2021 German Masters

{{short description|Snooker tournament, held January 2021}}

{{Infobox individual snooker tournament

|tournament_name=2021 BildBet German Masters

|logo=File:German_Masters_2021_Logo.png

|dates={{Start and end dates|2021|01|27|2021|01|31|df=y}}

|venue=Marshall Arena

|location=Milton Keynes

|country=England

|organisation=World Snooker Tour

|format=Ranking event

|Total prize fund=£400,000

|winners_share=£80,000

|highest_break={{flagathlete|Shaun Murphy|ENG}} (147)

|winner={{flagathlete|Judd Trump|ENG}}

|runner_up={{flagathlete|Jack Lisowski|ENG}}

|score=9–2

|previous=2020

|next=2022

}}

File:Marshall Arena Milton Keynes 6 July 2020.jpg

The 2021 German Masters (officially the 2021 BildBet German Masters) was a professional ranking snooker tournament that took place from 27 to 31 January 2021. As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the tournament was staged at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes.{{cite web |url=https://wst.tv/milton-keynes-to-host-wst-events/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201222170819/https://wst.tv/milton-keynes-to-host-wst-events/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=December 22, 2020 |title=Milton Keynes to host WST events |publisher=World Snooker |date=22 December 2020 |access-date=22 December 2020}} The tournament was the eighth ranking event of the 2020–21 snooker season. It was the 15th edition of the German Masters, first held in 1995 as the 1995 German Open. Shaun Murphy made the sixth maximum break of his career in the first qualifying round against Chen Zifan.

The event featured a prize fund of £400,000 with £80,000 given to the winner. It was sponsored for the first time by BildBet, a subsidiary company created by BetVictor in collaboration with the local newspaper Bild. Despite the different name, the tournament was part of the BetVictor European Series.{{Cite web|url=https://wst.tv/tournaments/german-masters/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512221019/https://wst.tv/tournaments/german-masters/|url-status=dead|archive-date=May 12, 2021|title=BildBet German Masters|website=World Snooker}}

Judd Trump was the defending champion after defeating Neil Robertson 9–6 in the 2020 final.{{Cite web|url=https://www.sportinglife.com/snooker/news/trump-bags-german-masters/176910|title=Judd Trump bags German Masters title in Berlin after 9-6 win over Neil Robertson|website=www.sportinglife.com}} Trump met Jack Lisowski in the final, a repeat of the previous ranking event final, the World Grand Prix. It was the first time that the same two players had met in successive ranking event finals since John Higgins and Steve Davis met in the Welsh Open and International Open finals at the start of 1995.{{cite web |url=https://www.eurosport.com/snooker/german-masters/2020-2021/german-masters-snooker-2021-live-judd-trump-playing-his-friend-jack-lisowski-in-final_sto8092188/story.shtml |title=Defending champion Judd Trump faces Jack Lisowski in final |publisher=EuroSport |date=31 January 2021 |access-date=31 January 2021}} Trump won by 9 frames to 2, becoming the first player ever to successfully defend the title.{{cite web |url=https://wst.tv/trump-defends-german-masters-title/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201183721/https://wst.tv/trump-defends-german-masters-title/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 1, 2021 |title=Trump Defends German Masters Title |website=World Snooker |date=31 January 2021}}

Prize fund

The event featured a total prize fund of £400,000 with the winner receiving £80,000. The event was the third of the "European Series" all sponsored by sports betting company BetVictor. The player accumulating the highest amount of prize money over the six events will receive a bonus of £150,000.{{Cite web|url=http://www.championshipleaguesnooker.co.uk/betvictor-to-sponsor-european-masters|title=CLS Added To BetVictor European Series|date=September 18, 2020}}

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  • Winner: £80,000
  • Runner-up: £35,000
  • Semi-final: £20,000
  • Quarter-final: £10,000
  • Last 16: £5,000
  • Last 32: £4,000
  • Last 64: £3,000
  • Highest break: £5,000
  • Total: £400,000

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Main draw

Below are the event's results from the last-32 stage to the final. Player names in bold denote match winners. Numbers in brackets denote player seedings.

