On February 28, Beijing time, the final of the 2022 Snooker European Masters, Fan Zhengyi beat O'Sullivan 10-9 and won the ranking championship for the first time in his career! After the game, Fan Zhengyi was very modest, thinking that he won the championship, mainly because O'Sullivan did not play well!
In this game, Fan Zhengyi basically took the lead and eventually withstood the pressure. With 9-8 match points and O'Sullivan stubbornly leveling and 9-9, Van fought for a big heart and won the decider, winning 10-9!
At the moment of winning the championship, Fan Zhengyi was relatively calm, just holding out a finger.
After the game, O'Sullivan praised Fan Zhengyi, believing that the Chinese rising star has a big heart and is very talented.
And O'Sullivan is Fan Zhengyi's idol, the 21-year-old is very modest, "This game, my goal is to win one more round is one more round, don't lose too badly, this time I won, mainly O'Sullivan did not play well." Fan Zhengyi said.
Nowadays, China's snooker rising stars continue to achieve good results, Zhao Xintong, Yan Bingtao is also very young, has won the ranking championship, of which, Zhao Xintong is even more won the three major championships, Fan Zhengyi also mentioned two teammates, "We usually train together, but also constantly fight, in the confrontation to summarize!" ”
Speaking about the feelings of winning the championship, Fan Zhengyi said, "This is the first time I have reached the final, the first time I have played against idol O'Sullivan, I didn't think too much, I was very happy to be able to fight against him in the final! ”
It is worth mentioning that Fan Zhengyi's English is not very good, and there are Chinese translators on the spot. Of course, Fan Zhengyi will definitely speak English, but it is just a victory speech, and Fan Zhengyi does not want to encounter an embarrassing situation.
Fan Zhengyi created history, won the ranking championship for the first time in his career, this season, after Zhao Xintong won 2 crowns, the 3rd crown of China's snooker also came! It can be said that under the influence of Ding Junhui, a generation of Chinese snookers has risen. Zhao Xintong, Yan Bingtao, Fan Zhengyi, they are all very young.
In addition, Fan Zhengyi will also receive a championship prize of 80,000 pounds, congratulating the youngster.