On 25 February 2022, Snooker was out of the quarter-finals of the European Masters, with O'Sullivan eliminating Ashley. Hörgil, Graeme. Dort defeated Jordan. Brown, Ryan. Dai lightly took Song Shaward, Fan Zheng repeatedly upset the goal, 0-3 behind the five consecutive wins to complete the reversal, two consecutive ranking matches, Fan Zhengyi reached the quarterfinals, yan Bingtao out, the seed players are only O'Sullivan and McGill.
Yan Bingtao and Fan Zhengyi and two post-00s youngsters staged a derby battle, Yan Bingtao ranked 13th in the world, Fan Zhengyi ranked 80th, Yan Bingtao reached the final five times, won two crowns and three Asia, and defeated top masters such as Selby many times, Fan Zhengyi has made great progress recently, and this time it is the elimination of the world's fifth Karen. Wilson, the two sides only met once, just three years ago, Yan Bingtao beat Fan Zhengyi 6-0.
First of all, regardless of the result, it was determined that a Chinese player advanced to the quarterfinals, and secondly, there was a big gap between the results of the two, and finally the outside fans were more optimistic about Yan Bingtao's victory over Fan Zhengyi, fan Zhengyi in the first round took a 60-0 lead, the super score did not score, Yan Bingtao played a single 62 points to complete the clearance, reversed at 62-60, and in the second set, Yan Bingtao took advantage of the situation to chase, blasted out a single shot of 111 points, and expanded the lead.
In the third set, Fan Zhengyi scored 40 points to turn into defense, Yan Bingtao seized the opportunity, played a single 65 points to win another round, and then Yan Bingtao suddenly dropped the line, concentration dropped many times, Fan Zhengyi played a single 55 points, won the fight 84-53, Yan Bingtao led 3-1.
After returning from the halftime break, Fan Zhengyi played a single 53 points, chased another round at 86-43, the sixth set of the two sides had a long contest, Fan Zhengyi played a single 55 points, to 65-32, to tie the score, the seventh set Fan Zhengyi played a single 74 points, 4-3 to get the match point, the eighth set Fan Zhengyi played a single 60 points to end the game, 0-3 behind to win five consecutive sets, 5-3 reverse Yan Bingtao, advanced to the quarterfinals.
O'Sullivan got better, blasting out 141 points, 105 points, 96 points, 62 points, 58 points, 52 points, 5-2 elimination of the 90s dark horse Ashley. Hegel, who shot two 70+, the two of them had a wonderful matchup, O'Sullivan averaged just 16.3 seconds to shoot, much anticipated by fans, and he would wait for the winners of TomFord and Patrick to compete for a semi-final spot.
Post-80s star Ryan. Dai felt hot and shot 86 points, 73 points, 54 points, 52 points, 50 points, 5-2 victory over Thailand's Son Shaward, world champion Graeme. Dort scored another good result, scoring 76 points and 69 points to beat Jordan 5-2. Brown, Ryan. Dai and Graeme. Dortmund competed for a semi-final spot, the 12th time in their careers, and the similar strength depended on the impromptu performance.