On March 25, Beijing time, in the first round of the 2022 Snooker Gibraltar Open, Fan Zheng was reversed with 2 match points in one hand, losing 3-4 to Hu Jier! In the decider, Fan Zhengyi scored a white ball by mistake and took the initiative to concede defeat.
This season, Fan Zhengyi counterattacked at the Snooker European Masters, defeating O'Sullivan 10-9 in the final and winning the championship for the first time in his career to reach the ranking final! Today, among the young players of China's snooker, Fan Zhengyi, like Yan Bingtao and Zhao Xintong, has high hopes. In this battle, his opponent was Hugel.
In the first set, Hugel won first, but Fan Zhengyi then entered the form, 54-18, 72-32, Fan Zheng scored a big score of 2-1. Hugel won the fourth set 95-7, 2-2! In the fifth set, Fan scrambled for a single shot of 60 points to get the match point, 3-2!
Hugel then scored 102 points to bring the game to the decider. In the seventh inning, Hugel scored 48 points and then turned to defense, and the situation was already difficult for Fan Zhengyi. Since then, Hugel has continued to extend his advantage, taking a 56-0 lead. Hugel then scored a black ball to give a 64-0 lead. Hugel made a mistake in attacking the red ball, and Fan Zhengyi still had a weak chance. After scoring 24 points, Fan Zheng saw that there was no good chance and could only turn to defense. In the end, Fan Zhengyi unfortunately scored a white ball and took the initiative to concede defeat, 3-4, Fan Zhengyi lost the game.
At the European Grand Prix of Snooker, Fan Zhengyi was in a crazy state, so he was able to beat O'Sullivan. But now, Fan Zhengyi's aura was gradually dissipating.
Except for Ding Junhui, in the troika of China's snooker, Fan Zhengyi compared Yan Bingtao and Zhao Xintong, and needed more outstanding overall results. Zhao Xintong has 2 important champions, and Yan Bingtao has also reached the final in addition to the Masters champion. Fan Zhengyi lacked some of this.
In this competition, Zhao Xintong and Fan Zhengyi were out, and Yan Bingtao unexpectedly did not participate, and some sources pointed out that It may be that Yan Bingtao's agent forgot to register the player himself. Of course, Ding Junhui is in excellent shape, has won 3 consecutive wins and reached the round of 16!