The 2022 Snooker European Masters ushered in two semi-finals today, with China's post-00s youngster Fan Zhengyi playing scottish post-70s veteran Graham Dort, which is the first time in Fan Zhengyi's career that he has reached the semifinals of the ranking tournament. In another semi-final, No. 3 seed Ronnie O'Sullivan played against China's Liang Wenbo, looking forward to the two Chinese players playing well.
In the first set, Fan Zhengyi passed multiple starts to take the next set 90-14. In the second inning, he scored a brilliant single-shot 131 to go down another city at 131(131)-0. In the third inning, Dort scored a single 66 to win the set at 72 (66)-30. In the fourth set, Dort made a key mistake when making a safety ball in the bag of powder balls, and Fan Zheng cleared the stage one by one to win another set 62-50, and the big score was 3-1 into the intermission.
In the fifth set, Dortmund again made a global mistake when he led 47-8. Fan Zhengyi took the opportunity to blast a single shot 58 points to clear the stage, with a 66 (58) -47 single set reversal, the big score of 4-1 lead. In the sixth set, Dort pulled back the set 64-24. In the seventh set, Dort once again blasted a single 62 points to win another set at 72 (62)-8, chasing the score to 3-4.
In the eighth set, Fan Zhengyi scored a single 77 points to take 77 (77)-5 to the next city, and the big score was 5-3 to get the match point. In the ninth inning, Dort saved a match point with a single score of 52 points, 74 (52)-58. In the tenth set, Dort missed a tricky top corner red ball when leading 32-0, and Fan Zhengyi seized the opportunity to blast a single 84 points to reverse the single set at 84 (84)-32, winning 6-4 in a big score and reaching the ranking final for the first time in his career.
The other semi-final was O'Sullivan vs. Liang Wenbo. In the first set, Liang Wenbo blasted out a single shot of 74 points, reversing in a single set of 74 (74) -50 (50) to lead 1-0. However, in the second set, Liang Wenbo did not score a yellow goal when he led 42-0. O'Sullivan took advantage of the opportunity to blast a single-shot 81 points to return a single-set reversal at 81 (81)-42. In the third set, O'Sullivan again took the opportunity to blast a single 72 point to win another set at 72 (72)-27.
In the following innings, O'Sullivan scored another 60, 127 and 109 points to win three consecutive sets of 85(60)-1, 135(127)-0 and 109 (109)-0 to win the match point 5-1. In the seventh set, Liang Wenbo scored a single 56 points to clear the stage, and reversed it in a single set of 67 (56)-64 to save 1 match point. In the eighth set, O'Sullivan scored green and coffee balls, winning 71-51 in a single set with 41 minutes to win 6-2 and reach the final of the ranking tournament for the 60th time in his career.
In the semifinals, Fan Zhengyi scored a 1-shot 100 and a 3-shot 50+ (131 points in the second round), of which the 131 points were the third single-shot he shot in this tournament. O'Sullivan blasted a 2-stroke 100 and a 4-shot 50+ (127 points in the 5th inning and 109 points in the 6th inning). Next, China's post-00s young player Fan Zhengyi played against O'Sullivan in the final. Fan Zhengyi happily gave an interview after winning the semi-finals, talking about today's final Fan Zhengyi said that O'Sullivan is an idol and will enjoy the process if he can play against him in the final.