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|bold_winner=high

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|team-width=220

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|RD1 = Last 32
Best of 9 frames

|RD2 = Last 16
Best of 9 frames

|RD3 = Quarter-finals
Best of 9 frames

|RD4=Semi-finals
Best of 11 frames

|RD5=Final
Best of 17 frames

|| {{flagathlete|Judd Trump|ENG}} (1)|5 |{{flagathlete|Mark Davis|ENG}}|1

|| {{flagathlete|Duane Jones|WAL}}|1 |{{flagathlete|Joe Perry|ENG}} (17)|5

|| {{flagathlete|Kacper Filipiak|POL}}|4 |{{flagathlete|Ding Junhui|CHN}} (9)|5

|| {{flagathlete|Dominic Dale|WAL}}|5 |{{flagathlete|Stephen Maguire|SCO}} (8)|4

|| {{flagathlete|Shaun Murphy|ENG}} (5)|4 |{{flagathlete|Jamie O'Neill|ENG}}|5

|| {{flagathlete|Jordan Brown|NIR}}|5 |{{flagathlete|Graeme Dott|SCO}} (21)|2

|| {{flagathlete|Barry Hawkins|ENG}} (20)|5 |{{flagathlete|Ryan Day|WAL}}|4

|| {{flagathlete|Liang Wenbo|CHN}} (29)|4 |{{flagathlete|Jak Jones|WAL}}|5

|| {{flagathlete|Fergal O'Brien|IRL}}|5 |{{flagathlete|Michael White|WAL}}|1

|| {{flagathlete|Mark Joyce|ENG}}|4 |{{flagathlete|Joe O'Connor|ENG}}|5

|| {{flagathlete|Tom Ford|ENG}} (22)|5 |{{flagathlete|Yuan Sijun|CHN}}|0

|| {{flagathlete|Stuart Carrington|ENG}}|w/o|{{flagathlete|John Higgins|SCO}} (6)|w/d

|| {{flagathlete|Pang Junxu|CHN}}|3 |{{flagathlete|Robbie Williams|ENG}}|5

|| {{flagathlete|Stuart Bingham|ENG}} (10)|5 |{{flagathlete|Zhou Yuelong|CHN}} (23)|2

|| {{flagathlete|Louis Heathcote|ENG}}|4 |{{flagathlete|Jack Lisowski|ENG}} (15)|5

|| {{flagathlete|Luca Brecel|BEL}} (31)|5 |{{flagathlete|Noppon Saengkham|THA}}|1

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Judd Trump (1)|5 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Joe Perry (17)|3

|| {{flagicon|CHN}} Ding Junhui (9)|5 |{{flagicon|WAL}} Dominic Dale|0

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Jamie O'Neill|4 |{{flagicon|NIR}} Jordan Brown|5

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Barry Hawkins (20)|5 |{{flagicon|WAL}} Jak Jones|2

|| {{flagicon|IRL}} Fergal O'Brien|0 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Joe O'Connor|5

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Tom Ford (22)|5 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Carrington|2

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Robbie Williams|4 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Bingham (10)|5

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Jack Lisowski (15)|5 |{{flagicon|BEL}} Luca Brecel (31)|2

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Judd Trump (1)|5 |{{flagicon|CHN}} Ding Junhui (9)|3

|| {{flagicon|NIR}} Jordan Brown|1 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Barry Hawkins (20)|5

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Joe O'Connor|1 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Tom Ford (22)|5

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Bingham (10)|3 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Jack Lisowski (15)|5

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Judd Trump (1)|6 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Barry Hawkins (20)|5

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Tom Ford (22)|2 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Jack Lisowski (15)|6

|| {{flagicon|ENG}} Judd Trump (1)|9 |{{flagicon|ENG}} Jack Lisowski (15)|2

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=Final=

class="wikitable" style="font-size: 90%; margin: 1em auto 1em auto;"
colspan = "3" align="center" bgcolor="#ffd700" | Final: Best of 17 frames. Referee: Rob Spencer
Marshall Arena, Milton Keynes, England, 31 January 2021.
width="230" align="right" | Judd Trump (1)
{{ENG}}

| width="100" align="center" | 9–2

| width="230" | Jack Lisowski (15)
{{ENG}}

colspan="3" align="center" style="font-size: 100%" | Afternoon: 76–31, 0–90, 87–0, 64–25, 65–30, 72–0, 68–58, 71–14
Evening: 87–49, 0–106, 119–0 (119)
align="right" | 119

| align="center" | Highest break

| 67

align="right" | 1

| align="center" | Century breaks

| 0

Qualifying

Qualifying for the event took place between 10 and 14 November 2020 at the Marshall Arena in Milton Keynes, England. There were two rounds of qualifying with matches being played as best-of-9 frames.{{Cite web|url=https://wst.tv/betvictor-german-masters-qualifiers-draw-and-format/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201105013505/https://wst.tv/betvictor-german-masters-qualifiers-draw-and-format/|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 5, 2020|title=BetVictor German Masters Qualifiers Draw And Format|date=November 4, 2020|website=World Snooker}}

