Chinese double stars advance to the top 4! The post-00s will play against the world champion, and Liang Wenbo will play O'Sullivan. The 2022 Snooker European Masters quarterfinals have all ended, and two Chinese players have advanced to the final four in Europe, among which the post-00s young player Fan Zhengyi defeated David Gilbert 5-3 to advance to the semifinals, creating the best record of his career; Liang Wenbo beat McGill 5-4 and will face "Rocket" O'Sullivan in the semifinals.
This season, Fan Zhengyi's performance has been witnessed, he reached the top 8 in the previous German Masters, although he failed to win the championship in a row like Zhao Xintong, but Fan Zhengyi's progress is still very obvious, this Time the European Masters, he once again showed his dark horse nature. In the first round of the regular season, Fan Zhengyi defeated Aaron Hill 5-3, followed by a 5-4 win against Karen Wilson. In the quarter-finals, Fan Zhengyi, in the case of falling behind 0-3, hit 5 consecutive shots of 50+ to reverse Yan Bingtao 5-3. In the quarterfinals, Fan Zhengyi's opponent was Gilbert, and in the first set, Fan Zhengyi scored a single 56 points to win the first set 78-11. In the second set, Fan Zhengyi won another set 68-15 by making multiple starts. In the next two sets, Fan Zhengyi scored 62 points and 117 points in a single shot, keeping two consecutive clean sheets against opponents, and leading 4-0 on aggregate. Gilbert is not a generalist after all, and there is no panic in this situation, and after returning from halftime, he won three consecutive sets to rewrite the total score to 3-4. In the eighth set, the two began to fight, and Fan Zhengyi finally laughed 64-61 to the end, winning 5-3 on aggregate to advance to the round of 4.
Liang Wenbo's state in recent seasons has not been stable, and this season has recovered slightly, and this European Masters has beaten Jones, Sankam and Yuan Sijun in a row to advance to the top 8. In the quarterfinals, Liang Wenbo's opponent is McGill, the two have met 7 times before, and Liang Wenbo has achieved a record of 4 wins and 3 losses. After the game began, McGill took the lead and won two consecutive 50+ sets to take a 2-0 lead on aggregate. Liang Wenbo then played two 50+ consecutive wins in three sets to win 3-2 on aggregate. In the sixth inning, McGill scored a single 50-pointer to equalize the score at 121-7. In the seventh set, McGill won 69-58 to win the match point 4-3 on aggregate. In the eighth set, Liang Wenbo won 58-1, and the game entered the decider. In the decider, McGill scored a single shot of 62 points, but then he did not score, liang Wenbo sealed the victory 71-62, thus winning 5-4 on aggregate.
In the other two quarter-finals, O'Sullivan scored two over-100s, a 90 and a 74 to beat Tom Ford 5-1. Past championship champion Dort narrowly defeated Ryan Day 5-4. In the semi-finals, Liang Wenbo will play O'Sullivan, and Fan Zhengyi will play against Dortmund.