In the early morning of February 26, Beijing time, the Snooker 2022 European Masters in Milton, England. Keynes ended all quarter-finals, and Chinese youngster Fan Zheng repeatedly played the role of dark horse, following the overthrow of Kairen. After Wilson and Yan Bingtao, they continued to maintain a good feel in the duel with the powerful warrior Brother Tudou, and finally killed the opponent, and joined hands with Liang Wenbo to reach the top 4 and refresh their best personal record.
The 21-year-old Fan Zhengyi began to compete in professional competitions in 2018, but three years later, Fan Zhengyi performed poorly and suffered relegation, until last year when he returned to the professional arena.
Since last year, after Yan Bingtao and Zhao Xintong won the Masters and British Championships one after another, Fan Zhengyi was inspired to swear to practice hard.
Heavenly rewards, pay there is a reward, Fan Zhengyi in the German Masters refreshing, the attack power is significantly enhanced, two rounds of qualifying to play 1 shot to break 100 and 5 par 50 + high score, in the first two rounds of the main stage, Fan Zhengyi and 2 shots of 50 + firepower, the result of breaking through four levels in a row to reach the top 8, refreshing the personal best.
Before the Welsh Open qualifiers began, some media filmed Fan Zhengyi practicing with Zhao Xintong, and as a result, Cao Yupeng was scared out of a cold sweat in the first round of the qualifiers, and finally played until the decider to get out of the game.
Fan Zhengyi's opponent in the first round of this tournament was Aaron who killed Zhao Xintong in the qualifying round. Hill, Fan Zhengyi won 5-3.
In the following game, Fan Zhengyi broke out in a state, facing the world's fifth-ranked "fierce man" Kairen in the second round. Wilson, Fan Zhengyi fought fiercely to the decider and killed it, scoring 1 hundred and 4 high scores of 50+, which was also the best game played in the 4 years of the professional game of Fan.
This is not the end, the 3rd round of facing the Masters champion compatriot Yan Bingtao, in the case of 0-3 behind the situation quickly adjusted the feel, the accuracy suddenly improved, continuous bombardment of single shot 55 points, 53 points, 55 points, 74 points, 60 points, consecutively pulled 5 sets to play Yan Bingtao had no ability to fight back, and finally reversed the opponent with a total score of 5-3 to reach the top 8.
This round takes on the fierce potato brother, who defeated Robertson's Pang Junxu in the last round.
In this campaign, Fan Zhengyi continued to maintain the excellent feel of the previous round, and at the same time, with the help of the opponent's sleepwalking state, he even shot 56 points, 62 points, 117 points in a single shot, and fell 4 straight sets to grab the match point 4-0!
Brother Potato was obviously underestimated before the game, and was fiercely caught off guard by Fan Zhengyi.
After the break, David, who had a chance to breathe, scored a single 98 point in the following game, successfully saving two match points in two consecutive sets to make the score 2-4.
In the 7th set, facing the upcoming victory, Fan Zhengyi actually made a low-level mistake under pressure, and actually hit the pink ball when actively defending the last red ball, and the potato brother who escaped the disaster picked up the inning to make the score 3-4.
Fan Zhengyi thus lost three consecutive sets.
In the end, Fan Zhengyi stabilized his position and took the lead in reaching the top 4 with an aggregate score of 5-3, once again refreshing the best record of his career.
In the next game, Fan Zhengyi will compete with Dort for the right to the final.
In another quarter-final, Liang Wenbo performed well against Scotland youngster McGill, and finally won two consecutive sets to reach the top 4 after falling behind 3-4.
In the semi-finals, he will compete with his friend O'Sullivan for a place in the final.
Here, congratulations to Dabo Xiaofan.