In the second group final of the World Snooker Championship Invitational Tournament, which just ended in the early morning of November 18, 2021 Beijing time, China's post-00s young player Yan Bingtao faced the world's no. 1 Mark Selby. Prior to this match, the two players had met a total of five times, with Selby winning three and losing twice, and the only game between the two sides to surpass the snatch four was on the tour, when Selby beat Yan Bingtao 9-6 to win. In this game, Yan Bingtao successfully advanced to the semifinals with a single shot of 140 points and 76 points to beat Selby by 6-3 with a single shot of 132 points. It is worth mentioning that Yan Bingtao is also the first post-00 player to advance to the final four since the history of the crown.
Selby was in good shape to draw 1-1 with Yan Bingtao
In the first set, Yan Bingtao scored 28 points after taking the lead in scoring a thin goal and was fined 4 points for hitting the combination ball mistake and the mother ball was thrown into the bag, and then Selby scored a red ball to get 1 point to bring trouble to himself and was given 10 points after making a mistake in the blue ball. Yan Bingtao then advanced the difficult left side of the red ball to get 28 points and 66:5 to complete the super point. Selby did not give up, but he made a mistake after scoring 8 points, and then Yan Bingtao scored a red ball again, and in the end, Yan Bingtao won the game 74:20 to lead Selby 1-0 to usher in the opening red. In the second set, Selby scored a red ball on the far table, but then hit the green ball k red ball pile unfortunately scored a pink ball and was awarded 6 points. Yan Bingtao defensively made a mistake, Selby scored a red ball in the right pocket, and scored a single shot of 68 points to win the game 1-1 with Yan Bingtao at 76:6.
Yan Bingtao won two consecutive sets to lead Selby 4-2
In the third set, Yan Bingtao took the lead in scoring the red ball and successfully got started, and after scoring 37 points, there was a serious mistake, and then Selby scored a red ball successfully to get on the mobile phone and scored 39 points to hit the left middle pocket red ball error. Yan Bingtao scored the red ball in the left bottom pocket and successfully scored 47 points to win the game 84:39 to continue to lead Selby 2-1. In the fourth set, Yan Bingtao made a mistake in kicking off, Selby fought into the far table red ball to get started, and single shot directly blasted 78 points 78:0 to win the set to draw Yan Bingtao 2-2. In the fifth set, Yan Bingtao took the lead in playing a high-quality defense, and Selby was fined 4 points for a thin ball error. Yan Bingtao scored the luck ball and successfully played, and single-handedly blasted 76 points to win the game 80-0 to take a 3-2 lead. In the sixth set, Yan Bingtao scored the first red ball to get 34 points to hit the red ball error, and then Selby made another mistake, Yan Bingtao got 13 points to choose defense. In the end, Yan Bingtao won the game 59:21 to lead Selby 4-2.
Yan Bingtao beat Selby 6-3 to advance to the final four
In the seventh inning, Selby scored the first red ball to successfully win the mobile phone meeting, and the performance of a single shot directly blasted 132 points to win the set 132-0 to leave Yan Bingtao 3-4. In the eighth set, Selby made a defensive mistake, Yan Bingtao pushed the far table red ball to get started, and directly blasted a high score of 140 points to win the game 140:0 to lead Selby 5-3 to get the match point of the game. It is worth mentioning that Yan Bingtao's single score of 140 points is also the highest single score so far in this tournament. In the ninth inning, Yan Bingtao directly blasted 78 points to win the game 120:11, thus beating Selby 6-3 to reach the final four of the Championship Invitational Tournament. It is worth mentioning that this is also yan Bingtao's second recent defeat of Selby, which also means that he already has the level of strength to compete with the world's top players. Next, Yan Bingtao will compete with the only promoter in the third group for the final seat in the semi-final of the Championship Invitational Tournament.