Beijing time on February 9 news, the 2022 Snooker Players Championship began, Yan Bingtao against David Gilbert. In this battle, Yan Bingtao won 6-4, becoming the only Chinese player to qualify for this competition. Earlier, top seed Zhao Xintong lost 3-6 to Hawkins and suffered the first round of the tour! Next, Yan Bingtao will play against Hawkins.
In terms of world rankings, Yan Bingtao ranked 10th and David Gilbert ranked 18th!
In this campaign, Yan Bingtao started in a hot state, with 100 points and 80 points per shot, and Yan Bingtao led 2-0. After that, David Gilbert scored 54 points, pulled back a city 78-47, 1-2!
But after that, the situation was once again controlled by Yan Bingtao, with a single shot of 66 points, and Yan Bingtao led 3-1. Subsequently, Yan Bingtao scored 135 points, 4-1 far ahead, and Yan Bingtao's state was really outstanding.
In the sixth set, David Gilbert exploded into the longstand at the beginning of the game, but then the black ball made a mistake again, leaving Yan Bingtao with a chance. Yan Bingtao was in really good shape, scoring many difficulty balls, David Gilbert was helpless, and he repeatedly shifted his attention to Zhao Xintong's game against Barry Hawkins. As for Yan Bingtao, he also has a little "little trouble", that is, clothes always like to run out of his pants, and he often has to tidy up. In the end, Yan Bingtao easily won the game, once again blasted out a single shot of 123 points, and won the match point 5-1.
The score is so disparity, Yan Bingtao is not much of a problem.
In the seventh set, Yan Bingtao easily nibbled his fingers and watched David Gilbert play, who finally found his touch and pulled back a city with a single shot of 83 points. However, Yan Bingtao's advantage is still very large, leading 5-2.
In the eighth set, David Gilbert bench attacked the red ball and did not score, Yan Bingtao got 6 points, there was no good chance, can only turn to the defense, and Yan Bingtao white ball unfortunately into the bag, the opponent extra points. After that, Yan Bingtao still used a fiery feel to blast into the long stage, David Gilbert was very helpless, and finally, after a fight, Yan Bingtao made a mistake, David Gilbert pulled another round, and Yan Bingtao led 5-3.
In the ninth inning, David Gilbert scored 75 points, and chased another set, 4-5, Yan Bingtao had the meaning of "letting the tiger return to the mountain".
In the tenth inning, 28-6, David Gilbert moved into defense. Or Yan Bingtao seized the opportunity to win the round, and the big score was 6-4 to advance!
In the next round, Yan Bingtao's opponent is Hawkins.