On November 18, 2021, the snooker crown continued, and the group stage quarterfinals were released, and China's Yan Bingtao defeated world champion Shaun 4-1. Murphy, Selby 1-3 behind to win three consecutive sets, 4-3 reverse Gilbert, the next two sides will compete for a semi-final spot, in the English Open two have played each other, when Yan Bingtao beat Selby 4-3, this time of course also has a chance to win.
Yan Bingtao is currently the most competitive Chinese player, the world ranking 12th, just this year he won the Masters championship, is the first in history to win three major championships after the 00 player, after the start of the new season, Yan Bingtao has a good result, the Northern Ireland Open defeated O'Sullivan, lost to Higgins in the semifinals, the English Open defeated Selby to advance to the quarterfinals, and then lost Higgins out.
Although Ding Junhui's results are better, Yan Bingtao still has a big gap, but at present, Yan Bingtao has the strength to defeat the top players, the overall performance is still relatively stable, Ding Junhui's state has seriously declined, the winning rate is getting lower and lower, which has led to many fans are not optimistic about Ding Junhui's performance, looking forward to more yan Bingtao, the opponent in the first round of the group stage is Murphy, ranking 6th in the world.
Sean. Murphy is a Grand Slam player, this year's World Championships he lost to Selby to get the runner-up, and Yan Bingtao has 8 times to win 5 wins and 3 losses, just in the second round of the World Championships Murphy eliminated Yan Bingtao 13-7, the best result of Murphy in the new season is the Northern Ireland Open Quarterfinals.
The first round of the group stage 7 innings 4 wins, the second round of 11 innings 6 wins, the first set of Murphy defense is not in place directly missed the ball, Yan Bingtao played a single shot of 88 points to take the lead, the second set Of Yan Bingtao took the initiative through high-quality defense, played a single 78 points 86-0 to win another set, the third set Murphy played a single 52 points to interrupt the attack, Yan Bingtao made a mistake and failed to seize the opportunity, Murphy once again started 77-14 to color.
Next Murphy scored a red ball, but did not connect the offense, Yan Bingtao only scored 19 points to turn into defense, Murphy had a simple mistake, Yan Bingtao played a single shot 96 points to win another round, 3-1 to get the match point, the fifth set Yan Bingtao 66-43 super points, did not expect the mother ball to fall into the bag, Murphy completed the clearance to reset the black ball, Yan Bingtao scored into the long platform 73-66 lock victory, 4-1 eliminated Murphy to advance to the quarterfinals.
The world's first Selby 1-3 behind to win three consecutive sets, blasted out a single shot 131 points, 79 points, 72 points, 67 points 4-3 to eliminate Gilbert, although the results in the crown have not been ideal, but Selby still showed a strong competitiveness, Yan Bingtao again to fight Selby, as long as the level of play will have the opportunity to qualify, let us continue to look forward to the next performance of the Chinese youngster, come on!