The draw for the 2025 German Masters has solely eight gamers left in it with the quarter-finals subsequent up on the schedule in Berlin on Friday.
Simply two members from the highest 16 on the planet rankings stay within the hunt for glory on the Tempodrom.
Three among the many different six contenders are confirmed rating occasion champions whereas the remaining trio will bid for a maiden rating title this weekend.
Let’s check out the 4 matches on the German Masters quarter-finals schedule.
Neil Robertson vs Yuan Sijun
Neil Robertson might not be a top-16 seed, however as a former world champion and a 24-time rating occasion winner, he could as effectively be one.
The Australian knocked out defending champion and world primary Judd Trump within the final 16 on Thursday.
Robertson has continued to lack consistency this season, however his kind has usually been vastly improved in comparison with the 2 prior campaigns.
The 42 year-old is thru to a fourth rating quarter-final of the continuing time period and can look to problem for a second piece of silverware having already received the English Open.
Yuan Sijun would be the former world champion’s subsequent problem to beat, the Chinese language competitor gorgeous the in-form Shaun Murphy in a deciding body.
Murphy, this month’s Masters winner, hadn’t misplaced a single body throughout his first two video games within the German capital however struggled for peak kind towards Yuan.
The latter is a win away from matching his earlier greatest run in a rating event when he reached the 2019 Gibraltar Open semi-finals.
Robertson and Yuan have met twice already this season, sharing one victory apiece.
When is it? Friday, January thirty first at 7pm UTC
Wu Yize vs Barry Hawkins
World quantity 12 Barry Hawkins is the one top-16 member left within the prime half of the 2025 German Masters draw.
The Englishman obtained a bye by means of to the final eight after opponent Ricky Walden was pressured to withdraw from the competitors by means of medical issues.
Hawkins, who reached the UK Championship ultimate in December the place he was narrowly denied glory by Trump, will face Wu Yize.
The up-and-coming star from China compiled a brace of century breaks and made three different frame-winning contributions in a 5-2 defeat of Alexander Ursenbacher on day 4.
Wu has been steadily knocking on the door of an enormous breakthrough this season.
The 21 year-old launched into runs to the finals of each the English and Scottish Opens however was denied a maiden title on each events by Robertson and Lei Peifan respectively.
Hawkins remains to be considerably extra skilled at this stage of a event however misplaced to Wu of their solely different assembly in Edinburgh final month.
When is it? Friday, January thirty first at 7pm UTC
Xiao Guodong vs Aaron Hill
Xiao Guodong has undoubtedly represented one of many gamers of the 2024/25 snooker season.
The 35 year-old, who received the Wuhan Open in October, made it by means of to a fifth rating quarter-final of the season after comfortably beating Elliot Slessor 5-1.
Xiao continues to be formally ranked exterior the highest 16, nevertheless it’s solely a matter of time earlier than he establishes himself in that elite bracket.
Certainly, the Champion of Champions finalist boasts a provisional end-of-season rating contained in the world’s prime ten.
Xiao will subsequent encounter Aaron Hill, who’s the lowest-ranked competitor remaining within the German Masters quarter-finals because the world quantity 58.
The 22 year-old has matched his greatest efficiency in a rating occasion by making it this far, persevering with his effective run with a 5-3 overcome Tom Ford within the final 16.
By guaranteeing himself £13,200 in prize cash, Hill has eased any tour survival issues he could have had and may look ahead to one other season on the principle tour.
After all, the younger Irishman can be hoping to do even higher than that and prolong his problem for a primary title on the skilled degree.
Xiao and Hill have by no means clashed earlier than on the World Snooker Tour, so will probably be a brand new expertise for each.
When is it? Friday, January thirty first at 2pm UTC
Anthony McGill vs Kyren Wilson
Following Trump’s demise, world quantity two Kyren Wilson is the brand new favorite to etch his title onto the Brandon Parker Trophy in 2025.
The reigning world champion edged Jak Jones 5-3 in a repeat of their Crucible ultimate from final Could to arrange a quarter-final fixture towards Anthony McGill.
9 years in the past, when McGill beat Wilson to win the 2016 Indian Open, it regarded as if they have been each on the right track to usually problem for titles.
However whereas the latter has pushed on, McGill has usually didn’t function on the enterprise finish of tournaments since then.
The Scot, who beat Zhang Anda to achieve this level, was as soon as ranked as excessive as quantity 12 however at the moment has a provisional end-of-season rating of a lowly 55.
Since their title-deciding match on the Indian Open, Wilson has received all 4 of their battles in rating occasions – together with a memorable 17-16 showdown within the World Championship semi-finals in 2020.
Wilson missed out on a maiden Masters success on the Alexandra Palace simply over per week in the past however has received three titles in Germany previously and can fancy his possibilities of glory once more from right here.
When is it? Friday, January thirty first at 2pm UTC
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