The 2021-2022 snooker European Masters ended the semi-final competition, the Chinese players performed mixed, the "post-00s" young player Fan Zhengyi continued to soar, in the match with world champion Graeme Dort, Fan Zhengyi played well, he always mastered the initiative on the field, and finally Fan Zhengyi defeated the world champion Dort 6:4, reaching the ranking final for the first time in his career. Fan Zhengyi final opponent is "Rocket" O'Sullivan, O'Sullivan also controlled the initiative in another semi-final match, he won five consecutive games in the game to get the match point, and finally O'Sullivan easily defeated China's Liang Wenbo 6:2, just one step away from the 39th ranking championship of his career, Fan Zhengyi will compete with O'Sullivan for the European Masters championship this season, no matter who wins will refresh his career to a new height.
Chinese young player Fan Zhengyi performed quite well in this competition, he has defeated Roy McLeod, Aaron Hill, "the strongest after 90" Karen Wilson, "the strongest after 00" Yan Bingtao, "Brother Potato" David Gilbert, to reach the semifinals. Dort did not meet too strong players in this game, and even so, his promotion was not smooth sailing, three of the four rounds of the main game played until the decider to win hard, before the game everyone unanimously optimistic that the Chinese small will continue the "upset trip" of this game. The first game Fan Zhengyi continued the previous good hand, although he did not play a single high score, but with many mobile phone meetings, Fan Zhengyi won the next city at 83:14, and the second game Fan Zhengyi was in a state of explosion, he single-handedly shot 131 points and then won a round, the big score was 2:0, the third game Fan Zhengyi's attack was still accurate, but Dort won back a set with more stable play and blasted out a single shot of 66 points, and the first three sets Fan Zhengyi led 2:1.
In the fourth game, both sides played very fiercely, both had a chance to win the game, but in the end, Fan Zhengyi seized the opportunity to win 62:50, and in the fifth game, Dort took the lead, scoring 47 points and taking the initiative on the field, Fan Zhengyi resisted the pressure and blasted out a single 58 points and reversed to win, leading 4:1. Dort, who was trailing, won the first set with multiple scoring opportunities in the sixth set, and in the seventh game, Dort scored a single 62 points before winning another set, trailing the score to 3:4. Fan Zhengyi stopped the loss in time in the eighth inning, he scored 77 points in a single shot and won the match point 5:4, the ninth game was a bitter battle between the two sides, both had a wonderful attack, there were also penalties for solving mistakes, and finally Dort seized the opportunity to win the imminent score, the tenth game Fan Zhengyi did not give the world champion Dort another chance, single shot 84 points after ending the battle, and finally Fan Zhengyi defeated Dort 6:4 and strongly advanced to the final of the European Masters.
Veteran Liang Wenbo to meet the "Rockets" O'Sullivan, who is 12 years older than himself, no one in this game is optimistic that Liang Wenbo can beat O'Sullivan to advance to the final, after the two have met 11 times, Liang Wenbo 1 win and 10 losses are completely at a disadvantage, the last six encounters, Liang Wenbo is suffering six consecutive defeats. In the first game Liang Wenbo was in good shape, after a single shot of 74 points, the next city took the lead, in the second game Liang Wenbo lost a good game when the score was ahead, O'Sullivan played a single 81 points and then tied the score, in the third game O'Sullivan was later on top, single shot 72 points and then won another set, the big score was 2:1, and then the three sets became O'Sullivan's personal performance time, he won three consecutive sets after 60 points, 127 points, 109 points, Liang Wenbo only scored one point in three innings, "Rockets" Winning five consecutive sets to get the match point 5:1, although Liang Wenbo chased back one set in the seventh set, he failed to seize the opportunity to lose 51:71 in the eighth set, and finally Liang Wenbo lost 2:6 to O'Sullivan, seven consecutive defeats to the "Rockets", and did not have the opportunity to compete with Fan Zhengyi in the final.