The third round of the Snooker European Masters ended the last 4 battles, and another super cold was born, and the champion Big Hit Neil Robertson was eliminated by China's post-00s youngster Pang Junxu 4-5! In the other three games played in the same period, Liang Wenbo swept Sankam 5-0, Yuan Sijun beat Rich Wharton 5-2 and Gilbert 5-4 Barry Hawkins.
The round of 16 was born, and the specific matches in the quarterfinals are as follows
Top half: Jordan Brown Graeme Dott, Accardi RyanDai, Yan Bingtao Fan Zhengyi, Pang Junxu Gilbert
Lower half: O'Sullivan Hurgil, Tomford Patrick, Liang Wenbo Yuan Sijun, McGill Ma Fulin
Up to now, we have to praise the excellent performance of the Chinese snooker 00 generation, even the explosion of the big cold, can be called amazing, absolutely super level of play! Of course, the Chinese post-00s we mention here have eliminated Yan Bingtao, although Yan Bingtao is indeed a post-00s, but he has become famous, and entering the top 16 is a normal play, not a cold.
First of all, it needs to be mentioned that Pang Junxu! This round, Pang Junxu overturned the championship super hot Neil Robertson, you know, this season, Neil Robertson has won the English Open, Snooker Masters and Players Championship 3 large-scale events, a single season has 3 crowns of performance ranked first among all players, single season bonus is also second only to Zhao Xintong, it can be said that Neil Robertson is the strongest player this season, there is no one! However, Pang Junxu brought us a super surprise, firing 5 50+, 1 shot to break 100, winning the last three sets in a row, 2-4 behind but saving 3 match points in a row, 5-4 reversal + killing Neil Robertson.
Secondly, we must also mention Fan Zhengyi, another post-00s young player of China's snooker! In this round, Fan Zhengyi eliminated the world's 5th Karen Wilson, and like compatriot Pang Junxu, Fan Zhengyi also blasted out 50+ and 1 hundred, which also resisted the pressure 5-4 kill. Fan Zhengyi and Pang Junxu, two Chinese snooker post-00 youngsters, have continuously picked out 2 of the world's top 5 top masters, which is crazy! In fact, the performance of Yuan Sijun after the quasi-00 is also impressive, killing Carrington 5-4 in the last round and winning 5-2 in this round against Richwood Walton, the top ten players in a single season.
After Selby, Trump, Karen Wilson, another top 5 Neil Robertson out, the world's top five players only O'Sullivan 1 person left, plus Higgins, Murphy, Barry Hawkins and other world top ten masters were eliminated, Mark Williams did not participate, Zhao Xintong did not have the right to play, O'Sullivan not only became the only remaining top 5 seedlings in this European Masters, but also the top 10 seedlings, I have to say that O'Sullivan ranking tournament 39 crowns in sight!