=Round 1=

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{{flagathlete|Judd Trump|ENG}} (1)align="center"| 5–2{{flagathlete|Anthony Hamilton|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Sunny Akani|THA}}align="center"| 2–5{{flagathlete|Peter Lines|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Xiao Guodong|CHN}} (32)align="center"| 5–4{{flagathlete|Lu Ning|CHN}}
{{flagathlete|Mark Davis|ENG}}align="center"| 5–3{{flagathlete|Ben Hancorn|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Gary Wilson|ENG}} (16)align="center"| 4–5{{flagathlete|Lei Peifan|CHN}}
{{flagathlete|Allan Taylor|ENG}}align="center"| 4–5{{flagathlete|Duane Jones|WAL}}
{{flagathlete|Joe Perry|ENG}} (17)align="center"| 5–3{{flagathlete|Li Hang|CHN}}
{{flagathlete|Steven Hallworth|ENG}}align="center"| 5–1{{flagathlete|Chang Bingyu|CHN}}
{{flagathlete|Kacper Filipiak|POL}}align="center"| w/o–w/d{{flagathlete|Riley Parsons|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Scott Donaldson|SCO}} (24)align="center"| 2–5{{flagathlete|Luo Honghao|CHN}}
{{flagathlete|Fan Zhengyi|CHN}}align="center"| 1–5{{flagathlete|Ashley Carty|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Ding Junhui|CHN}} (9)align="center"| 5–3{{flagathlete|Martin Gould|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Sean Maddocks|ENG}}align="center"| 0–5{{flagathlete|Jamie Jones|WAL}}
{{flagathlete|Matthew Selt|ENG}} (25)align="center"| 4–5{{flagathlete|Dominic Dale|WAL}}
{{flagathlete|Barry Pinches|ENG}}align="center"| 2–5{{flagathlete|Alan McManus|SCO}}
{{flagathlete|Stephen Maguire|SCO}} (8)align="center"| w/o–w/d{{flagathlete|Rod Lawler|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Shaun Murphy|ENG}} (5)align="center"| 5–0{{flagathlete|Chen Zifan|CHN}}
{{flagathlete|Ian Burns|ENG}}align="center"| 5–2{{flagathlete|David Lilley|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Zhao Xintong|CHN}} (28)align="center"| 5–3{{flagathlete|Lee Walker|WAL}}
{{flagathlete|Daniel Wells|WAL}}align="center"| 3–5{{flagathlete|Jamie O'Neill|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Yan Bingtao|CHN}} (12)align="center"| 4–5{{flagathlete|Sam Craigie|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Jordan Brown|NIR}}align="center"| 5–2{{flagathlete|Rory McLeod|JAM}}
{{flagathlete|Graeme Dott|SCO}} (21)align="center"| w/o–w/d{{flagathlete|Fraser Patrick|SCO}}
{{flagathlete|Jamie Wilson|ENG}}align="center"| 2–5{{flagathlete|Leo Fernandez|IRL}}
{{flagathlete|Jimmy White|ENG}}align="center"| w/o–w/d{{flagathlete|Mark King|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Barry Hawkins|ENG}} (20)align="center"| 5–2{{flagathlete|Hossein Vafaei|IRN}}
{{flagathlete|Ryan Day|WAL}}align="center"| 5–3{{flagathlete|Andy Hicks|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Mark Williams|WAL}} (13)align="center"| 4–5{{flagathlete|Paul Davison|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Aaron Hill|IRL}}align="center"| 5–2{{flagathlete|Billy Castle|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Liang Wenbo|CHN}} (29)align="center"| 5–2{{flagathlete|Ken Doherty|IRL}}
{{flagathlete|Jak Jones|WAL}}align="center"| 5–3{{flagathlete|Si Jiahui|CHN}}
{{flagathlete|Kyren Wilson|ENG}} (4)align="center"| 5–0{{flagathlete|Zak Surety|ENG}}

