China's post-00s will create the biggest cold door! O'Sullivan showed the style of a big player, and the No. 2 seed was out. The second round of the 2022 Snooker European Masters has been played in a number of matches, and there have been many cold spots, China's post-00s youngster Fan Zhengyi beat the world's fifth strongest post-90s Karen Wilson 5-4, the Tournament No. 2 seed Trump lost 3-5 to Maflin, and the previous championship champion Higgins lost 0-5 to Tom Ford.
The 21-year-old Fan Zhengyi created the biggest upset of the round, and he fought fiercely with Karen Wilson, who is now ranked fifth in the world. After the game began, Fan Zhengyi blasted out a single 69 points to win the first set 69-7. Wilson then scored two consecutive rounds of 101 and 53 points, but Fan Zhengyi quickly adjusted his form and won two consecutive games with 75 and 125 points in a row, leading 3-2 on aggregate. In the sixth set, Wilson scored a single 98 points to win, and the total score of the two was 3-3. The two then won one set each, the overall score became 4-4 draw, and the match went into a decider. In the decider, Fan Zhengyi scored a single 66 points to seal the victory, thus beating Wilson 5-4 on aggregate. Yan Bingtao and Joe Perry played against each other, and in the first four sets, Yan Bingtao led 3-1. In the fifth inning, Joe Perry scored a single 53 to pull back the inning. In the sixth set, Yan Bingtao scored a single 93-point clean sheet against his opponent. In the seventh set, Yan Bingtao ended the match 89-34, thus winning 5-2 on aggregate. In the next round, Yan Bingtao will start a derby with Fan Zhengyi.
In terms of foreign celebrities, Trump and Higgins were both eliminated in this round, of which Trump played against Maflin, although Trump ranked second in the world, but his performance this season was more average, the dominance of the field has been significantly declined, although this game Trump blasted two hundred and one 79 points, but Ma Fulin also scored two 90+ and two 70+, and finally Trump lost 3-5. Higgins' opponent is Tom Ford, the two have met 13 times before, Higgins has an absolute advantage with 11 wins and 2 losses, but in this game, Higgins is in a slump, Andford is more and more courageous, playing two 50+ and one shot to break the hundred, and finally Ford won 5-0 against Higgins to advance to the round of 16.
O'Sullivan against Chinese teenager Wu Yize, the first two sets of two wins each a set, from the third set, O'Sullivan found the feel, played two 50+ and one shot to break the hundred, and finally defeated Wu Yize 5-1 to advance to the next round. It is worth mentioning that O'Sullivan showed a general style during the game, it was the first inning, Wu Yize white ball fell into the bag, and then the white ball was taken back to the upper position, the referee awarded a free ball, in fact, this penalty was favorable to O'Sullivan, but O'Sullivan had another opinion, and also communicated with the referee on the spot, thinking that such a penalty was not good for Wu Yize, and had to say that O'Sullivan really loved young players.