In the early morning of December 17, Beijing time, the quarterfinals of the Snooker World Grand Prix, the post-00 Chinese rising star Yan Bingtao played against the world's fourth Neil Robertson. The game was too exciting, the last 3 color balls in the decider, Yan Bingtao lost, the General Bureau scored 4-5 out of the round of 4, world champion Neil Robertson big heart kill!
Real-time world rankings, Yan Bingtao 15th, Neil Robertson 4th; ranking champion, Yan Bingtao 1, Neil Robertson 21; the number of three major tournament champions, Yan Bingtao 1, Neil Robertson 5; real-time single-season ranking, Yan Bingtao 12th, Neil Robertson 8th. There is no doubt that Neil Robertson is the favourite to win this game. However, Yan Bingtao also has his own advantages, in the past record, Yan Bingtao 3 wins and 1 loss, with the advantage of face-to-face record, since losing the first duel between the two sides, Yan Bingtao has maintained a 3-game winning streak against Neil Robertson! Last season, it was after beating Neil Robertson in the first round that Yan Bingtao went all the way to win his first three major championships (snooker Masters).
This season, Yan Bingtao did not have a championship in the account for the time being, but the Chinese rising star has repeatedly reached the top 8 or 4 stage, and the state is not bad. Neil Robertson has already won this season's English Open.
In the first set, Yan Bingtao blasted out 2 50+, single 54 points + 69 points, 124-1 victory, the General Bureau scored 1-0 to take the lead.
In the second set, Neil Robertson scored a single 72 points to keep a clean sheet 81-0. In the third set, Neil Robertson blasted a single shot to break 117 points to win. In the fourth set, Yan Bingtao scored 59 points and won 72-24.
Returning from break, Neil Robertson scored a one-shot 66 in the fifth inning to win 91-35 and the General Manager's lead 3-2. In the sixth set, Yan Bingtao scored a single 87 points to win. In the seventh set, Yan Bingtao won again, 68-7, the General Bureau scored 4-3, Yan Bingtao took the lead and won the match point. In the eighth inning, Neil Robertson dragged the match into the decider 59-24. In the last inning, the last 3 colored balls were contested, Yan Bingtao lost, and Neil Robertson completed the kill!