German Masters 2023 as it happened - Jimmy White sets up Jack Lisowski clash after Kyren Wilson wins
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ByEurosport
Updated 01/02/2023 at 21:30 GMT
The 2023 German Masters is here! Day one's evening sessions saw snooker legend Jimmy White and Kyren Wilson in action at the Tempodrom in Berlin. Earlier in the day, Jack Lisowski booked his place in the last 16 with a 5-0 win over Zhang Anda.
'Unbelievable shot' - Lisowski lauded after stunning pot frees up reds
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That's it for our live coverage of the evening session at the German Masters. Be sure to log on again on Thursday morning for more action from Berlin!
RESULT! - WHITE 5-1 PENG
Take a bow, Jimmy White. The Whirlwind keeps Peng glued to his seat as he charges through another excellent break to set up a blockbusting Last-16 clash with Lisowski.
The key moment came when he screwed the cue ball back off the bottom cushion and into the cluster of reds while potting the black to the bottom left pocket. It worked a treat and paved the path for a break of 70 to seal the deal!
WHITE 4-1 PENG (0-16)
Peng rattles down along red and looks to make moves off the black.
Again, it all ends too quickly for the youngster as he leaves himself with some awkward cueing with a red right behind the cue ball. He can’t quite get the action he wants and misses a red to the bottom left corner that would have otherwise been bread and butter.
RESULT - WILSON 5-2 CRAIGIE
No danger for Kyren Wilson tonight as he cruises into the Last 16 with a convincing victory over the Geordie.
WHITE 4-1 PENG
Peng almost sinks under the table when he makes a real hash of a safety on a red near the bottom cushion. In fact, he may have been attempting a pot, but it was so poor it’s hard to decide what he was going for!
White steps in and duly knocks in the red to the bottom right. He clears up to the black with a half century and just misses out on the clearance when he fails to successfully double a long black to the yellow pocket.
It matters little; Jimmy White is one frame away from the Last 16.
WHITE 3-1 PENG (63-8)
Yisong gets on the board with a delightful long plant on a red to the bottom left pocket. He runs out of position far too quickly though, despite almost fluking another red on to one hovering by the middle left pocket.
It doesn’t take the invitation to go down and White will again get a chance to put this frame to bed.
WHITE 3-1 PENG (63-0)
The players return from their 15-minute break and it’s a case of safety first for the early sparring in Frame 5.
It’s White who again breaks the deadlock with a clinical red to the bottom right corner before sizzling the brown to the green pocket to work position back towards the pack of reds.
He works off the pink and blue as he continues to despatch reds before making further inroads on the now fully functioning scoreboard via red and black.
He’s within sight of the finish line but loses position off the black and is forced to play a safety off the red closest to the bottom cushion. He looks rather rueful. He knows he could have won the frame at that visit there.
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'Wow, what is going to happen next?' - watch Peng's 'incredible' foul against White
AROUND THE TABLES
Wilson 3-2 Craigie
Xiao 2-1 Fan
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‘Good stuff…in the end’ - White wins cagey first frame against Peng
WHITE 3-1 PENG
That certainly was vintage from Jimmy White!
The 60-year-old really gets that potting mojo flowing by clearing up some stray reds before two excellent manipulations of the cue ball break up the pack.
It develops the perfect scenario for a heavy score and he duly obliges with a tasty break of 82 to head into the mid-session interval in the driving seat.
WHITE 2-1 PENG
A lengthy stand-off over the last red ensues until Peng makes a fatal mistake that allows White an easy pot to the middle right pocket.
The Whirlwind clears up to the pink and hits the front on the malfunctioning scoreboard!
WHITE 1-1 PENG (55-31)
Oh dear. Peng sinks a red but then fouls on the black!
White can't take advantage and we are left wondering what next in this frame that no-one seems to want to win?
WHITE 1-1 PENG (48-30)
Jimmy cuts a long red into the bottom left corner but takes his eye off the blue trying to set up position on the final two reds. The blue fails to disappear down the middle left pocket and the untidy nature of this match continues.
WHITE 1-1 PENG (47-30)
The Whirlwind rolls back the years with a sublime black to the bottom right corner that ends with the cue ball diverting up the table and splitting the pack of reds.
It provides him with a frame-winning situation, but he makes life difficult for himself when he lands just shy of the angle he wants on the blue.
A long red follows but he needs to pull off another recovery pot with an adventurous attempt on the green. This time it refuses to go down and the frame remains up for grabs as a result.
WHITE 1-1 PENG (1-30)
Peng mops up the stray reds flittered around the pack and preys off the black. He looks to be building a decent score but then misses a very make-able black to the bottom right to end on a break 25.
