As the first person in China's snooker, Ding Junhui once drove the development of snooker in China with his outstanding performance. Now, after his incorruptible old age, China's younger generation has also begun to take the lead and gradually take over. In addition to Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao, Pang Junxu, another post-00s young general in China, has taken the lead. In the Snooker Masters, Pang Junxu eliminated the winning rookie Robertson by a score of 5-4.
In this year's Snooker Masters, a number of Players from China have signed up to participate, including Yan Bingtao, Xu Si, Yuan Sijun, Pang Junxu, Liang Wenbo and others. In the second round of the previous round, China's youngster Pang Junxu ushered in the Chinese derby with Xu Si, and as a result, he played very well, saving 2 match points in a row in the case of falling behind 2-4, and finally winning 3 consecutive sets of big reversals and eliminating opponents to advance to the third round. However, the opponent he faces next is not simple at all, because he is the world famous Robertson, who is currently ranked 4th in the world.
As a post-00 player, Pang Junxu just turned into a professional last season, and as a result, in the first season, he defeated Mark Ike, Maguire, Ding Junhui and other famous players to get the best newcomer last season. From this, it can be seen that he does have extraordinary potential. More importantly, he is not only young, but also young and old, with a big heart, as evidenced by the second round of reversal and elimination of Xu Si. This showdown with Robertson also proves this point again.
In the first set of the game, Robertson showed great firepower, ending the battle with 91 points in a single shot; in the second set, Pang Junxu pulled back a point. But Robertson scored another 104 points to tie the score. However, Pang Junxu played very tenaciously, and in the fourth set, he returned a single shot of 80 points to make the score 2-2. After 2 sets, Robertson was in hot form, scored two consecutive points, and took the lead 4-2 to get the match point, forcing Pang Junxu to the end of the road.
In the desperate moment, Pang Junxu broke out into a powerful battle force, scoring 73 points and 101 points in a single shot, pulling the score to a 4-4 draw. In the decider, Pang Junxu had a mistake, but Robertson did not grasp it, and after getting 35 points, he made a mistake and stopped attacking. At the critical moment, Pang Junxu broke the deadlock under great pressure, and then scored around the black ball continuously, although there was a slight flaw in the control of the white ball, but with the accurate mid-range attack, he played a single 90 points to clear the stage, and finally won with a 90-35, a large score of 5-4.
It is worth mentioning that after witnessing Pang Junxu score a difficult black ball in the decider, Robertson looked up at the sky in despair, at this time he knew very well that he had returned to the sky. Pang Junxu finally breathed a sigh of relief after scoring the last red ball to complete the super point, and then won all the color balls with a relaxed attitude.
A 5-4 reversal, and a desperate reversal of 2 consecutive games, Pang Junxu proved himself, although young, has a big heart. After eliminating robertson, who is fourth in the world, to advance to the round of 16, Pang Junxu once again completed his self-breakthrough and achieved a gorgeous advancement. Congratulations to Pang Junxu.