In the early morning of December 17, Beijing time, the World Snooker Tour Grand Prix took the lead in ending two quarterfinals, with China's Yan Bingtao playing against Australia's Robertson. In the whole game, Yan Bingtao was in the lead, to the backward, and then to the leading situation, was counterattacked by the opponent, and finally lost in the decisive game, the big score was 4-5, regrettably missing the top 4. In the whole game, Yan Bingtao scored 4 50+, while Robertson shot 1 to break 100, 3 shots 30+. In another matchup in the same period, Selby defeated Ford 5-2 and will compete with Robertson for a final spot. In the four second-round matches that ended earlier, O'Sullivan's 4-1 revenge had previously swept his Iranian brother Wafi, and Bingham, Maguire and Jimmy Robertson all narrowly defeated their opponents 4-3 to advance to the quarterfinals.
In this Grand Prix, the Chinese team only had 3 players to play, and after the first round of top seeds Zhao Xintong and Cao Yupeng were out, only Yan Bingtao was left to break through the round of 16 alone. In the second round, he faced the "Glasses Man" Gould, played a good hand, played four consecutive sets, and completed the sweep 4-0 to advance to the quarterfinals. In the quarterfinals, he met his old rival Robertson, and looking back at the past record of the two, Yan Bingtao had never lost after turning professional. In the previous 4 times, Yan Bingtao had an advantage of 3 wins and 1 loss, the only loss was yan Bingtao in 2015 with the World Cup champion to win the championship, when he was still an amateur, he lost 3-6 in the 1/4 final. Yan Bingtao won 6-1 in the fourth round of the 2019 British Championship, 6-5 in the first round of the 2021 Masters, and 3-2 in the 2021 Invitational Edition of the Champions League group stage.
In this matchup, Yan Bingtao had a good feel at the beginning, playing two 50+ in a single game and successfully achieved a good start. After that, Robertson scored a single 72 points in the second set, and in the third set, he scored a hundred and scored 117 points in a single set, winning two consecutive sets 2-1 to win the big score. In the fourth set, Yan Bingtao scored 59 points to complete the score, and equalized 2-2 into the intermission. In the fifth set, Robertson led again with 66 points, and Yan Bingtao scored 87 points in the sixth set to tie again, and in the seventh set, he passed several starts and completed it fully, taking the lead in 4-3 match points. But unfortunately, in the key set, he failed to withstand the pressure, and lost the eighth and ninth sets, especially in the decider, the small score was 60-70, losing by 10 points, and finally lost 4-5, missing the top 4.
In the last round of the tiebreaker to win the championship favorite Trump Ford, in the 1/4 kill met fellow Selby, in this "Leicester City" derby, Selby performed well, although the first set was won by Forde 86 points, but in the next 6 innings, he played 1 shot to break the hundred, 5 shots 50+, and finally won 5-2, successfully advanced to the top 4, the semi-final will be with Robertson, competing for the final seat. In the remaining four second-round games that ended earlier in the day, Bingham Carter 4-3 Carter, Maguire 4-3 Lissovsky, Jimmy Robertson also ended the recently hot Belgian Brechel's way forward, O'Sullivan was 4-1 revenge Waffy, the last two sets of the game, O'Sullivan scored a hundred, a single 107 points and a single score of 81 points. Quarter-finals, Maguire vs Bingham, O'Sullivan vs Jimmy Robertson.