On February 26, 2022, the first four seats of the snooker European Masters were born, And China's post-00s young player Fan Zhengyi became the biggest dark horse, blasting out 5-3 to eliminate gilbert, the first time in his career to reach the top four of the rankings, creating a personal best, Fan Zhengyi eliminated three of the world's top 20 players, once again made a major breakthrough, and there were two victories away from the championship.
Fan Zhengyi is 21 years old, ranked 80th in the world, just this season he has improved very quickly, before he has been focused on participation, many times in the first round of the game, but since the first shot of his career to break the hundred, the post-00 youngster rose strongly, in the German Masters to reach the quarterfinals, and then create a new career high, now Fan Zhengyi is more and more confident, facing the top masters without any fear, worth looking forward to.
It was at this European Masters that Fan Zheng won two consecutive winners to advance to the quarterfinals, equaling his career best, first beating 9 Karen 5-4. Wilson, then 0-3 behind to win five consecutive sets, 5-3 reverse Yan Bingtao, the overall performance is very strong, and then challenged the post-80s star Gilbert to compete for a semi-final spot, the latter ranked 19th in the world, once won the ranking tournament.
The two have only met once in their careers, two years ago gilbert eliminated Fan Zhengyi 6-3 in the British Championships, Gilbert has rich experience in the competition and has stronger comprehensive strength, but now Fan Zhengyi is really strong, he can beat Karen. Wilson and Yan Bingtao's promotion can explain the problem in itself, and Chinese fans are paying attention to this game, hoping that Fan Zhengyi can seize the opportunity and make a breakthrough again.
In the first set, the two sides made mistakes with each other, Fan Zhengyi played a single 56 points to take the lead at 78-11, Fan Zhengyi started many times in the second set and won the fight 68-15, Fan Zhengyi played a single 62 points in the third set to turn into defense, and then Gilbert missed the ball again, Fan Zhengyi completed the super point and extended the lead, and in the fourth set, Fan Zhengyi exploded a single shot of 117 points, 4-0 to get the match point, and suppressed Gilbert.
After returning from intermission, Gilbert played several times to save a match point at 85-24, gilbert played a single 98 points in the sixth set and chased another set, in the seventh set Fan Zhengyi did not score a super point, Gilbert completed the clearance, won 71-65, and in the eighth set, Fan Zhengyi finished clearing the stage, ended the game at 64-61, and finally eliminated Gilbert 5-3.
Fan Zhengyi once lost his professional qualifications because of poor results, and then he returned through the selection competition, the initial results were average, until this year, the more he played better, attracting more fans' attention, and then Fan Zhengyi still has two difficulties to pass, as long as he maintains the current competitive state, he has the possibility of impacting the championship, and hopes that he will continue to work hard and strive to do the best.