On February 28, in the final of the Snooker European Masters, China's post-00s youngster Fan Zhengyi defeated O'Sullivan 10-9 and won the championship for the first time in his career to reach the final of the ranking tournament. Such a result may not be thought of by many people before the game, after all, O'Sullivan is one of the greatest players in snooker history, and Fan Zhengyi is just a fledgling young player. Although Fan Zhengyi is young, he has good emotional intelligence and is also very good at being a person. After the game, Fan Zhengyi responded to his victory over O'Sullivan, saying that it was mainly because O'Sullivan did not play well, which really gave the Rockets enough face.
When it comes to the snooker movement, then O'Sullivan's name has to be mentioned, as the owner of many records in snooker history, O'Sullivan is well known to everyone. And the reason why O'Sullivan is loved by everyone is not only because of his excellent results, his style of play is clean and clean, never drag mud and water, whether it is winning or losing, it is very enjoyable to watch, and thus has the nickname of "Rocket", which describes his speed of play. Compared to Selby's style, many people still prefer the Rockets' game. Although no longer young, O'Sullivan still has the strength to win the championship in the rankings.
At this snooker European Masters, O'Sullivan went through five levels and scored six generals to reach the final, and his opponent was Fan Zhengyi, a post-00 Chinese player. In this game, everyone was more optimistic about O'Sullivan winning the championship, but he did not expect That Fan Zheng to go to the end, killed O'Sullivan 10-9, and won the first ranking championship of his career. The first time to enter the final can win the championship, Fan Zhengyi also interpreted the youth storm to the extreme. Although snooker is not as physically demanding, and therefore not as much as other sports, O'Sullivan may still feel the power of young people.
After the game, Fan Zhengyi showed a high emotional intelligence side. In response to why he was able to kill O'Sullivan to win the championship, he said that it was mainly because O'Sullivan himself did not play well. It can be seen that although he is a post-00 young player, Fan Zhengyi is very good at being a person, and he did not flutter after winning the championship, but maintained a low profile and humility. Facing the best player in snooker history, Fan Zhengyi did not forget even if he won the game, but gave O'Sullivan enough face in his post-match remarks. Seeing Fan Zhengyi's character makes people optimistic about his future.
In recent years, Chinese snooker players have emerged, and in 2021, Yan Bingtao won the snooker Masters championship, and Zhao Xintong won the British Championship. At this year's German Masters, Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao were the finals of the division. Now, Fan Zhengyi has won the European Masters. The outstanding performance of the three young snooker players let everyone see the strength of China's snooker in the post-Ding Junhui era. In contrast, Ding Junhui's results are a bit bland. Perhaps this is the so-called Yangtze River back wave pushing forward the wave, and now Ding Junhui is also going to give way to the newcomer.
Ding Junhui debuted as a talented player that year, and also inspired a large number of young people to engage in this sport, Fan Zhengyi, Yan Bingtao, Zhao Xintong, they should also be more or less influenced by Ding Junhui. Nowadays, China Snooker is full of talents, which makes people happy, and looks forward to their better results in future competitions.