Liang Wenbo lost to O'Sullivan for the 11th time! The 3 Chinese young generals supported each other, and Fan Zhengyi thanked the 2 people. In the second semi-final of the 2022 Snooker European Masters, China's Liang Wenbo failed to move forward, losing 2-6 to O'Sullivan, who scored two breakers and four shots of 50+, so that China's post-00s young player Fan Zhengyi will face O'Sullivan in the final, although the gap between the strength of the two seems to be very large, but Fan Zhengyi still has a chance to create a miracle.
In the past three seasons, Liang Wenbo's performance has been very average, last season in the ranking round was all stopped in the first three rounds, but this season Liang Wenbo's state has rebounded, in this European Masters, Liang Wenbo is Lianke Jones, San Kam, Yuan Sijun, McGill, reached the top 4, following the 2017 Grand Prix to reach the top four of the ranking tournament again. However, Liang Wenbo's opponent in the semifinals is "Rocket" O'Sullivan, and the two have met 11 times before, and Liang Wenbo has only won once. In this game, Liang Wenbo tried to make a change, playing a single shot of 74 points to win the first set. But then O'Sullivan showed the strength of a six-time World Championship champion, scoring 81 points, 72 points, 60 points, 127 points, 109 points in a row, winning 5 consecutive games to take the lead in 5-1. In the seventh set, O'Sullivan made a mistake when leading 59-8, and Liang Wenbo completed the clearance to save a match point.
In the eighth set, the two began to fight, which became the longest single game between the two sides, and finally O'Sullivan locked in the victory 71-51, thus defeating Liang Wenbo 6-2 on aggregate and advancing to the final. From the perspective of the whole game, O'Sullivan felt hot, and won 5 consecutive sets of reversals in the case of losing one set first, beating Liang Wenbo for the 11th time. At this European Masters, O'Sullivan's state has improved significantly, especially in the semi-finals, which shows that O'Sullivan has fully regained his touch.
In another semi-final, Fan Zhengyi defeated the previous champion Dortmund 6-4, and after the game, Fan Zhengyi said in an interview that reaching the final made him unbelievable, his performance was really great, and he gained a lot of confidence. Subsequently, Fan Zhengyi also said that he would not think too much about the final, he would concentrate, and Fan Zhengyi also revealed that he would train with Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao every day, and make himself better and better with their help. The three Chinese players support each other and make progress together, Fan Zhengyi is very grateful for the help of Yan Bingtao and Zhao Xintong, who have won the ranking championship before Yan Bingtao and Zhao Xintong, and I don't know if Fan Zhengyi can keep up with their footsteps this time.