On February 21, 2022, the snooker European Masters ushered in the first match day, seven Chinese players took the lead, the result was 4 wins and 3 losses, Yan Bingtao, Zhou Yuelong, Xiao Guodong, Fan Zhengyi advanced to the round of 32, and Cao Yupeng, Li Xing and Gao Yang were eliminated in the first round.
The European Masters champion prized £80,000 and the defending champion was Mark. Selby, the fastest decline in status this season is Selby and Trump, the two in the recent results are not ideal, Ding Junhui's situation is more special, he forgot to register, did not catch up with the time, Zhao Xintong was eliminated from the qualifiers, so this time the Chinese player is led by Yan Bingtao, and it is not easy to get results.
Just this season, Yan Bingtao has repeatedly reached the final four, the German Masters won the runner-up, the post-00 youngster has excellent psychological quality, the overall performance is very stable, currently he ranks 13th in the world, the first round against Li Xing, both are slower players in the game, Yan Bingtao lost the first set after winning five consecutive sets, played two 69 points and a 52 points, and finally eliminated Li Xing 5-1 to easily advance.
Zhou Yuelong's recent results are not ideal, the world ranking has slipped to 20th, he has won the runner-up three times, blasted out two strokes of 147, in China's snooker younger generation, second only to Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao, Zhou Yuelong has a strong single winning ability, in the game against Gao Yang, Zhou Yuelong played a single 76 points, 74 points, 73 points, 72 points to win a big victory, 5-1 light Gao Yang promotion.
It is worth mentioning that Yan Bingtao and Zhou Yuelong once teamed up to participate in the Snooker World Cup, defeating Higgins and Maguire to win the championship, known as twin stars, until the rise of Zhao Xintong, but also let us look forward to the performance of Chinese players such as Yan Bingtao, Zhou Yuelong, Liang Wenbo and so on.
Xiao Guodong was late at the Welsh Open, and eventually lost to Little White and did not qualify for the regular game, which caused a lot of fans to discuss, when he also encountered an unexpected situation and had no way, the opponent in the first round was Andy. Hicks, who once reached the final four of the World Championships, Xiao Guodong played steadily, blasting a single shot of 128 points, 79 points, 78 points 5-2 to end the game, 1-2 behind to win four consecutive sets, three times to complete the single shot to win.
Fan Zhengyi improved a lot this season, the German Masters reached the quarterfinals, creating a career best, this time in poor form, only one shot of 63 points, but still through the piecemeal, 5-3 win the game, victory over Allen. Hill, the latter eliminated Zhao Xintong in the qualifiers, it is not difficult to see through this game that Aaron. Hill's strength is limited, and it is difficult to maintain a stable play.
Cao Yupeng lost 2-5 to Joe. Perry, who had finished runners-up in the European Masters, lost to Jimmy at the time. Robertson, the fifth Karen in the world. Wilson went strong, blasting out 100, 73, 53, and 50 points to beat Jamie 5-2. Jones.