Fan Zhengyi, a Chinese prodigy who won the 5th place in the country at the age of 5, once showed a fiery feel at the Masters again. Facing gilberto, who is at the top of the world rankings, he went into halftime for four consecutive innings, completely giving his opponents no chance to play. It is worth mentioning that Fan Zhengyi has repeatedly said in public that his idol is Rocket O'Sullivan, not Ding Junhui, the former first chinese snooker man, because he thinks the latter is too abrasive to play.
The quarter-finals of the Snooker European Masters began a scramble, with China's post-00s youngster Fan Zhengyi facing Gilberto. The two have only met once before, and in the first round of the British Championship two years ago, Gilbert won 6-3 against Fan Zhengyi. Currently, Gilberto is ranked 19th in the world, while Fan Ishione is only ranked 80th. However, Fan Zhengyi staged consecutive counterattacks in this Masters, beating Hill 5-3, K Wilson, who was 5-4 in the world, and then defeated Yan Bingtao 5-3, all the way to the quarterfinals.
This is also the first time he has reached the quarter-finals of the ranking tournament after the Berlin race this year, equaling the best result of his career ranking competition. Therefore, once again facing the top players in the world rankings, Fan Zhengyi has no pressure at all.
According to the rules, the quarter-finals of the Masters are a 5-of-9 tournament.
In the first set, Fan scrambled to get started first, and made a mistake after 22 points. Gilbert chased down 11 points before missing a thin red ball. Fan Zhengyi won the attack in the middle and far platform, and then scored 56 points in a single shot to get the first point.
In the second set, it was Fan Scramble who started first, and after taking 32 points in a row, he exploded the red ball pile, but after playing the yellow ball back, he pulled back too hard, and the white ball flipped into the middle bag. However, Gilberto also did not seize the opportunity, and failed to form a continuous attack several times in a row, and the two sides formed a tug-of-war. In the end, Fan Zhengyi seized the opportunity to achieve a super score, and the score came to 2-0.
In the 3rd inning, Fan scrambled to get started first, and after a single shot of 62 points, he took the initiative to do a defensive shot. Gilberto defensive error, leaked out of the bottom bag red ball, Fan Zhengyi attacked from afar, extended the score to 76 points, to achieve a super point, Gilberto gave up resistance, and gave Fan Zhengyi a fantastic start of 3-0.
In the 4th set, Fan Zhengyi continued his fiery state, scoring a red ball with a long-range attack, collecting the brown ball and turning strategically to defense. Gilberto's defense again missed, leaking out of the middle pocket. Fan Zhengyi scored the ball steadily, and followed the trend to make the black ball under the red ball pile, and then scored 117 points to make a fantastic 4-0 start for himself. Witnessing Fan Zhengyi's white ball position so accurately, the audience on the sidelines repeatedly gave warm applause.
4-0 in the halftime, Fan Zhengyi got the match point, only 1 point away to break into the Masters Final Four, creating his own ranking game best.