European Masters Champion PK Welsh Open, Fan Zhengyi 4-2 to advance!
On the 29th Beijing time, the 2024 Welsh Open has ended. The winner of the European Masters, Fan Zhengyi, defeated Joe Perry of the Welsh Tennis Championships 4-2 with two 50+ scores to get into the main draw.
As time went on, the Gram tournament also became tense, first with the Masters and World Grand Prix, and then with qualifying for the World Open and Welsh Open. Ding Junhui, Zhang Anda, and Cao Yupeng all entered the quarterfinals of the international competition, while Ding Junhui and Cao Yupeng entered the semifinals.
Fan Zhengyi is the winner of the 2022 European Masters, and his current results are very ordinary, and he can't even enter the top 32, so he is not eligible to play in the Masters and the International Grand Prix. Earlier, he played in the qualifiers for the **g tournament, beating Dylan Emory 5-2 to reach the main draw.
Fan Zhengyi faced off against Joe Perry, winner of the 2022 Welsh Tennis Championships, in the qualifiers for the Welsh Championships, and the player made it all the way to the end.
In the finals, facing the "King of Accuracy" Judd Trume, he defeated the opponent with a total score of 9:5 and won the finals. This is the fourth time Trump has won the world No. 1 rankings, and it also ends his seven-year uncrowned title, which is also the 23rd loss in his career.
Especially in the qualifiers for the 2024 Welsh Tennis Championships, Fan Zheng showed great confidence when facing the Welsh Tennis Championships, and he won three matches with two 50+ scores in the opening court. In two service games from Joe Perry, he won the match 67-52 and went into the main draw with a 4-2 score.