masters qualifying
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Updated 16/07/2022 at 21:21 GMT
A season-first maximum was recorded by China's Zhang Anda as he worked his way to a 5-1 victory over Ukrainian opponent Anton Kazakov in the qualifiers of the European Masters on Saturday afternoon. There were also wins for David Hicks and Marco Fu in two of the day's other games to be played so far on Saturday.
Zhang scores season's first 147 in European Masters qualifying
Zhang Anda scored the first 147 of the season as he defeated Anton Kazakov in the European Masters qualifying round.
Ukrainian competitor Kazakov took the lead in the game as he notched the first frame of their match-up 69-30, but Zhang reeled off five frames on the bounce to sweep to victory.
Anda not only grabbed a 147 in the second frame, but he finished on 151 after a foul gave him some extra points for what is likely to be the highest total score in a frame for the rest of the season, too.
His impressive form continued with breaks of 91, 80 and 72 helping him into the next round.
Hong Kong’s Marco Fu also won 5-1, defeating David Gilbert. A nice break of 69 took him 2-0 up in a bright start to the game, but a half century from the Briton briefly halved the deficit.
Fu then took the next three frames, finishing with the sole century break (115) of the match for victory.
An all-English tie was settled in Andy Hicks’ favour as he defeated Zak Surety 5-2.
Breaks of 72 and 75 won Surety the third and fifth frames, but Hicks edged the first and decisive last, with three half-century breaks of his own along the way.
In the evening session, experienced Barry Hawkins defeated Gerard Greene 5-1 with a heavy-scoring performance.
Hawkins opened with two half-centuries and then a century of 106 to go three up. Greene hit back with a 103 of his own to pull one back, before two more frames wrapped things up for the veteran.
Chang Bingyu defeated Ian Martin 5-1 with four half-century breaks, with a 96 effort from Martin not enough to hold off his opponent.
Anthony Hamilton was the 5-2 winner over Mark King in a late-finishing game. King and Hamilton shared the first four frames with two apieece, but three frames on the bounce, with King scoring just four points in total, saw Hamilton through.
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