At present, the German Masters, an important event in snooker, is in full swing. At this German Masters, Chinese snooker players are destined to become the biggest focus of the competition. Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao, the two famous players, have defeated the world's first and second places in succession, and are expected to impact the championship. In addition to these two famous players, China also has a snooker rising star who also created a personal best in this event. After the game, he was so excited that he even forgot to shake hands with the referee for a while.
Referring to the Chinese teenager Fan Zhengyi, who was born in 2001, I believe that many viewers who pay attention to snooker should not be unfamiliar. However, the most memorable thing for fans of this youngster is not how good he has been in his career, but his move to challenge China's snooker brother Ding Junhui when he was a child. Fan Zhengyi's fame when he was a child was indeed relatively large, and he was once known as a "billiards prodigy". When he was 8 years old, he actually went to challenge Ding Junhui, a Chinese brother, and more interestingly, in the ding junhui's stadium, he opened his mouth to say that his idol was O'Sullivan, not Ding Junhui, which made many people happy at that time.
However, Fan Zhengyi, who was famous as a child, did not find a feeling in the professional arena like his name. On the contrary, he was eliminated in the first round in many competitions, in a more awkward realm in the snooker world, there is not much sense of presence, and he is currently only 82nd in the world ranking, which is a relatively low ranking. But at this German Masters, Fan Zhengyi became a big dark horse.
Before the start of the German Masters, not many people were optimistic about Fan Zhengyi, thinking that he could play in the main game was already a very good performance. After all, stronger than Ding Junhui also failed to qualify for the main competition. However, Fan Zhengyi fully proved himself. In the first round, he met Liam Hayfield. At one point, he scored a 134-point shot and won 5-2.
In the second round, his opponent became the famous Andrew Higginson. But Fan Zhengyi performed well and eliminated his opponent. In the first set, Fan Zhengyi took the lead in the state, scoring a single 57 points to win the first set. In the second set, Higginson equalised. In the third set, Fan Zhengyi scored a single shot of 60 points to take the lead again. In the fourth set, the tenacious Higginson equalized again. In the fifth set, Fan Zhengyi scored a single 71 points and won again. However, in the sixth set, Higginson equalized again, and the big score became 3:3. In the following two sets, Fan Zhengyi did not give his opponent a chance, and played a single shot of 104 points and 78 points respectively, eliminating the opponent with an aggregate score of 5:3 and advancing to the top 8.
Many people may think that this achievement is also average. After all, this result is not too dazzling. But for Fan Zhengyi, this is the best result to create a personal history. A young player who was not optimistic at all before the game actually reached the top 8 of the ranking competition, which is indeed a very good result. It is precisely because of the creation of personal history that Fan Zhengyi was too excited after the game. He even forgot the minimum etiquette, which made him a little embarrassed. At that time, Fan Zhengyi probably did not expect to enter the top 8, so after the game, he was excited for a while and forgot to go to the referee to shake hands. Of course, this is not that the young general is not polite, but this achievement is really not easy for him, and it is also a big improvement in his confidence. Therefore, at that time, some fans joked in the tone of the referee: "Can you come over and shake hands first?" ”
I have to say that Ding Junhui has indeed played a very big role in promoting the development of the Chinese snooker movement. Under his influence, China Snooker developed rapidly. Young generals such as Fan Zhengyi also grew up under the influence of Ding Junhui. Of course, today's Fan Zhengyi's strength is not enough, and more tempering is needed, but I believe that the results of the German Masters' top 8 will greatly improve his self-confidence and will be of great help to his future career. Come on.