German Masters snooker: Mark Allen continues hot streak to overwhelm Alfie Burden, Ali Carter overcomes Robert Milkins
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ByEurosport
Updated 23/10/2021 at 11:11 GMT
Mark Allen continued his impressive form by contributing two centuries in a 5-1 victory over Alfie Burden in the first round of German Masters qualifying in Cannock. The last 32 qualify for the final stages, with the Tempodrom in Berlin staging the tournament between 26-30 January 2022, which you can stream live and on demand on discovery+, the Eurosport app and eurosport.com.
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Mark Allen picked up from where he left off in Belfast by rolling in two centuries in a 5-1 win over Alfie Burden in the first round of qualifying for the German Masters on Friday.
The new Northern Ireland Open champion – who defeated four-times world champion John Higgins 9-8 in an epic final last Sunday – opened with a 120 break before snaring the second frame to lead 2-0 in Cannock.
World number 104 Burden – who regained his professional tour card via Q School during the summer – responded with a splendid 141 knock in the third frame, but a 50 break in the fourth frame was not enough as former Masters holder Allen contributed 69 to move 3-1 clear at the mid-session interval.
Allen pinched a close fifth frame to move 4-1 to the good before finishing his day's work with a sparkling closing run of 122.
He will face Sunny Akani on Saturday as he bids to book a trip to Germany early next year after Akani eclipsed Michael Judge 5-3.
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The last 32 qualify for the final stages, with the Tempodrom in Berlin staging the tournament between 26-30 January 2022, which you can stream live and on demand on discovery+, the Eurosport app and eurosport.com.
2013 German Masters winner Ali Carter recovered from trailing 2-0 and 3-1 to complete a 5-3 victory over Robert Milkins.
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Thepchaiya makes maximum 147 break
An 89 in the third frame was followed by knocks of 62, 73 and 76 as the former two-times world finalist reeled off the final four frames.
He will face Lyu Haotian in the last 64 after the world number 50 enjoyed a 5-2 win over Lee Walker.
Read about how UK champion Neil Robertson made a winning start to his campaign earlier on Friday here.
Latest German Masters qualifying results
First round (round of 128)
- Jack Lisowski 5-3 Andrew Pagett
- Farakh Ajaib 0-5 Liam Highfield
- Thepchaiya Un-Nooh 3-5 Fan Zhengyi
- Rory McLeod 0-5 Lu Ning
- Lee Walker 2-5 Lyu Haotian
- Ali Carter 5-3 Robert Milkins
- Sunny Akani 5-3 Michael Judge
- Mark Allen 5-1 Alfie Burden
Second round (round of 64)
- Zhang Anda 5-0 Si Jiahui
- Wu Yize 1-5 Luca Brecel
- Simon Lichtenberg 1-5 Ricky Walden
- Michael White 1-5 Neil Robertson
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