This Chinese crazy guy who has won over O'Sullivan will block the world champion, and Ding Junhui will be eliminated from the Shanghai Masters
The competition for the 2023 World Snooker Shanghai Masters has intensified. On the evening of the 13th, after a grueling battle that lasted over four hours, Ding Junhui unfortunately lost 5-6 to world champion and "Melbourne machine" Neil Robertson, missing out on the quarterfinals. At present, only China's "only child" is left in the top eight seats -22-year-old Fan Zhengyi, who is also Ding Junhui's junior brother. In the match on the evening of the 14th, Fan Zhengyi will challenge Neil Robertson.
From the competition process, both Ding Junhui and Robertson are not in their best form. In the first half, Robertson took a 3-1 lead. In the second half, Ding Junhui regained his touch and fought hard to catch up, winning four consecutive games, leading the way to the match point with a score of 5-3. Afterwards, Ding Junhui's performance fluctuated and Robertson seized the opportunity to pull back two innings, dragging the game into the deciding game. In the final game, Ding Junhui took the lead, but made a mistake in the key ball's positioning, giving the initiative to Robertson. Robertson conceded a green ball shortly after the Super Point, and Ding Junhui tried to do snooker to make up for the disadvantage. Unfortunately, the opponent played steadily and ultimately won 6-5.
Neil Robertson and Ding Junhui
In an interview after the game, Ding Junhui said that his luck was a bit poor in the last two games, and the opponent's performance was actually not good. "The second game was much better than the first one, and we will continue to compete with the season. We will win one game this time, two games the next time, and three games the next time, and strive to get better and better."
Ding Junhui
Fan Zhengyi won the world's third ranked Mark Allen, causing a major upset at the Shanghai Masters. The former won four consecutive games and came from behind, staged a comeback and became the "last spark" of the Chinese army.
Fan Zhengyi is currently ranked 18th in the world and is a promising young general in the Chinese army, with excellent psychological qualities. In the final of the 2022 European Masters, Fan Zhengyi faced the "Rocket" Ronnie O'Sullivan. Although there was a huge gap in strength between the two sides, Fan Zhengyi, with his strong willpower and outstanding skills, ultimately defeated his opponent 10-9 to win his first professional championship. This victory has given him a place in the professional snooker world and left a deep impression on Chinese fans.
Fan Zhengyi is in the competition
Fan Zhengyi comes from Harbin and started playing billiards at the age of 4 and a half. At the age of 5, he accompanied his mother to Shanghai to participate in the National Junior American Billiards Championships. In this competition, which gathered outstanding young athletes from across the country, Fan Zhengyi achieved the fifth place in the under-14 youth group and became famous in one battle. Fan Zhengyi's courage and determination also attracted the attention of Master Ding Junhui and Wu Wenzhong, known as the "Godfather" of Chinese snooker. Later, Wu Wenzhong accepted this disciple, and Fan Zhengyi became Ding Junhui's disciple.
Although Fan Zhengyi, like Ding Junhui, had early exposure to billiards, he did not achieve many impressive results. Since entering the professional arena in early 2018, Fan Zheng did not emerge until 2022. He made his debut in the quarterfinals of the ranking competition at the Snooker German Masters and later won the European Masters. At that time, O'Sullivan commented, "Fan Zhengyi is an outstanding genius player, who played some exciting games in the game, as well as extraordinary attacks."
Fan Zhengyi
Fan Zheng, who ended the game early, didn't know his opponent in the quarter finals, but he said that whether it was Ding Junhui or Robertson, he would try his best to win. "I usually have a high level of training, and it's possible to win by demonstrating my training skills," he said
Fan Zhengyi gives the impression of being quite crazy to the outside world. When he was a child, he went to Ding Junhui's father's gym and, unaware of his superiority, directly said to others, "Where is Ding Junhui? Ask him to come out for a competition." Of course, now he understands that it's just a big shot and useless, and he still needs to show his true abilities in the end.