WHITE 1-1 PENG (1-5)
White opens again with a long red that he cuts majestically to the bottom left pocket. He looks to sink the green but gets an unlucky ricochet off the blue and ends up potting the wrong colour!
Chance for Peng!
AROUND THE TABLES
WILSON 2-1 CRAIGIE
XIAO 0-1 FAN
WHITE 1-1 PENG
Peng chalks up a solitary red but gets another chance when White makes another avoidable error that ultimately costs him the frame.
The 21-year-old Chinese starlet works his way up and down the table, clipping in a red to the bottom left before rolling the brown off it’s spot into the green pocket.
A mid-range red and a couple of blacks follow.
The big moment arrives when he needs to disturb a cluster of four reds tight to the bottom cushion near the right pocket. He gets the rub of the green he was hoping for and is able to secure frame ball and a break of 56 overall.
WHITE 1-0 PENG (5-30)
Peng gets a first opportunity to show us what he’s all about as he follows up a simple red with stunning long blue to the yellow pocket.
A tricky red stuck to baulk rolls nicely into the green pocket and he develops the break nicely by powering in the brown to the yellow pocket that allows him to bring the cue ball down the table.
The bottom right pocket is blocked off by the smattering of reds which means he avoids playing off the black and confidently continues via red-blue combos.
He attempts to break into the reds to develop the break further but doesn’t have much joy and he’s forced to end his run on 23.
WHITE 1-0 PENG (5-7)
Ouch! White is a tad careless and ends up fouling by sinking the aforementioned black. There’s a whole host of reds crowding by that bottom right pocket too. Can Peng take advantage?
WHITE 1-0 PENG (5-0)
Good news! The scoreboard is up and running - much to the relief of Dave Hendon on Comms and my good self!
It’s just in time too as White is first show at the table once more.
He tucks away a red-green combo but gets an unfortunate cannon that moves the black to a very difficult position when he uses the rest to tickle a stray red into the bottom left pocket.
It ends the break before it’s really got going with an ultra fine cut on the black not quite coming off for the Whirlwind, leaving it dangerously over the pocket.
WHITE 1-0 PENG
The table finally opens up and White settles into a decent haul of points that ends up securing him the opening frame.
He flashes a red to the green pocket and works his way down the table, sinking a black to the middle left and bottom right either side of an excellent long red to the bottom left.
The Whirlwind clears up to the blue and seems quite content with a very tidy break of 55.
WHITE 0-0 PENG (24-9)
Peng produces a smart plant on a long red to the bottom right. He then drills the yellow to the green pocket but needs to work position from the right cushion down. It doesn’t come off and he’s forced to play another safety as the break once again ends prematurely.
There's some slight confusion all around the table as the scoreboard has apparently been disconnected. What we do know is that White is ahead by a small margin in a very untidy start to the proceedings.
WHITE 0-0 PENG (18-0)
The cagey opening continues until White gets another opportunity at the table when Peng’s attempted safety almost flukes a red to the yellow pocket. It doesn’t quite come off and the Whirlwind ducks in again to rifle a red to the bottom left pocket. The run continues but abruptly ends at 13 when the veteran sees a pink to the middle right catch the near jaw and wriggle clear.
WHITE 0-0 PENG (1-0)
‘A clash of generations,’ says Dave Hendon on Eurosport comms. He’s not wrong either as the 60-year-old White finds himself in a safety face-off with his 21-year-old opponent right from the start.
White finally sinks the maiden red of the night but can't land on a colour and has to touch off the green to make it to safety at baulk.
HERE WE GO!
White will get us up and running on Table 2.
Can White set up showdown with Lisowski?
World No. 12 Jack Lisowski had no problems against Zhang Anda as he whitewashed the Chinese player to advance into the last 16 of the German Masters.
He will meet the winner of White v Peng with the players due at the table at 19.00 GMT.
THREE REASONS THE NATION LOVES JIMMY WHITE
Jimmy 'Whirlwind' White has explained why the British public have taken him to their hearts since he turned professional in 1980.
"I think three things: one is that I've always had time for everybody, I've never knocked anyone back for an autograph or a picture," he said.
"Two, I think I was graceful in defeat. I never complained or moaned. I think I touched the nation a bit there, as a good friend explained to me. And it was right because there were only four TV channels in those days.
"And I think the last one was because of my style of play...."
Read the full story here
GOOD EVENING
Hello and welcome to our LIVE updates of the evening session at the 2023 German Open.
