The 2021-2022 snooker European Masters ended the quarter-final competition, the two Chinese players played well, the "post-00" young player Fan Zhengyi continued the "dark horse journey", in the match with David Gilbert Fan Zhengyi won four consecutive sets, and then Gilbert won three consecutive sets to close the score, Fan Zhengyi withstood the pressure to defeat David Gilbert 5:3, reaching the final four of the ranking tournament for the first time in his career. Liang Wenbo performed equally well with Anthony McGill, who staged a "deadlock" when he was behind in the decider and finally won 5:4 to advance to the semi-finals. In the other two quarter-finals, Graeme Dort won 5:4 over Ryan Day, while "Rocket" O'Sullivan swept Tomford 5:1 after firing two shots to advance to the final four of the European Masters, just two steps away from the 39th ranking title.
Chinese young fan zhengyi 1/4 final opponent is David Gilbert, this game Fan zhengyi state bursting, the first two rounds of the game he will be "the strongest after 90" Karen Wilson and the "00" strongest Yan Bingtao eliminated out, facing David Gilbert, Fan Zhengyi naturally eager to go further. In the first game, Fan Zhengyi continued the good feel of the previous game, scoring 56 points in a single shot and then taking the lead in the next city at 78:11, Fan Zhengyi scored multiple times in the second game and then won another round at 68:15, fan Zhengyi still occupied the initiative on the field in the third game, and expanded the score after scoring 62 points with a single shot, and in the fourth game, Fan Zhengyi won after scoring 117 points, winning four consecutive sets in one go to a 4:0 lead. Gilbert then fought back, and in the fifth game he repeatedly won a set at 85:24, gilbert won the sixth game after scoring 98 points, the seventh game Fan Zhengyi missed a good opportunity, Gilbert narrowly won 71:65, the eighth game Fan Zhengyi withstood the pressure to defeat the opponent 64:61, the total score was 5:3 to defeat Gilbert, strong promotion to the final four.
Liang Wenbo's opponent is Anthony McGill, the two played thrillingly in this game, the first game McGill single shot 60 points and then won 64:26, in the second game McGill single shot 71 points and then went to the next city, the big score was 2:0 to lead, the third game Liang Wenbo stopped the loss in time, single shot 61 points and then won a set at 74:33, in the fourth game Liang Wenbo won another set at 74:18, and in the fifth game Liang Wenbo single shot 66 points and then reversed the score. Then the two sides fell into a bitter battle, Liang Wenbo missed many opportunities, McGill seized the opportunity to win two consecutive sets to take the lead 4:3 to get the match point, in the eighth game Liang Wenbo scored two offensive points and equalized, in the decider game McGill single shot 62 points to stop the attack, Liang Wenbo cleared the stage to complete the reversal, the total score of 5:4 to kill Anthony McGill, strong promotion to the final four.
In the semi-finals, Fan Zhengyi faced Graeme Dort, and Liang Wenbo challenged the "rocket" O'Sullivan, and the two Chinese players fought to meet the final, but objectively speaking, it was very difficult for Liang Wenbo to defeat O'Sullivan, and there was a gap between the strength and state of the two, and Liang Wenbo strived to play his due level. And the young fan zhengyi against Dort has a chance to win, from the semifinals, Graeme Dort's state is actually not good, the reason why he can beat Ryan Dai is not how well he plays, but Ryan Dai is too bad, and finally Dort wins this "mistake war" game. If Fan Zhengyi can play his offensive level in the semi-finals, he is very hopeful that he will reach the final further. After advancing to the final four, Fan Zhengyi has created the best result in the career ranking competition, the semi-final against Dort, Fan Zhengyi can easily face Dortmund, Fan Zhengyi is expected to bring surprises to fans in the semi-finals.