NEWS… BUT NOT AS YOU KNOW IT
Fan Zhengyi stunned Neil Robertson and Ryan Day on a memorable day at the Champion of Champions, reminding the snooker world how he won the European Masters out of nowhere last season.
The Chinese star faced a tough task against Robertson on Tuesday afternoon, but downed the former world champion 4-3, before a superb performance to beat Day 6-5, with breaks of 135, 130 and four half-centuries along the way.
Fan won the European Masters as a 750/1 outsider last season, sensationally beating Ronnie O’Sullivan in the final, but he did not really follow that up with more success.
The 21-year-old did not win another match after that triumph in February until a Northern Ireland Open qualifier at the end of August. However, he appears to have rediscovered some magic at the prestigious Champion of Champions.