O'Sullivan praises 3 Chinese youngsters! Fan Zhengyi soared 49 places in the world rankings, surpassing Ding Junhui. 2022 Snooker European Masters, China's post-00s young player Fan Zhengyi black to the end, in the final 10-9 narrowly defeated O'Sullivan, won the first ranking championship of his career, and Fan Zhengyi is also the third Chinese player to win the ranking championship this season, after Ding Junhui, the second Chinese player to defeat O'Sullivan in the final, this game, Fan Zhengyi created a number of history.
This season, a number of Chinese players have made breakthroughs, first Yan Bingtao won the Masters championship, then Zhao Xintong won the British Championship championship, and then at the German Masters, Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao met in the final, and finally Zhao Xintong won the second ranking championship of his career. At this European Masters, Fan Zheng fought for a long time and finally defeated O'Sullivan in the final, lifting the first ranking championship trophy of his career. After the end of the European Masters, the world rankings also changed, Fan Zhengyi with 80,000 pounds of championship prize money, the world ranking soared 49 places, surpassing Ding Junhui to 31st, Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao are still in the top 16 in the world, Zhou Yuelong ranked 23rd, Liang Wenbo ranked 29th, Lu Ning ranked 32nd, Ding Junhui slipped to 33rd, it can be seen that there are now 6 Chinese players in the world ranking beyond Ding Junhui.
After the game, O'Sullivan praised Fan Zhengyi's performance, saying that the Chinese youngster's attack was divine, his performance in the final was very good, worthy of this championship, able to win the ranking championship at the age of 21, which is a very remarkable thing, Fan Zhengyi, Zhao Xintong, Yan Bingtao cheered together, and there may be new people in the future who are eager to try, which is a good thing for the development of snooker. Previously, O'Sullivan also said that in the next decade, snooker may become dominated by Chinese players like table tennis, and from the current situation, O'Sullivan's prediction seems to have begun to confirm.
Many fans congratulated Fan Zhengyi on winning the championship: "The Fan family boys are ambitious, and they are not proud to win the championship. One shot to pick down the fierce rocket, triumphant return good escape! "China's snooker players have sprung up like mushrooms, hoping that they will grow rapidly and win glory for the country." I thought that without Selby Radish Higgins Jr. these nemesis, the Rockets can usher in 39 crowns, but I did not expect That Fan Zhengyi came out of nowhere, successfully sniping the Rockets, and won a crown with a lot of gold content in his career, congratulations! Xiao Fan can look forward to the future! "The temperament of the game is very good, the young man is as handsome as Zhao Xintong, and the new and unique double pride of the snooker industry." "The rise of the Snooker Chinese Legion is exciting! Ding Junhui is no longer a single-handed battle, but the role of Ding Junhui's leader cannot be underestimated. ”