On February 24, Beijing time, the 2022 Snooker European Masters 32 into 16 competition continued. In a focus battle, China's Zhou Yuelong was tragically reversed by world champion Dortmund in a good situation of 3-0 leadership, and finally lost 4-5 to the opponent and regretted that he did not qualify for the round of 16. In another game that ended earlier, Xiao Guodong was swept 0-5 by Jordan Brown in a sluggish state to stop in the round of 32. 0-5，4-5！ The Chinese snooker army lost one after another and performed poorly.
Zhou Yuelong, a player who believes that fans are no strangers, is 24 years old this year, the latest world ranking of 20, is also quite good, currently second only to Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao, ranking third among Chinese players. Zhou Yuelong's talent and strength are there, he has reached the final three times, and has also shot 2 full scores of 147, and there is no talent that cannot be done. But the biggest drawback is that the psychological quality is not good, which is a fatal weakness for athletes. This has also become the biggest obstacle to Zhou Yuelong's further progress. Graeme Dort, 44, is the 2006 World Championship champion and the latest world ranking 47th. The two have played each other 6 times in their careers before, and Zhou Yuelong is in a disadvantage of 1 win and 5 losses. It can be said that Dort is a major nemesis of Zhou Yuelong's career.
Coming to this game, Zhou Yuelong still made the old mistake, and was reversed by the opponent in the case of a big score lead, this way of losing is really too demoralizing, and it is also a blow to his own self-confidence in the game. At the beginning of the game, Dort's state was very poor, the mistakes were continuous, and Zhou Yuelong also won a lot of mobile phones to win 3 consecutive games and made a fantastic start. But as the game progressed, the weather vane of the game slowly began to shift, and in the next two games, Dort gradually entered the game state, and he pulled the score to 2-3 in two consecutive sets 62-1 and 75-17.
In the crucial sixth set, both sides played cautiously, and Zhou Yuelong won the crucial match point set 77-55 with a difficult hand, holding three match points 4-2, just one step away from victory.
However, at this critical moment, Zhou Yuelong's old problem was committed again, he hesitated and did not have confidence, and his heart was shaken and confused about the victory of the game. The veteran Dort is getting braver and braver, and the feel is getting hotter and hotter. In the seventh set, Dort scored a single 52 points to win 72-12, and the score went to 3-4. In the eighth set, Zhou Yuelong made a lot of mistakes, and Dort took advantage of the victory to chase a single shot 57 points to win again 63-22, and the two sides drew 4-4 to reach the decider. In the 9th round of the decider, Zhou Yuelong scored only 1 point and ended hastily, and Dort scored a single 67 points to win the victory. In the end, the whole game ended, and Dort staged a big reversal after falling behind 0-3 to eliminate Zhou Yuelong 5-4 to advance to the round of 16. Zhou Yuelong stopped in the round of 32. The record of the two has also come to Zhou Yuelong's 1 win and 6 losses, which is in an absolute disadvantage.
For Zhou Yuelong, it is really too difficult to win the championship in the future competition without passing the psychological barrier. Such a performance also disappointed the fans who supported him. In terms of psychological quality, he really should be like Yan Bingtao studying.