The 2026 German Masters qualifiers were played over the last few days and the outcome of the last round can be found on snooker.org and here is the short report shared by WST:
Machineseeker German Masters Qualifying Day Four
Two-time Machineseeker German Masters champion Ali Carter booked his return to the Tempodrom with a 5-2 victory over Ricky Walden in the final qualifying round.
Carter has enjoyed outstanding success in this event as he lifted the trophy in 2013 and 2023 as well as reaching the final in 2017. And the 46-year-old can look forward to another trip to Berlin as breaks of 104 and 71 helped him beat Walden and reach the last 32.
Luca Brecel’s hopes of climbing back up the Johnstone’s Paint World Rankings suffered another blow as he lost 5-4 to David Gilbert, who took the last two frames with runs of 107 and 61. Jack Lisowski top scored with 96 in a 5-1 success against Lan Yuhao.
Stuart Bingham made a 124 as he whitewashed Ken Doherty 5-0 while Belgian Beast Julien Leclercq continued his fine recent form with a 5-3 win over Yuan Sijun.
China’s Gao Yang edged out Stephen Maguire 5-4, while Elliot Slessor built on his career-best season as he top scored with 104 in a 5-0 win over Liam Highfield.
Here is how the draw for the main event looks like for now.
If Ronnie plays and wins his opening match against Long Zehuang, he is due to play Ali Carter. I’m sure they are both absolutely delighted… NOT.
Ronnie O'Sullivan 