On February 26, 2022, the snooker European Masters final four have been out of the second, China's post-00s youngster Fan Zhengyi eliminated Gilbert 5-3, world champion Graeme. Dortmund narrowly beat Ryan 5-4. Dai, the two sides will compete for the final spot in the first half of the zone, this is the first time in His career that Fan Zhengyi has reached the final four of the ranking tournament, losing three consecutive sets at 4-0 match points, almost suffering a big reversal, he only needs to win two more games to win the championship.
Fan Zhengyi has improved rapidly this season and achieved an unexpected transformation, just in the German Masters, he reached the quarterfinals, creating a personal best, and when he came to the European Masters, he continued to make breakthroughs and win consecutive wins against Karen. Wilson, Yan Bingtao and Gilbert, three of the world's top 20 players, reached the final four of the ranking tournament for the first time in their careers, and then challenged world champion Graeme. Dot.
It is worth mentioning that the post-00 young general was once relegated, lost his professional qualifications, and then returned to the field through his own efforts, and finally got the results this year, which was paid attention to by the outside fans, following Zhao Xintong's two ranking championships, and now there is a rise of Fan Zhengyi, becoming the biggest dark horse in the ranking competition of this station, plus Yan Bingtao and others, the young generation of Chinese snooker can really look forward to the future.
Before the half-time break, Fan Zhengyi performed strongly, blasting out a single shot of 117 points, 62 points, 56 points to win four consecutive games, directly to get the match point, Gilbert played a single shot 98 points, saved two match points in a row, the seventh set Fan Zhengyi missed a good opportunity, Gilbert completed the clearance to achieve a reversal, and then Fan Zhengyi withstood the pressure, won 64-61, and finally eliminated Gilbert 5-3 to advance to the final four, refusing to be reversed.
This game Gilbert is a bit slow and hot, 0-4 behind three consecutive sets is not easy, Fan Zhengyi chose to take the initiative at a critical moment, solve the fan ball problem of bianku, show a strong personal ability, for Fan Zhengyi, or go all out to fight the opponent.
At the same time the game was played by Graeme. Dortmund narrowly beat Ryan 5-4. Dai, both in poor shape, Graeme. Dortmund didn't have a 50+ in the whole game, and there were many simple mistakes to interrupt the attack, but fortunately Ryan. Dai had some bad luck or the end result would be hard to say about Graeme. Dort was almost eliminated by Zhou Yuelong before, and he really did not expect that he could still persist until now.
If the two sides are still in the current state, then Fan Zhengyi has a great chance to eliminate Graeme. Dort progressed to the final, of course, it still depends on the two men's impromptu play, Graeme. After all, Dort has won the World Championship, the competition experience is very rich, it is not easy to defeat him, Fan Zhengyi thinks too much about it does not make much sense, as long as he plays at the best level, no matter what the result is, it can be accepted.