On February 27, 2022, the final match of the Snooker European Masters was released, and the Chinese players were mixed, and the post-00s young player Fan Zhengyi eliminated the world champion Graeme. Dortmund, the first time in his career to reach the final, became the biggest dark horse, O'Sullivan promoted again, impacting the 39th ranking championship of his career, Liang Wenbo was out, the Chinese derby did not have the opportunity to stage, the opponent is indeed too strong.
O'Sullivan and Liang Wenbo have met 12 times, O'Sullivan has an absolute advantage of 11 wins, this semi-final in many fans seem to be little suspense, the two sides are not a level of players, although Liang Wenbo has performed well recently, but the gap still exists, in the European Masters, O'Sullivan once finished runner-up, lost to Trump, this season's victory over Robertson at the World Grand Prix to win the championship.
Semi-final 11 innings 6 wins, the first set O'Sullivan took the lead, played a single 50 points to interrupt the attack, Liang Wenbo seized the opportunity, played a single 74 points to take the lead, in the second set Liang Wenbo played a single 42 points, simple yellow ball did not score, the situation was completely opened, O'Sullivan laughed at the gift, played a single par 81 points also in color, the opponent state is online, bringing a certain sense of oppression to Liang Wenbo.
In the third set, Liang Wenbo through the bench hand, only scored 27 points to interrupt the attack, O'Sullivan played a single shot 72 points, in the fourth set Liang Wenbo scored a red ball but could not continue to connect the attack, O'Sullivan played a single 60 points, won another set at 85-1, and took a 3-1 lead into the intermission, O'Sullivan basically won with a single shot, there was no mistake, such a state Liang Wenbo really could not play.
Next O'Sullivan took advantage of the chase, blasted out a single shot of 127 points, continued to expand the lead, in the sixth set Liang Wenbo defense was not in place and directly missed the ball, O'Sullivan blasted out a single shot of 109 points, won five consecutive sets 5-1 to get the match point, the seventh set Liang Wenbo played a single 56 points, won 67-64, saved a match point, and then O'Sullivan won 71-51, and finally eliminated Liang Wenbo 6-2 to advance to the final.
This is the second time O'Sullivan has reached the final this season, impacting the 39th ranking championship of his career, and China's post-00s youngster Fan Zhengyi blasted out a single shot of 131 points, 84 points, 77 points, 58 points, 6-4 to eliminate Graeme. Dortmund, who reached the final for the first time in his career, was given the opportunity to challenge O'Sullivan for at least £35,000, regardless of the final outcome.
It is worth mentioning that O'Sullivan maintained a very high winning percentage in the final, only A few people such as Selby, Trump, Higgins and others have won him many times, of course, Fan Zhengyi has a chance to make history, just like Jordan at last year's Welsh Open. Brown, as long as you do yourself well, there are all kinds of possibilities, this is the first time the two have met in their careers, when who can laugh to the end is waiting for it.