German Masters 2022 - Mark Selby and Mark Allen both safely through to last-16

Mark Selby stormed through to the last sixteen of the German Masters with a whitewash of Barry Pinches. He was a 5-0 winner against the veteran in Berlin, taking two frames without Pinches scoring.

Ad/> There was also a straight forward win for Mark Allen, who secured two century breaks on his way to beating Lyu Haotian 5-1. The MastersMasters 2022 as it happened: Wilson battles past Bingham after Trump edges out Allen in epic day12/01/2022 AT 09:36 Zhao beats Williams to advance to last-16 of German Masters O'Sullivan to miss Turkish Masters, but who does Trump face at inaugural ranking event? German Masters 2022 — Latest scores, results and draw Allen breezed into a three frame lead before his opponent fought back to narrowly take the fourth, but it proved in vain as Allen saw out the tie.

Liam Highfield’s impressive century break in the fifth frame of his match with Fan Zhengyi gave hope of a dramatic comeback, but it proved a false dawn. /> Highfield was already 3-1 down at that point, and Fan Zhengyi responded with a 134 of his own, before taking the seventh frame to secure a 5-2 victory.

The morning’s other scheduled fixture gave Andrew Higginson a walkover against Liang Wenbo, who tested positive for Covid-19 before flying to Germany. Defending champion Judd Trump is in action in the evening session, against Zhou Xintong.

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