Beijing time on February 26 news, the 2022 Snooker European Masters continues. In a focus match in the quarter-finals, China's Liang Wenbo played well, reversing world no. 15 Anthony McGill 5-4 to advance to the round of four. In the semi-finals, he will challenge Ronnie O'Sullivan, six-time winner of the World Championships, who swept Tom Ford 5-1 to advance to the final four.
The 2022 Snooker European Masters is the 11th ranking tournament of the season. In this competition, the world's No. 2 "Rocket" Ronnie O'Sullivan, with the defending champion and world number one Mark Selby, the world's 3rd Judd Trump, the world's 4th Neil Robertson, the world's 5th Karen Wilson, the world's 6th John Higgins and other winning favorites to compete.
In addition, Yan Bingtao, ranked 13th in the world, and Liang Wenbo, who is ranked 35th in the world, also participated in the competition. After the fourth round, Selby, Trump, Robertson and Wilson were all out, and only O'Sullivan was left in the world's top 10 players to advance to the quarterfinals. In addition, Yan Bingtao, who ranked 13th in the world, was also out, and Liang Wenbo strongly advanced to the top 8.
In the quarterfinals, O'Sullivan's opponent is world number 26 Tom Ford. In this match, O'Sullivan continued his recent Grand Prix victory and good form since the start of the tournament, in which he blasted two hundreds and two 50+, and had three sets of clean sheets, sweeping the aggregate score 5-1 to advance to the final four.
Compared to O'Sullivan's 5-1 win promotion, Liang Wenbo's promotion process is very difficult. In a match against world Number 15 Anthony McGill, the opponent started with a two-shot 50+ to take a 2-0 lead. Liang Wenbo then shot two 50+, 3-2 to win the score. In the following game, McGill regained his strength, winning two consecutive sets to win 4-3 match points. In a desperate situation, Liang Wenbo showed a big heart, winning two consecutive sets 5-4 to advance.
In the semi-finals, Liang Wenbo will challenge O'Sullivan, who is in hot form. In terms of strength and form, O'Sullivan has a clear advantage, but Liang Wenbo has created the best record in recent seasons and is looking forward to his surprises!