The Snooker European Masters ended the two semi-finals duels under the expectations of everyone, china's post-00s fan Zhengyi defeated world champion Graeme Dort to reach the final of the ranking tournament for the first time in his career, and Liang Wenbo regrettably lost to his friend O'Sullivan to stop the final four.
For China's snooker, this European Masters is undoubtedly exciting, in Ding Junhui with the age of the peak of the more and more young players stand out, Pang Junxu, Yuan Sijun, Fan Zhengyi and other post-00s young players also set the best record.
In particular, the 21-year-old Fan Zhengyi, a teenager who once refused a hundred mouths, has completely completed his transformation this season, and the ten hours of training every day have finally paid off.
Before the semi-finals, Fan Zhengyi defeated two top 16 top players, Karen Wilson and Yan Bingtao, followed by a big score to defeat the powerful David Gilbert, and in the semifinals, he faced the world champion Dort and advanced to the final.
There is no doubt that Fan Zhengyi has made great progress, not only in terms of accuracy, but also in terms of relatively weak defense, which has also been greatly improved, but also full of confidence on the field, and in an interview after the game, he has also changed his previous hostility and become humble.
Fan Zhengyi said after the match: This is an unexpected week, it is difficult to imagine that I can enter the final, when Dort will be close to the score I withstood the pressure, this tournament I beat a lot of excellent players, which made me get more confidence, I trained with Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao every day, thank you for making me better.
If you can meet Liang Wenbo in the final, it will be very special, but being able to play O'Sullivan is something that many young players expect, I don't think too much about the final, I want to keep myself calm.
Unfortunately, the Chinese derby in the final could not be staged as desired, and in another semi-final match, O'Sullivan defeated Liang Wenbo by a large score to break into the final, and he also felt sorry for his friend's defeat of O'Sullivan.
O'Sullivan said after the game: "The two of us are very good friends, I will be happy if he can win, I understand how much he loves snooker and he works hard to support his family, but I have to do my job and give my all to be the greatest respect for my friend." Liang Wenbo has a clean heart, he is very good.
Through O'Sullivan's interview, it can be seen that the relationship between the two is very close, not only that, when the reporter asked Ding Junhui and Liang Wenbo what kind of contribution they made to the promotion of snooker, O'Sullivan also gave praise without any chestnut.
O'Sullivan: They have given so much to The Chinese snooker, especially Ding Junhui, who was the first player to travel to the UK, and they really promoted the development of snooker, and I think in ten years the sport will be taken over by Chinese players like table tennis. I love China and love Chinese fans and friends.
Not only O'Sullivan, as a domestic fan, it is also very exciting to see more and more young players stand up, and I hope that Fan Zhengyi can let go of playing in the final without using too much pressure, throwing away the burden and continuing to create his own career record.