In the early morning of February 27, Beijing time, the semi-final match of the Snooker European Masters was held, and O'Sullivan and Liang Wenbo met in a narrow road. In the previous 11 meetings between the two, O'Sullivan had a clear advantage of 10 wins and 1 loss. O'Sullivan also performed even better in today's match, scoring Liang Wenbo 6-2 and successfully reaching the final of the station.
In the first set, O'Sullivan came up and scored a 50-point shot, but Liang Wenbo was not to be outdone, he scored 74 points and won the first set 74-50. O'Sullivan scored 81 points on a single shot in the second set to make it 1-1 81-42. In the third inning, O'Sullivan continued the fiery feel, scoring 72 points to win the next set again 72-27. In the 4th set, O'Sullivan scored 60 points to win another set 85-1.
In the 5th inning, O'Sullivan scored 127 points to keep a 135-0 clean sheet for a 4-1 lead. In the 6th inning, O'Sullivan scored a single 109 points to improve his career 100 to 1143 and win the set point 5-1. In the 7th inning, Liang Wenbo fought backwaters, scoring 56 points with a single shot, and pulled back a set 67-64. In the 8th set O'Sullivan did not give his opponent another chance, winning the match 71-51, thus winning the match 6-2.
In the end, O'Sullivan managed to reach the final 6-2, and in the final he will face the world's 80th-ranked Chinese player Fan Zhengyi, who performed well and defeated Graeme Dort 6-4 to reach the final of his first ranking match of his career.