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{{flagathlete|Mark Selby|ENG}} (3)align="center"| 3–5{{flagathlete|Fergal O'Brien|IRL}}
{{flagathlete|Simon Lichtenberg|GER}}align="center"| 5–1{{flagathlete|Amine Amiri|MAR}}
{{flagathlete|Matthew Stevens|WAL}} (30)align="center"| 2–5{{flagathlete|Michael White|WAL}}
{{flagathlete|Mitchell Mann|ENG}}align="center"| 0–5{{flagathlete|Elliot Slessor|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Thepchaiya Un-Nooh|THA}} (14)align="center"| 4–5{{flagathlete|Mark Joyce|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Soheil Vahedi|IRN}}align="center"| 5–3{{flagathlete|David Grace|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Anthony McGill|SCO}} (19)align="center"| 5–3{{flagathlete|Zhao Jianbo|CHN}}
{{flagathlete|Joe O'Connor|ENG}}align="center"| 5–3{{flagathlete|Lyu Haotian|CHN}}
{{flagathlete|Liam Highfield|ENG}}align="center"| 5–1{{flagathlete|Jamie Curtis-Barrett|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Tom Ford|ENG}} (22)align="center"| 5–0{{flagathlete|Gerard Greene|NIR}}
{{flagathlete|Jimmy Robertson|ENG}}align="center"| 5–1{{flagathlete|Alex Borg|MLT}}
{{flagathlete|David Gilbert|ENG}} (11)align="center"| 2–5{{flagathlete|Yuan Sijun|CHN}}
{{flagathlete|Chris Wakelin|ENG}}align="center"| 1–5{{flagathlete|Stuart Carrington|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Michael Holt|ENG}} (27)align="center"| 5–2{{flagathlete|Brian Ochoiski|FRA}}
{{flagathlete|Ashley Hugill|ENG}}align="center"| w/o–w/d{{flagathlete|Tian Pengfei|CHN}}
{{flagathlete|John Higgins|SCO}} (6)align="center"| 5–4{{flagathlete|Robert Milkins|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Mark Allen|NIR}} (7)align="center"| 5–1{{flagathlete|Gao Yang|CHN}}
{{flagathlete|Pang Junxu|CHN}}align="center"| 5–2{{flagathlete|Alexander Ursenbacher|SUI}}
{{flagathlete|Kurt Maflin|NOR}} (26)align="center"| 2–5{{flagathlete|Martin O'Donnell|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Robbie Williams|ENG}}align="center"| 5–4{{flagathlete|Florian Nüßle|AUT}}
{{flagathlete|Stuart Bingham|ENG}} (10)align="center"| 5–1{{flagathlete|Eden Sharav|ISR}}
{{flagathlete|Ricky Walden|ENG}}align="center"| 5–1{{flagathlete|Xu Si|CHN}}
{{flagathlete|Zhou Yuelong|CHN}} (23)align="center"| 5–0{{flagathlete|Lukas Kleckers|GER}}
{{flagathlete|Peter Devlin|ENG}}align="center"| 5–3{{flagathlete|Iulian Boiko|UKR}}
{{flagathlete|Louis Heathcote|ENG}}align="center"| 5–0{{flagathlete|Farakh Ajaib|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Ali Carter|ENG}} (18)align="center"| 2–5{{flagathlete|Nigel Bond|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Jackson Page|WAL}}align="center"| 4–5{{flagathlete|Brandon Sargeant|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Jack Lisowski|ENG}} (15)align="center"| 5–3{{flagathlete|Igor Figueiredo|BRA}}
{{flagathlete|Jamie Clarke|WAL}}align="center"| 2–5{{flagathlete|Andrew Higginson|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Luca Brecel|BEL}} (31)align="center"| 5–4{{flagathlete|James Cahill|ENG}}
{{flagathlete|Oliver Lines|ENG}}align="center"| 2–5{{flagathlete|Noppon Saengkham|THA}}
{{flagathlete|Neil Robertson|AUS}} (2)align="center"| 4–5{{flagathlete|Ben Woollaston|ENG}}