We’ll be focusing on Eurosport expert and all-round snooker legend Jimmy White and his showdown with Yisong Peng.
Elsewhere, Kyren Wilson meets Sam Craigie on Table 1 while Xiao Guodong locks horns with Fan Zhengyi.
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That's us for the afternoon
Join us again this evening for more action from the 2023 German Masters.
Around the tables
Tian Pengfei 4-1 Anthony McGill
Elliot Slessor 4-2 Joe O'Connor
Jack Lisowski beats Zhang Anda 5-0!
That was a one-sided affair as Jack eases his way into the next round. He'll face either Peng Yisong or James Warren White; given the field here in Berlin, is this the moment where Jack bounces through the rounds and finally pegs a ranking event?
Lisowski 5-0 Anda
There'll be no ton even as Jack overcuts a black to bottom right, but the 87 is more than enough for frame and match.
Lisowski 4-0 Anda (71-0)
Light work, this; Jack serenely cruises to a half-century, and survives a couple of poor positional shots with a brilliant recovery red and a recovery black to follow. Frame ball red follows soon after, and there's a potential 145 on here.
Lisowski 4-0 Anda (23-0)
We're back, and Jack looks in no mood to hang about. He misses a wallop at a long red to bottom right and gets away with it, before wriggling a red into the bottom left at his next visit. He's on the blue, and he's up and away in frame five. The black is on to both corners, and there's a load on.
We go again...
Good luck, Zhang old mate.
Lisowski 4-0 Anda
Jack's warm now, improving through the frames, and a clearance of 117 settles this one. Zhang has a problem, and we'll all be back in 15, after the interval.
Lisowski 3-0 Anda (75-4)
Jack glides a terrific pink to left-middle, another red-pink-red follows and, barring snookers, that's the frame. Except he's still at the table potting balls, so that's not even an option for Zhang.
Lisowski 3-0 Anda (19-4)
Oh Zhang. He plays a pot impatiently, misses it by a way and, when the ball rebounds out of the jaws of left corner, Jack returns to the table with every chance of making this 4-0; first shot, he develops the pink and, the way the balls are, only has to pot the easy ones.
Lisowski 3-0 Anda (12-0)
Jack gets in at the start of frame four and Zhang is looking fairly unhappy with life. But he soon runs out of position, playing a nasty safety that leaves white close to baulk rail and no direct route to a red that can be got safe; Zhang plays a good escape off the side that hits the target ball, final roll.
Around the tables
Tian Pengfei 1-1 Anthony McGill
Elliot Slessor 2-1 Joe O'Connor
Lisowski 3-0 Anda
Jack's safety leaves a starter to the yellow pocket that Zhang has no choice but to take; he misses the pink, and that's the frame.
Lisowski 2-0 Anda (63-21)
Jack can't promote those reds, so has to decide whether to bag the black and take the points, or knock it safe ... and HAVE A LOOK! He sinks the pot, and disturbs both balls! That is a glorious shot, he makes sure of the next shot, that bring frame-ball, the next black is sent down lovely, and this is going to be 3-0.
Lisowski 2-0 Anda (34-21)
This is developing into another scrappy one, Zhang racking up a few points then, trying to play safe, leaving one on the lip of right corner. Jack can't parlay it into anything more, though ... except an error soon offers him another starter and this time there are points available - though there are also two reds on black cush and at least one will be required to secure the frame.
Lisowski 2-0 Anda (1-15)
Jack misses a starter to left corner, then misses a thin contact, twice, so forced into a different shot with the frame at risk, he chips it home instead and lays a snooker; this time, Zhang's escape is fine.
Around the tables
Tian Pengfei 0-1 Anthony McGill
Elliot Slessor 2-0 Joe O'Connor
Lisowski 2-0 Anda
Yup, Jack does enough, and he's in control of this match.
Lisowski 1-0 Anda (58-25)
An error from Zhang means he's left snuggled in behind the green, and he plays a two-cushion escape that lands him in right corner; it's not at all clear what he was actually trying to do, but perhaps we'll see now because he's back where he was. So he goes again, gets nowhere near again, this time hitting the yellow, and when he tries a third time he bangs black. Then, when he does finally contact a red, he leaves one for Jack, his only consolation a tricky table that means, though he's a already a way behind, it's hard to see the frame being clinched at this visit. And indeed it isn't, Jack then returning to it to miss a starter ... but he gets extremely lucky, covering it with the blue ... then, next go, plays a decent safety to which Zhang responds with a miserable foul ... and one good positional shot makes this look a lot like 2-0.
