In the early morning of February 26, Beijing time, snooker European Masters 1/4 final, under the huge advantage of 4-0 leadership, Fan Zhengyi once wasted 3 match points, was chased by Gilbert to 3-4, fortunately, Fan Zhengyi finally won in the eighth set, 5-3 cashed in the match point, advanced to the top 4.
Gilbert has won the ranking tournament and is currently ranked 19th in the world. Fan Zhengyi is a young player born in 2001, and this year is the second professional snooker season of his career, which is a quasi-rookie. However, on the stage of this year's Snooker European Masters, the post-00 Chinese snooker youngster has been cold in a row, before eliminating the world's fifth Karen Wilson and Yan Bingtao to advance, and Karen Wilson's competition, Fan Zhengyi withstood the pressure to win the decider, and the first person after 00 Yan Bingtao,Fan Zhengyi was from 0-3 to 5-3 to win five sets of big reversals.
In this campaign, facing Gilbert, Fan Zheng blasted a 50+ at the beginning of the game and won the first set. In the second set that followed, Fan Zhengyi won 68-15. In the third set, Fan Zhengyi hit a single shot of 50+! In the fourth set, Gilbert's hand was still not good, and Fan Zhengyi seized the opportunity to blast a single shot to break 117 points to win. Back in the second half, Fan Zhengyi, who had 5 match points in his hand, was a little anxious, wasting a few opportunities in the fifth set, and Gilbert finally pulled back a set. In the sixth set, Gilbert recovered and scored a 98-point win. In the seventh set, Fan Zhengyi was tragically reversed in the lead. After wasting 3 match points in a row, Fan Zhengyi finally won the eighth set, congratulations!
I have to say that in this year's Snooker European Masters, Fan Zhengyi's continuous upset performance was amazing, the last round of winning the last 5 sets of yan Bingtao, this round of 1/4 finals once again led Gilbert 4-0, winning 9 consecutive sets! Although the next few innings were not very cautious, it could even be said to be very irrational! But in the end, the result was good, Fan Zhengyi still eliminated Gilbert 5-3, setting a career record for the first time in the ranking round of 4! It is worth mentioning that in three consecutive rounds, Fan Zheng exploded 3 games in a row, eliminating Karen Wilson, Yan Bingtao and Gilbert successively.