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=Round 2=

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{{flagicon|ENG}} Judd Trump (1)align="center"| 5–0{{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Lines
{{flagicon|CHN}} Xiao Guodong (32)align="center"| 4–5{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Davis
{{flagicon|CHN}} Lei Peifanalign="center"| 3–5{{flagicon|WAL}} Duane Jones
{{flagicon|ENG}} Joe Perry (17)align="center"| 5–4{{flagicon|ENG}} Steven Hallworth
{{flagicon|POL}} Kacper Filipiakalign="center"| 5–1{{flagicon|CHN}} Luo Honghao
{{flagicon|ENG}} Ashley Cartyalign="center"| 0–5{{flagicon|CHN}} Ding Junhui (9)
{{flagicon|WAL}} Jamie Jonesalign="center"| 0–5{{flagicon|WAL}} Dominic Dale
{{flagicon|SCO}} Alan McManusalign="center"| 4–5{{flagicon|SCO}} Stephen Maguire (8)
{{flagicon|ENG}} Shaun Murphy (5)align="center"| 5–1{{flagicon|ENG}} Ian Burns
{{flagicon|CHN}} Zhao Xintong (28)align="center"| 3–5{{flagicon|ENG}} Jamie O'Neill
{{flagicon|ENG}} Sam Craigiealign="center"| 2–5{{flagicon|NIR}} Jordan Brown
{{flagicon|SCO}} Graeme Dott (21)align="center"| 5–1{{flagicon|IRL}} Leo Fernandez
{{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy Whitealign="center"| 2–5{{flagicon|ENG}} Barry Hawkins (20)
{{flagicon|WAL}} Ryan Dayalign="center"| 5–1{{flagicon|ENG}} Paul Davison
{{flagicon|IRL}} Aaron Hillalign="center"| 0–5{{flagicon|CHN}} Liang Wenbo (29)
{{flagicon|WAL}} Jak Jonesalign="center"| 5–4{{flagicon|ENG}} Kyren Wilson (4)

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{{flagicon|IRL}} Fergal O'Brienalign="center"| 5–2{{flagicon|GER}} Simon Lichtenberg
{{flagicon|WAL}} Michael Whitealign="center"| 5–4{{flagicon|ENG}} Elliot Slessor
{{flagicon|ENG}} Mark Joycealign="center"| 5–4{{flagicon|IRN}} Soheil Vahedi
{{flagicon|SCO}} Anthony McGill (19)align="center"| 4–5{{flagicon|ENG}} Joe O'Connor
{{flagicon|ENG}} Liam Highfieldalign="center"| 4–5{{flagicon|ENG}} Tom Ford (22)
{{flagicon|ENG}} Jimmy Robertsonalign="center"| 3–5{{flagicon|CHN}} Yuan Sijun
{{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Carringtonalign="center"| 5–3{{flagicon|ENG}} Michael Holt (27)
{{flagicon|ENG}} Ashley Hugillalign="center"| 0–5{{flagicon|SCO}} John Higgins (6)
{{flagicon|NIR}} Mark Allen (7)align="center"| 2–5{{flagicon|CHN}} Pang Junxu
{{flagicon|ENG}} Martin O'Donnellalign="center"| 4–5{{flagicon|ENG}} Robbie Williams
{{flagicon|ENG}} Stuart Bingham (10)align="center"| 5–2{{flagicon|ENG}} Ricky Walden
{{flagicon|CHN}} Zhou Yuelong (23)align="center"| 5–0{{flagicon|ENG}} Peter Devlin
{{flagicon|ENG}} Louis Heathcotealign="center"| 5–3{{flagicon|ENG}} Nigel Bond
{{flagicon|ENG}} Brandon Sargeantalign="center"| 2–5{{flagicon|ENG}} Jack Lisowski (15)
{{flagicon|ENG}} Andrew Higginsonalign="center"| 2–5{{flagicon|BEL}} Luca Brecel (31)
{{flagicon|THA}} Noppon Saengkhamalign="center"| 5–2{{flagicon|ENG}} Ben Woollaston

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Century breaks

=Main stage centuries=

Total: 25{{Cite web|title=BildBet German Masters 2021 {{!}} Centuries|url=https://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/14158/bildbet-german-masters-2021|date=27–31 January 2021|work=World Snooker|access-date=18 February 2021|archive-date=31 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210131234317/http://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/14158/bildbet-german-masters-2021|url-status=dead}}

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= Qualifying stage centuries =

Total: 58{{Cite web|title=BildBet German Masters 2021 Qualifiers {{!}} Centuries|url=https://livescores.worldsnookerdata.com/Centuries/CenturyBreaks/14159/bildbet-german-masters-2021-qualifiers|date=10–14 November 2020|work=World Snooker Tour}}{{Dead link|date=January 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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References

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{{German Masters}}

{{European Series}}

{{2020–21 snooker season}}

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