On December 17, Beijing time, in the quarter-finals of the 2021 Snooker Grand Prix, Yan Bingtao lost 4-5 to Neil Robertson, who is ranked fourth in the world. China's snooker has been wiped out in this competition.
Before the two sides met 4 times, Yan Bingtao led 3-1 and won three consecutive wins. In the first game of this time, Yan Bingtao showed a good feel, single shot out 54 points, 69 points, strong to win the first set. In the second inning, Robertson scored 72 points to tie the score with color. In the third set, Robertson was full of firepower and scored 117 points to complete the counter-attack. Yan Bingtao found the opportunity to get started in the fourth set, and tied with 59 points.
Robertson won another set with 66 points in the fifth inning, and Yan Bingtao scored another round with 87 points in the sixth set. In the crucial seventh set, Yan Bingtao played several times and won 68-7. In the eighth set, Robertson seized the narrow advantage to win 59-24. The game entered the decider, the decider Yan Bingtao scored 43 points and then sent the opportunity, Robertson even gave Yan Bingtao a chance after a single shot of 59 points, Yan Bingtao started 60-59 surpassed, but Robertson still grasped the final score, 70-60 narrow victory, 5-4 promotion.
Mark Selby's match against Tom Ford, Ford won the first set of 86 points, and then the game became Selby's exhibition game, single 58 points, 74 points, 104 points in a row for 3 consecutive innings, and then a single 55 points to save the fifth set, continue to single 52 points, 93 points to end the battle, 5-2 strong promotion to the final four. In the next round, Selby will face Robertson directly.
In addition, all the quarter-final matches were previously concluded. O'Sullivan scored 107 points and 81 points to eliminate Wafi 4-1; Jimmy Robertson eliminated 4-3 two consecutive games to reach the final, winning 1 championship and 1 asian Luca Bressell, the Belgian star who is finally out. Separately, Bingham beat Carter 4-3, while Maguire reversed Lissowski 4-3.