On February 9, 2022, the Snooker Players Championship quarterfinals were out of the quarter-finals, namely Robertson, Mark Thompson, and the Snooker Players Championship. Williams, Hawkins, Yan Bingtao, Zhao Xintong lost to Hawkins in the first round, Yan Bingtao defeated Gilbert to advance, and then Yan Bingtao fought hawkins again, competing for a semi-final spot, he once reached the final, lost to Trump, and won the runner-up of this ranking competition.
Yan Bingtao ranked 13th in the world, five times in his career to reach the final, won 2 championships and 3 Asian, just last year's Masters, he defeated Higgins to create history, became the first post-00s three major competition winners, Yan Bingtao's style is relatively stable, the error rate is relatively low, the single shot winning ability is strong, the quality of defense is high, with good psychological quality, he is also the most stable Chinese player at present.
Gilbert ranked 21st in the world, just this season he made a breakthrough, won the first ranking championship of his career, the best result of the three competitions is the world championship final four, the two have met four times in their careers, Yan Bingtao has won three consecutive victories, occupying a clear advantage, just last year's First Round of the German Masters, Yan Bingtao eliminated Gilbert 5-3, both have strength, but Yan Bingtao stability is better.
The World Federation of Taiwan stipulates 6 wins in 11 innings, the first set Yan Bingtao through high-quality defense to grasp the initiative, blasted out a single shot 100 points to take the lead, in the second set Gilbert only scored a red ball, Yan Bingtao played a single 80 points to win another round, the third set the two sides made mistakes, Gilbert played a single 54 points 78-47 to win a set, the fourth set Yan Bingtao played a single 66 points, 71-32 also in color.
Yan Bingtao is in good shape, three times to complete a single shot win, and the quality of defense is extremely high, resulting in Gilbert into a bitter battle, although the two rank relatively close, but Gilbert and Yan Bingtao play, it is difficult to occupy the advantage in the situation, each time is very passive.
Back at halftime, Yan Bingtao blasted out a single shot of 135 points, in the sixth set Gilbert missed the ball again, Yan Bingtao blasted out a single shot of 123 points, 5-1 to get the match point, in the seventh set Gilbert played a single 83 points to save a match point, in the eighth set Gilbert won the fight 62-49, in the ninth set Gilbert played a single 75 points, and finally Yan Bingtao played a single 59 points to end the game, 6-4 to advance to the quarterfinals.
At the same time, Hawkins eliminated Zhao Xintong 6-3, Hawkins was in good shape, playing a single shot of 94 points, 91 points, 71 points, 63 points, 50 points, more importantly, his defensive quality is very high, bringing a lot of pressure to the opponent, as far as the situation of this game is concerned, Zhao Xintong still has many aspects to improve, and I hope he can have a better performance in the next Welsh Open.