German Masters 2011 (the qualifiers) - Day 1

Mike Dunn his first 147

A perfect start for the German Masters qualifiers: a beautiful 147 break made by the one and only Mike Dunn. That's how the first day, of what seems to be one hell of a qualifying rounds, started like. Well maybe not actually started because the break was made somewhere after 7pm (UK time), but you get my point.

Mike Dunn, the player that likes to "torture" us with his jokes on Twitter, is indeed a very gifted cueist. How else do you explain the fact that he made a perfect 147 break in his first German Masters qualifying match?
But he didn't stop there. No. He also whitewashed his opponent, Kurt Maflin 5-0. Now that's a total victory, wouldn't you say so?
Oh, and may I add that this is the guy’s first maximum break hit in a professional event? That makes it even more special.

The "Legends gang" and by that I mean Steve Davis and Jimmy White had also taken a pretty good start in their journey to Berlin, as "The Nugget" defeated Joe Meara 5-3, while "The Whirlwind" scored the same result against Matthew Couch.

The legends get through the second round

But  the gang is bigger than these two brilliant lads, so let's see how Tony Drago ended his first match. Unfortunately not on a very positive note. 

The player also known under the nickname if "Tornado" had the misfortune to take on one of his pink comrades from OnQ Promotions, Adam Wicheard. And Adam beat him 5-2. Seems like we'll have a cool weather the next days, huh?

But since I mentioned the Pink Army, I can't overlook another "pink clash", this time between Jamie Jones and Andrew Norman, clash that ended with the first named one as the winner by 5-2.
Aflie Burden, another pink brave soldier, made it through the next round by beating Scott MacKenzie 5-2, while Robert Milkins found no trouble in performing the first whitewash of the day, 5-0 with China's Tian Pengfei.

The Pink Army is in action

Although during the preliminary round, the Thai Dechawat Poomjaeng beat India's Lucky Vatnani 5-2, seems like his luck ran out when he got a touch from the opposite side, losing 5-2 in front of the Scottish Jamie Bunett.

A bit of a shock to see young and talented Jack Lisowski out from the very first match, Sam Craigie hammering him by 5-1, while PTC 3 champion, Ben Woollaston kneeled down his first opponent Sam Baird, by the same scoreline.

Below you can check Day 1 list of results, plus the preliminary round ones:

Preliminary round

6pm
Round one

10am

2.30pm

7pm

Day 2 match schedule looks something like ....:

10am

2.30pm
7pm
*all hours are UK time

Don't forget that you can see the lads in action by visiting www.sportlemon.tv
Each session will feature two live matches being broadcasted. Enjoy snooker, my dears! :-)