The two quarter-finals of the first half of the 2022 Snooker European Masters were over, and China's post-00s young player Fan Zhengyi and past champion Graeme Dort met to reach the semifinals. Judging from the course of the game, Fan Zhengyi's state is much better than Graeme Dort, and China's post-00s youngster has every hope of eliminating Graeme Dodd and reaching the final!
Against Ryan Day, Graeme Dott failed to shoot a 50+, and although he eventually advanced, it was a low-level game. A total of nine innings were played, with only Ryan Day scoring a single 76 in the 6th inning, but Ryan Day lost the quarter-finals. Graeme Dort was in a slump but eventually passed the border with a 5-4 run by the General Bureau.
In contrast, Fan Zhengyi, the Chinese post-00s youngster born in 2001, set off a youth storm at this year's snooker European Masters, eliminating Karen Wilson, Yan Bingtao and Gilbert in a row to advance to the top 4, and Fan Zhengyi became a super dark horse. This is the first time in Fan Zhengyi's career that he has reached the semi-finals of the ranking competition, and he has set a new record for the best record in his personal history!
5-4 kill Karen Wilson, Fan Zhengyi withstood the pressure, the decider showed a big heart! 5-3 eliminated Yan Bingtao, Fan Zhengyi staged a big reversal of five consecutive sets, very crazy! This round of 1/4 final 5-3 victory over Gilbert, Fan Zhengyi from 4-0 sharp lead to the opponent to chase to 3-4, the Chinese youngster still withstood the pressure, the eighth set staged a single set of big reversal, 64-61, 3 points of narrow victory, can withstand the pressure, the future can be expected!