On February 28, Beijing time, the snooker European Masters, China's post-00s young player Fan Zhengyi successfully won the championship, and climbed 49 places, rising from 80th to 31st, surpassing Ding Junhui. Of all the Chinese players, Fan Zhengyi is currently ranked fifth, while Ding Junhui has fallen to China's "old sixth".
Fan Zhengyi successfully won the European Masters, earned 80,000 pounds, climbed 49 places in the ranking, rose from 80th to 31st, and can be said to have defeated the "rocket" and sat on the "rocket" to rise.
Among the Chinese players, Zhao Xintong is still ranked 7th, the highest-ranked Chinese player. Yan Bingtao ranked 13th, and the ranking did not change much. Zhou Yuelong ranked 23rd, and Liang Wenbo, who performed well in the final four of the European Masters, rose to 29th.
Ding Junhui, once a brother of Chinese snooker, continued to decline in ranking, and has reached the 32nd place, ranking less than Zhao Xintong, Yan Bingtao, Zhou Yuelong, Liang Wenbo and Fan Zhengyi among Chinese players, and has become the "old sixth" of Chinese snooker. Ding Junhui's downward speed is still quite amazing.
Selby was eliminated in the first round of the European Masters but still occupied the first place. O'Sullivan failed to score 39 crowns and continue to rank second, still maintaining pressure on the world number one. Both Trump and Robertson did not fare well at the European Masters, continuing to be third and fourth, with Karen Wilson on the way to Van's title, in addition to O'Sullivan's defeat of another title favourite, who was fifth. Higgins was sixth, Mark Williams eighth, Hawkins ninth and Murphy tenth.