Lisowski 1-0 Anda (13-25)
But not many, Jack running out of position and, as Uncle Joe notes, neither player has yet got the speed of the table. Jack then misses one to right corner, getting lucky and leaving nowt.
Lisowski 1-0 Anda (1-25)
Though he's got the insurance of a loose red, Zhang digs into the pack and this is already a proper chance; Zhang has now taken three red-blacks, but as he loos to complete a fourth, jawses a cut-back, and that is going to cost him I'm afraid.
Lisowski 1-0 Anda (0-9)
A poor safety from Zhang leaves Jack a pot to left corner, but taking a ball from centre to left corner, he catches it thick and leaves a chance. Zhang really needs to take this...
Around the tables
Tian Pengfei 0-0 Anthony McGill
Elliot Slessor 1-0 Joe O'Connor
Lisowski 1-0 Anda
A good start from Jack, who's still in nick.
Lisowski 54-8 Anda
Yup, a fine pot into the yellow bag means Zhang needs a snooker; he returns to the table and sinks a red, but with the black on the cushion, he has to take the pink so can only tie. For that reason, I'm not sure why he potted it, and he then misses the aforementioned pink anyway.
Lisowski 45-8 Anda
But as I type that, Zhang runs out of position and Jack soon gets in again, a fine starter to left corner, and this is a chance for him to secure the frame - there's one red on the side, but he won't need it.
Lisowski 34-8 Anda
Eeesh, Jack leaves himself a nasty red down the left rail, jawses it ... and it shoots across into the opposite corner. Then, though there's a loose red available, he opts to go into the pack, spreads the balls nicely ... except that loose one I mentioned just a second ago wins up in the right bag and now Zhang has a chance!
Lisowski 27-0 Anda
Zhang leaves one to right corner off the break and Jack drains it nicely. Quickly, he's about the black spot, though the big dog doesn't go so he's taking pinks currently. And when that has to be replaced below the cluster, he finds himself taking blues. But there are still loose balls, so there are still points out there for him - though his most recent red his a mid-distance one, stroked home beautifully.
And off we go!
Here come our players!
Our competition
It' san interesting one this term. Ronnie O'Sullivan has withdrawn, and Mark Allen, Stuart Bingham, Ryan Day, Ding Junhui, Barry Hawkins, John Higgins, Shaun Murphy, Mark Selby, Judd Trump, and Mark Williams all lost in qualifying. That, along with the suspension of various Chinese players as a result of the matchfixing investigation currently in progress, means a chance for various top-class players who don't often contest the pots. Neil Robertson is the highest-ranked man left in the competition, but we begin this afternoon with a perennial question: will this be the week Jack Lisowski finally wins his first ranking event? Given the field and given the form he's in, he won't have many better chances.
Hello again!
And welcome to the 2023 German Open!
Day one - here we go!
In an afternoon triple-header from 2pm UK time, Jack Lisowski leads the way as he takes on Zhang Anda on Table 1, while Tian Pengfei faces Anthony McGill and Elliot Slessor does battle with Joe O'Connor.
This evening from 7pm, Eurosport expert and snooker legend Jimmy White is in action as he faces Yisong Peng. It will be Sam Craigie v Kyren Wilson on Table 1 and Xiao Guodong will be playing against Fan Zhengyi.
How can I watch the 2023 German Masters online?
You can stream the 2023 German Masters online live and on-demand on discovery+.
How can I watch the 2023 German Masters on TV in the UK?
The 2023 German Masters is available on Eurosport. You can also watch the action on eurosport.co.uk.
All the latest news, analysis and video content can be enjoyed on eurosport.co.uk's dedicated German Masters page, with the hub pulling all the content together in one place.
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'You need that, Jack!' - Scary moment for Lisowski as drops cue during post-match interview
What is the format for the 2023 German Masters?
The action begins on Wednesday, February 1 with the first round getting things started at 3pm local time (2pm UK).
The second session on Wednesday sees the first round continue, with matches getting underway at 8pm local time.
There will be a morning session on Thursday, starting at 10am local time, and the first round will conclude with an afternoon session - beginning at 3pm local time.
The second round gets underway at 8pm local time on Thursday, and concludes at 2pm local time the following day.
There will be some players taking part in two matches in one day, as the quarter-finals take place on Friday evening - getting underway at 8pm local time.
The table-fitters will be busy overnight into Saturday, as the Tempodrom will be cut to a one-table affair for the semi-finals - 2pm and 8pm local time.
The final will take place over two sessions on Sunday, February 5 - 2pm and 8pm local time.
All matches up to and including quarter-finals are best of nine. The semi-finals are best of 11 and the final will be a race to 10 frames to be crowned champion.
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