On February 26, Beijing time, the semi-finals of the Snooker European Masters began. This time, two players from the mainland reached the semi-finals, namely the young player Fan Zhengyi and Liang Wenbo. The two are each matched today by Graeme Dort and O'Sullivan.
For the first time in his career, Fan Zhengyi broke into the top four of the ranking competition, breaking through his career best. He scored 8-4 against David Gilbert, who was ranked 19th, while Fan Washione was relatively low. Before this season's German Masters, Fan Zhengyi has not had any bright performances, but since the German Masters, we have often begun to see the efforts of the youngster. Although the best result at the moment is a quarter-final and a 4-time this time, I can still feel the potential of the youngster and believe that he can play better in future competitions.
In his match against Gilbert, both Fan Zhengyi and Gilbert made mistakes in the first set, but Fan Zhengyi scored 56 points to stabilize the situation and take a 1-0 lead. In the second set, the two sides began to fight, and Fan Zhengyi scored 68 points many times to win another set. In the third set, Fan Zhengyi scored a 62 point to win another set and take a 3-0 lead 76-0. In the fourth set, Fan Zheng scored a single shot of 117 points, killing a dream 4-0 start at halftime, leading the four sets to the match point.
After the start of the second half, Fan Zhengyi's hand slipped slightly, and Gilbert rose to catch up. In the fifth set, the two sides were entangled, and Gilbert scored 85 points several times to win back a set. In the sixth inning, Gilbert scored a 98-pointer to chase another inning. In the seventh set, both sides made mistakes, and at the last minute Gilbert seized the opportunity to score pink and black balls and chase another set. The score came to 4-3, and Gilbert chased 3 match points to make Fan Zhengyi also start to feel pressure. In the eighth set, the two sides played side defense, Fan Zhengyi withstood the pressure, scored the final black ball, narrowly won the set 64-61, won the victory, and scored 5-3 for the first time in his career to reach the top 4 of the rankings.
His opponent in this semi-final is Graeme Dort, a player from Scotland who is ranked 47th in the world. If The cleavage Fan Zhengyi continues to play steadily, he is likely to break through his best again and reach the final. The opponent of another player in the mainland, Liang Wenbo, is O'Sullivan, and the pressure is also not small. Liang Wenbo has also brought a lot of surprises along the way, whether he can see the derby battle again in the final final depends on the play of the two tonight! Come on!
Before the start of the game, Fan Zhengyi also briefly talked about his attitude towards the semi-finals, he said: "Like when I was 8 into 4, I played more easily, I was a little anxious at the beginning of the second half, and the opponent played very well and chased points all the time, which made me very stressed and made some mistakes. I hope that in the semi-finals, I can learn from the experience of 8 into 4, summarize the lessons, and then put my mentality better and play slowly. ”
As of press time, the score of Fan Zhengyi VS Dort is 2-0, and the match is broadcast live on the Kuaishou account superstar online, as well as replays, welcome to pay attention to it. Liang Wenbo's match was at 3:00 a.m. the next day. Once again, I wish both of them good grades.