On the morning of November 26, Beijing time, the 2021 World Snooker British Championship ended the third day of competition. China's Yan Bingtao, Tian Pengfei, Zhao Xintong and Gao Yang won the competition and advanced to the round of 64. Liang Wenbo lost 5-6 to Andy Hicks, and Browning lost 5-6 to Jimmy Robertson, regrettably stopping the first round. "Melbourne Machine" Robertson lost to the wild card player and was out of the game.
Yan Bingtao, ranked 12th in the world, has been in good shape lately, reaching the top four in the Northern Ireland tournament and the crown and the British Open. In the first round of this British Championship, Yan Bingtao played against Wu Anyi, a famous female player from Hong Kong, China.
Although Wu Anyi has top strength in the women's snooker field, compared with men's masters like Yan Bingtao, she is still in a significant disadvantage, yan Bingtao opened the game and fired a high score of 67, 100, 107 and 92, quickly achieving a 4-0 overall score advantage, of which the first two sets were clean sheets. In the fifth and sixth sets, Yan Bingtao won 88-0, 61-40, and finally defeated Wu Anyi 6-0.
Tian Pengfei and Germany's Simon staged an 11-inning fight, and the offensive end Tian Pengfei only had two 50+ performances, slightly inferior to his opponent's one 111 and two 50+, but he was better at handling the situation and finally narrowly won 6-5.
Zhao Xintong and Yuan Sijun staged a derby battle, Zhao Xintong blasted out four 50+, Yuan Sijun scored a 118 points and two 50+, and Zhao Xintong won the game with a big score of 6-4. Gao Yang scored a 120 points and a three-shot 60+ in the match with Lu Haotian, and won 6-2 to advance to the second round.
Liang Wenbo blasted out a four-shot 50+, once leading Hicks 5-3, but his final few sets of form declined, Hicks saved the match point 58-46, 92-21 consecutively, and then threw a single 135-point clean sheet in the decider, Liang Wenbo lost 5-6. Browning took the wild card to replace Lee Walker, who retired due to the new crown infection, and he and Jimmy Robertson sawed a whole game, and the decisive game was a good opportunity, 5-6 out. Xu Si unsuccessfully challenged Belgian Brechel, losing 2-6 to his opponent. Pang Junxu and Iran's Hussein fiercely fought for 10 rounds, and Pang Junxu lost 4-6.
In terms of major foreign players, defending champion and world Number 4 Neil Robertson suffered a big upset, he did not feel good, missed many mobile phone meetings, and only scored a 124-point shot on a continuous attack of more than 50+ in the whole game, and was eliminated by the lonely wild card Player John Asteri 2-6.
Trump once again played David Lee in the first round after winning the crown, and Terre Jr. blasted two hundreds and two 50+ shots, still winning very easily, 6-1 and easily advancing to the second round. Mark Allen won five straight sets while trailing 1-2 to win 6-2 against Michael Judy.