The Snooker Masters started on January 9th, with two players from our country participating. They are Yan Bingtao, the masters champion last season, and Zhao Xintong, the winner of this season's British Championship. Both men are young players. Yan Bingtao ended his match against Mark Williams in the early hours of this morning, regrettably losing 4-6 to Mark Williams and missing out on the promotion. Zhao Xintong will face Higgins at 21:00 tonight.
In the first set of the game, Yan Bingtao took the lead in organizing the attack, and won the first set with a single shot of 64 points. In the second set, Yan Bingtao scored 71 points and took a 2-0 lead 71-41. In the third set, Yan Bingtao scored 36 points after the black ball error, Mark Williams seized the opportunity to play, played a single 63 points, to win back a set.
In the fourth set, Yan Bingtao tried to attack again and made a mistake, mark Williams did not take the opportunity after starting, Yan Bingtao played a single 57 points after starting again, and won the fourth set 65-15. In the fifth set, Yan Bingtao once again took the initiative, but a simple red ball error ended up scoring only 41 points, and Mark Williams won the fifth set 63-41 with 56 points. The score came to 3-2, and Yan Bingtao temporarily led by a set difference.
In the sixth inning, the initiative came to Mark Williams, who took the lead in organizing the attack, scoring a single shot of 62 points and a mistake in the coffee ball. Yan Bingtao tried to save the situation after getting started, but failed, and Mark Williams pulled the score to a 3-3 draw 105-22. In the seventh set, Mark Williams gradually exploded, playing two 50+ in a single set, and Yan Bingtao won the seventh set with a clean sheet.
In the eighth set, Mark Williams felt better, with a single shot of 104 points to keep another clean sheet. At this time, the situation on the court has changed, Yan Bingtao's lead is no longer there, Mark Williams won four consecutive sets, rewriting the score to 5-3, and Uncle Ma led two sets to match point.
In the ninth set, Yan Bingtao fought back and chased back a match point with a single score of 122 points. But in the tenth inning, Mark Williams did not give Yan Bingtao another chance, ending the game with a single shot of 85 points, 125-8, and advanced to the next round. Yan Bingtao eventually lost 4-6 and missed the promotion.