On January 27, 2022, the Snooker German Masters continued, with two Chinese players playing, and the post-00s young player Fan Zhengyi performed well, eliminating Highfield to advance, and Lu Haotian lost to Mark. Allen was eliminated, Fan Zheng repeatedly set new highs, reaching the round of 16 for the first time in his career, becoming the third Chinese player to advance after Zhao Xintong and Zhou Yuelong, and he has improved a lot this season.
Fan Zhengyi is 21 years old, ranked 88th in the world, for a long time he often went out of the first round, by the attention of outside fans, and then deliberately did not break the pursuit of 147 failed to achieve his wishes, in everyone's view is also very personality, but this season Fan Zhengyi performed well, this time in the qualification round even won Ta Chaiya and Lu Ning, got the opportunity to come to the field to participate in the main game, the results have also improved.
In the first round of the main tournament, Fan Zhengyi played against Hayfield, who ranked 43rd in the world, and last year's World Championships Hayfield eliminated Fan Zhengyi, and later defeated Zhou Yuelong to advance to the main game, and the comprehensive strength of the opponent was stronger, which led to many fans not being very optimistic about Fan Zhengyi.
In the first round of 9 innings and 5 wins, Fan Zhengyi felt good, played a single 83 points, 79 points to win two consecutive sets, to get a 2-0 lead, and then Hayfield won the fight 72-43, Fan Zhengyi started many times, to expand the lead at 73-14, after returning from the halftime, Hayfield blasted a single shot 104 points to chase back a set, Fan Zhengyi opened the situation through the precision bench, blasted out a single shot 134 points, 4-2 to get the match point.
Then the two sides made mistakes with each other, Fan Zhengyi seized the opportunity to complete the clearance, won 73-69, and finally eliminated Highfield 5-2 to advance to the German Masters Round of 16, which was his first time to reach the 1/8 finals, a new career high, and there will be a lot of confidence in the individual, and then against Andrew. Higginson, the youngster, has a chance to go further, the latter won because Liang Wenbo withdrew from the game without a fight.
Lu Haotian lost 1-5 to Mark. Allen, becoming the second Chinese player to go out, the two have a large gap in strength, Mark. Allen blasted out 107 points, 106 points, 86 points, 63 points, and completed the single-shot victory many times, Lu Haotian only shot a 53 point in the sixth inning, the world's first Mark. Selby swept Barry 5-0. Pinkis, who scored a single shot of 77, 75, 61 and 50, won big.
There are only four games left in the first round, China's famous Yan Bingtao against Gilbert, whether he can achieve another good result is worth looking forward to, the opponent of the winner is Selby, Yan Bingtao was tested, whether it is Gilbert, or Selby, the strength is very strong, it is not easy to pass two levels in a row, Sean. Murphy and Norway's Kurt. Ma Fulin's contest also has suspense, and the victory or defeat depends on the impromptu play.