On the evening of April 10, Beijing time, in the third round of the Snooker World Championship qualification round, ST European Masters champion Fan Zhengyi made his debut against the powerful Vaaklin. In the first set, Fan Zhengyi took the next city 90-34. In the second set, Vaaklin scored 73 points to win. In the third set, Fan Zheng scored a single 50 points and won 82-22. The fourth set was fought in pieces, the two frequently exchanged hand rights, 2 times the mother ball fell the bag, Fan Zheng once fished successfully, but unfortunately there was a fatal mistake in the clear lottery stage, Vackering laughed and accepted the gift, and the first four sets were drawn 2-2.
This season, Fan Zhengyi, born in 2001, made a splash at the European Masters, defeating O'Sullivan 10-9 in the final, soaring to the sky, winning the first championship of his career, becoming the 71st ranking champion in the history of the world's professional snooker, and also becoming the 6th ranking champion in the history of China's snooker, following Ding Junhui, Fu Jiajun, Liang Wenbo, Yan Bingtao and Zhao Xintong. In the single-season ranking, Fan Zhengyi ranked 16th. In the world ranking, Fan Zhengyi ranked 34th. In this snooker World Championship qualification tournament, Fan Zhengyi started from the third round, which is also the fourth time in Fan Zhengyi's career to participate in the World Championships, and the previous three times were stopped at the qualifying stage.
In the first three sets, Fan Zhengyi led 2-1. The fourth set is full of drama: First of all, Fan Zhengyi's mother ball bag fell but ushered in an unexpected surprise, leaving An opportunity for Wackering, Wackering lost it, Fan Zhengyi successfully completed the fishing, however, Fan Zhengyi failed to seize the opportunity to win with a single shot, after that, the two frequently exchanged hand rights, the mistakes were more, Vaklin faced a good situation, there was also a situation where the mother ball fell into the bag, the initiative was handed over to Fan Zhengyi, and Fan Zhengyi's mistake in the qingcai stage became a fatal mistake. With this hand, Vackering finally won this chaotic battle!
In the first four sets, 2-2 draw, Fan Zhengyi was in a very general state, and the opponent Vacklin made more mistakes, and overall, the standard of the game was not high.