In the quarterfinals of the Snooker World Grand Prix, which just ended in the early morning of December 17, 2021, Beijing time, Selby successfully advanced to the final four with a single score of 104, 58, 74, 55, 52 and 63 points. In another match that ended in the same time period, after nine games of competition between the two sides, Robertson successfully blasted 117 points, 72 points, 66 points and 55 points to reverse Yan Bingtao to advance to the semifinals 5-4. Next, Robertson will compete with Selby for tickets to the final in the semi-finals. And China's post-00s young player Yan Bingtao said goodbye to this tournament with great regret.
Selby fired wide to beat Tomford 5-2
In the match between Selby and Tom Ford, Selby was in very good shape. In the first set, Selby scored 37 points and went wrong, and Forde took a 1-0 lead with 86 points at 86:37. In the second set, Selby scored 58 points and drew 1-1 with Ford at 63:13. In the third inning, Selby took a 2-1 lead after hitting a 74-point clean sheet. In the fourth set, After Ford scored 13 points, he made a mistake, and Selby single-handedly blasted 104 points to win the game 104-13 to take a 3-1 lead over Forde. In the fifth set, Forde beat Selby, who scored 55 points, 69-64 to win the set and trailed 2-3. In the sixth inning, Selby won the set 88-38 to take a 4-2 lead over Forde to get the match point. In the seventh inning, Selby scored a 93-point clean sheet to beat Forde 5-2 to advance to the final four.
Robertson felt hot and killed Yan Bingtao 5-4
In the match between Robertson and Yan Bingtao, the two men brought a very good game with good form and play. In the first set, Yan Bingtao single-handedly scored 54 points and 69 points to win the set 124-1 to take a 1-0 lead. In the second set, Robertson single-handedly scored 72 points to draw 81-0 clean sheets with Yan Bingtao 1-1. In the third set, Robertson continued to show good form, directly blasting 117 points and 124:6 to take a 2-1 lead. In the fourth set, Yan Bingtao scored 59 points to win the game 72:24 to draw Robertson 2-2. In the fifth set, Robertson scored 66 points and won the game 91:35 to take a 3-2 lead over Yan Bingtao. In the sixth set, Yan Bingtao scored an 87-point clean sheet to draw 3-3 with Robertson. In the seventh set, Yan Bingtao won the set 68:7 to lead Robertson 4-3. In the eighth set, Robertson won the set 59:24 to draw Yan Bingtao 4-4. In the ninth set, Robertson scored 59 points 70:60 to win the game and beat Yan Bingtao 5-4.
Selby wins in tactics Yan Bingtao loses in possession
In the match between Selby and Ford, although the final score seemed to be one-sided, Selby's performance was also more eye-catching. But the game didn't go easy, with Selby taking a 3-1 lead and keeping the game on a slow pace, with Selby even falling behind at one point in anglo-global showdown. But at key moments, Selby's tactics still played a very important role, he gradually destroyed the opponent's ability by disrupting the situation and then gradually disintegrating the opponent's ability in the backward situation, thus helping him to gradually regain his advantage in the later games. Forde, on the other hand, gradually lost his advantage in the game's war of attrition and was taken away by the Selby wave. In the duel between Yan Bingtao and Robertson, Yan Bingtao and Robertson were in very good shape, and both sides contributed a wonderful game. However, in terms of possession, Yan Bingtao is still significantly worse, which also makes him make repeated mistakes in the game, and the final decider mistake is also the same reason, so Yan Bingtao still needs to strengthen the possession.