Beijing time on February 27 news, the 2022 Snooker European Masters ended 2 semi-finals, O'Sullivan defeated Liang Wenbo 6-2, Fan Zhengyi eliminated world champion Dort 6-4, and the two will meet in the final. As a legendary superstar, O'Sullivan will fight against China's dark horse and impact the 39th crown of his career. And Fan Zhengyi has made history, he will attack his first personal championship! In the world rankings, O'Sullivan is 2nd and Fan Zhengyi is 62nd.
It was not easy for Liang Wenbo to reach the semi-finals, but unfortunately he met O'Sullivan, who was in good shape.
In this battle, Liang Wenbo entered the state faster, winning with 74 points per shot. But since then, the situation has been controlled by O'Sullivan, Liang Wenbo is very passive, O'Sullivan blasted out a single shot of 81 points, 72 points, 60 points, 127 points, 109 points, won 5 consecutive games, 5-1 far ahead, the game has lost suspense. Subsequently, Liang Wenbo single-handedly scored 56 points to pull back a city. But in the end, O'Sullivan won another set 71-51, and easily eliminated Liang Wenbo 6-2 to reach the final.
In another semi-final, the 21-year-old Fan Zhengyi faced world champion Dortmund, who is 44 years old and has won the World Championship in 2006. However, Dort's career is not prominent, his championship has been famine for 15 years, and the last time he won the championship was in 2007, when Dort won the snooker China Open.
In this game, Fan Zhengyi entered the form faster, taking a 2-0 lead after winning the first two sets. After that, Fan Zhengyi expanded his advantage, 4-1! Seeing that the victory was almost in hand, Fan Zhengyi's mentality changed, and Dot chased 2 consecutive sets. After that, Fan Zhengyi still won the match point 5-3. After a fight, there were many mistakes on both sides, and Fan Zhengyi finally won 6-4. For the first time in his career, Fan Zhengyi reached the final of the ranking competition!
In the final match, China's dark horse Fan competed for a 38-crowned legend O'Sullivan.
In this game, Fan Zhengyi will hit his first personal championship, he is only 21 years old, and he is a rising star of Chinese snooker. O'Sullivan has won the ranking championship 38 times, the first person in history, and now O'Sullivan has the hope of breaking the record and winning the 39th crown! There is no doubt that O'Sullivan is the more favored side.
At 21:00 Beijing time on February 27 and 3:00 a.m. on February 28, the final will be divided into two stages, and the format is 17 sets and 9 wins.