On February 24, 2022, the snooker European Masters Round of 16 was released, five Chinese players advanced, Liang Wenbo kept a clean sheet from Thailand's Nopong. Sankam, Pang Junxu reverse world champion Robertson, Yuan Sijun eliminated Richie. Wharton, as well as yan Bingtao and Fan Zhengyi before, four of them completed the meeting and locked two quarter-final seats in advance, Yan Bingtao against Fan Zhengyi, Liang Wenbo against Yuan Sijun.
After 00, Pang Junxu once won the best newcomer award, defeated Ding Junhui and other famous players, this time he got the opportunity to challenge the world champion Robertson, who reached the final four times this year, won 3 crowns and 1 asia, once won the European Masters 9-0 victory over Zhou Yuelong to win the championship, was optimistic to become the final winner, everyone did not expect that Robertson would be eliminated by Pang Junxu, surprising.
Before the half-time break, the two were equally divided, Pang Junxu did not fall behind in the face of strong enemies, Robertson blasted out a single shot of 104 points, 91 points, Pang Junxu played a single shot of 80 points, after returning Robertson blasted a single shot of 100 points to take the lead, and then won the match point 67-54, at the critical moment Pang Junxu did not collapse, blasted out a single shot 101 points, 90 points, 73 points to win three consecutive sets, 5-4 reverse Robertson.
After the game, Robertson gave a thumbs up, praised Pang Junxu's performance in this game, congratulated him on advancing to the round of 16, especially the completion of the reversal after 2-4, and the quality of the three single-shot wins was very high, following Fan Zhengyi's victory over Karen. After Wilson, Pang Junxu also made a breakthrough.
Another post-00s teenager, Yuan Sijun, performed equally well, scoring 102, 60 and 54 points to eliminate Richie 5-2. Wharton, the latter having won three ranking championships, Yuan Sijun ranked 106th in the world, ritchie. Wharton ranked 18th in the world, the overall strength gap between the two is large, but Yuan Sijun dared to fight, and finally defeated his opponent to advance, just recently the rise of young players.
Liang Wenbo was in good shape, blasting out 131 points, 69 points, 57 points, and swept Noppon 5-0. Sankham, Gilbert narrowly beat Hawkins 5-4, and although he did not shoot any 50+, he still struggled to avoid the game with a more stable performance.
There are only three seeded players left, namely O'Sullivan, Yan Bingtao, McGill, and in the first half, there is only one top sixteen player in Yan Bingtao, Robertson and Hawkins are out, resulting in the next game full of suspense, who can laugh to the end is expected.
Top 16:
Zone 1/4: Jordan. Brown vs Graeme. Dot, Ryan. Dai vs Son Shawar
Zone 2/4: Yan Bingtao vs Fan Zhengyi, Pang Junxu vs Gilbert
Zone 3/4: O'Sullivan vs Ashley. Hegel, Tom. Ford vs Patrick
Zone 4/4: Liang Wenbo vs Yuan Sijun, McGill vs Cott. Maflin