On May 1, 2022, the final of the Snooker World Championship was played, but for the Chinese team, the season has ended early, unlike most Chinese players, fan Zhengyi, a young player after 00, bought a ticket to return to China and returned to China after the end of the World Championship qualification round. Fan Zhengyi, who is currently isolated at the Shanghai hotel, gave a video interview to Five Star Sports, summarizing his performance in the past season and his vision for the future, Fan Zhengyi gave himself a 9 points for the past season and set himself a goal of reaching the top 16 next season.
Fan Zhengyi is a young player after the 00s of Chinese snooker, who first turned into a professional in 2018, and has passed the European Masters this season, eliminating Karen Wilson, Yan Bingtao, Gilbert, Dort and other masters to reach the final, defeating his idol Ronnie O'Sullivan 10-9 in the final to win the first ranking championship of his career. Fan Zhengyi became the second post-00 player in the world to win the ranking championship after Yan Bingtao, and also became the sixth player in the history of China's snooker to win the ranking championship, jumping to 36th in the world ranking at the end of the year.
Fans who have been paying attention to snooker know that before winning the championship this time, Fan Zheng has been criticized, because Xiao Fan once complained about Ding Junhui playing football when he was young, and publicly stated that his idol was not Ding Junhui but O'Sullivan, after two or three years of professional transfer, Xiao Fan has not achieved the results of his hand, and because of his stubbornness (wanting to give his first shot to 147), he has not opened his own account of breaking hundred, and once relegated, so he has been puzzled and ridiculed by a large number of fans. Winning the championship this time can be described as breaking the doubt in one fell swoop and bringing great self-confidence to itself.
In an interview with Five Star Sports, Fan Zhengyi blew himself up that his playing style was similar to Robertson's, biased towards attacking a little more, and when it came to his goal for next season, Fan Zhengyi said that his goal for next season was to reach the top 16, and finally blessed his idol O'Sullivan to win the championship at this World Championship. It can be seen that Xiao Fan is still very pragmatic in setting his goals, and hopes that Fan Zhengyi, as well as more young players such as Yan Bingtao and Zhao Xintong, will show more Chinese snooker strength on the world stage.