Breaking News:JOHN HIGGINS, MARK WILLIAMS AND KEN DOHERTY BOOK TRIP TO BERLIN…….

Following their qualifying victories in Sheffield on Monday, former world champions John Higgins, Mark Williams, and Ken Doherty secured their spots at the German Masters in Berlin next month. Barry Hawkins, the winner of the European Masters, is also through, and Si Jiahui, who was in the Crucible semifinal, made an incredible comeback to move forward. Watch live snooker action on eurosport.com, the Eurosport app, and discovery+.

After losing to Noppon Saengkham in the Scottish Open semifinal, John Higgins bounced back to defeat Daniel Wells 5-3 in Sheffield to secure a trip to the German Masters.
The four-time world champion opened the match with a trademark double on a red to put Wells ahead 20-0. In a hard-fought matchplay, Higgins top-scored with a relatively low knock of 50 in the sixth frame. Higgins finished with a fine 44.
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The Scotsman was defeated 6-3 in Edinburgh on Saturday night after trailing an inspired Noppon for five straight frames, but he traveled south to Sheffield’s Ponds Forge International Sports Centre for the first day of qualifying.

Next month, from January 29 to February 4, Berlin will host the German Masters final-64 stage. This will be his second trip to Berlin.
Following victories on Monday, Higgins’ fellow former world champions Mark Williams and Ken Doherty have also advanced to the round of 64.
Williams defeated David Grace 5-3 with a final break of 106, and 1997 world champion Ken Doherty advanced with a 5-0 thumping of Jenson Jendrick.
With breaks of 103, 88, 69, and 138, European Masters champion Barry Hawkins defeated Stuart Carrington 5-2. Hawkins was in devastating form.

In another match, Si Jiahui, a semi-finalist in the Crucible, overcame a 4-0 deficit to win 5-4.
Lyu dominated the first four frames, scoring 83, 64, 89, and 112, but only managed to add 58 more points as Si advanced to the final venue with breaks of 123, 87, 98, and 103.

December 18, German Masters Qualifiers
5-1 Thepchaiya Un-Nooh Jones Jamie
Ken Doherty 5-0 Kendrick Jenson
Oliver Brown 5-0 Andrey Petrov
Si Jiahui 5–4. Haotian Lyu
Mark Williams, 5-3 David Grace
5-1 Ricky Walden Adam Duffy
Rory Thor, 3-5 Ben Mertens
Dominic Dale (0–5) Hongyu Liu
Elliott Slessor, 5-2 Iulian Boiko
John Higgins, 5-3 Page 3-5 Daniel Wells Jackson Robbie Williams
Barry Hawkins, 5-1 Stuart Carrington, 19 December.

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He Guoqiang versus Astley, John
Joshua Hill v. Asif Muhammad
Yuan Sijun versus Ding Junhui
Zak Surety v. Jack Lisowski
Louis Heathcote v. Andy Lee
Milkins Roberto v. Taylor Allan
Xiao Guodong v. Ian Burns
Gould v. Cahill, Martin
Himanshu Jain v. Martin O’Donnell
Mel Selt versus Dylan Emery
Wilson Kyren v. Oliver Lines
December 20
Jiang Jun v. Andrew Higginson; Zhang Anda v. Mostafa Dorgham
Brown Jordan vs. Zehuang Long
Cao Yupeng vs. Fan Zhengyi.

Burden v. Alfie and Peng Yisong
Bingham Stuart v. Pullen, Liam
Joe O’Connor vs. Andy Hicks and Jamie Clarke vs. Hammad Miah
Jimmy White vs. Pang Junxu
Lawler v. Haydon Pinhey
Scott Donaldson v. Gary Wilson
Matthew Stevens v. Anton Kazakov
December 21.
Ma Hailong v. Alexander Ursenbacher and Zhou Yuelong v. Jak Jones
Wakelin Chris v. Ibrahim Mohamed
Wu Yize v. Mark Joyce Hossein Vafaei v. Mink Nutcharut.

Maguire Stephen v. Kenna Rebecca
Jimmy Robertson vs. Liam Highfield
versus Ashley Hugill, Mark Davis
Champion Dott vs. Sarkis
Stan Moody v. Ryan Day
Ben Woollaston versus Anthony Hamilton
Graham Liam vs Lilley David
December 22
Gilbert, David v. Dean Young Ahmed Andrew Pagett v. Aly Elsayed
Ross Muir v. Xing Zihao
Baipat v. Tom Ford Ashley Carty v. Siripaporn Noppon Saengkham
Pengfei Tian vs. Evans Reanne
Sydney Wilson v. Alfie Davies
Ryan Thomerson versus Joe Perry.

Michael White versus Ali Carter
Murphy Shaun v. Xu Si
Manasawin Phetmalaikul vs. Mark Allen
Lukas Kleckers v. Judd Trump
Julien Leclercq v. Ronnie O’Sullivan
Marco Fu vs. Mark Selby
Robertson Neil v. Sanderson Lam
Ishpreet Singh Chadha versus Luca Brecel
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