In the second quarterfinals of the World Snooker Players Championship, which just ended on February 11, 2022, Beijing time, China's post-00 star Yan Bingtao and "snooker evergreen" Barry Hawkins staged a classic showdown. In this game, both men were in very good shape, so the game was once in a more glued state. After 11 innings, Hawkins managed to advance to the Final Four with a 6-5 run of 86, 77, 95, 126 and 73 points to beat a 139-, 103- 136-, 54-point and 98-pointer. Next, he will compete with Walton for tickets to the final of this year's Players Championship.
Yan Bingtao won two consecutive sets to draw 2-2 with Hawkins
In the first half of the game between Yan Bingtao and Hawkins, both men showed a good competitive state. In the first set, Yan Bingtao took the lead in scoring a red ball and successfully shot a single shot directly with 139 points to keep a clean sheet Hawkins to take a 1-0 lead and ushered in the opening red. In the second set, Yan Bingtao continued to show a fiery feel, he single-handedly blasted 103 points and then won another set 111:22 to take a 2-0 lead and extend the score advantage to two sets. In the third set, Yan Bingtao scored 30 points first and made a mistake, and then Hawkins single-handedly blasted 86 points to win the game 86:30, thus trailing Yan Bingtao 1-2. In the fourth set, Yan Bingtao scored 17 points and Hawkins scored 77 points and won the game 77-18 to draw Yan Bingtao 2-2.
Hawkins won another set to draw Yan Bingtao 4-4
After the game entered the second half, Hawkins' state remained very good, but Yan Bingtao's state declined a little. Entering the fifth set, Hawkins directly blasted a 95-point performance to 99:0 clean sheet opponent Yan Bingtao thus rewriting the two scores to a 3-2 lead. In the sixth set, Yan Bingtao made a mistake after taking the lead in scoring 37 points, and then Hawkins scored a red ball and scored 7 points. Yan Bingtao then scored the red ball again, scoring 54 points to win the game 91-7, thus drawing 3-3 with Hawkins. In the seventh set, Yan Bingtao single-handedly struck a 98-point clean sheet against Hawkins to take a 4-3 lead. In the eighth inning, Hawkins scored a combination of goals and scored 13 points, and then Yan Bingtao scored a red ball to get 1 point defensively. Immediately after, Hawkins defended again, and Yan Bingtao was unfortunately fined 7 points for a foul. Hawkins scored another red ball, and in the end Hawkins won the game 4-4 with 96:1 with multiple starts.
Hawkins reversed 6-5 to kill Yan Bingtao to advance to the final four
In the ninth inning, Hawkins was given four points for the first shot error, and then the two men began a defensive battle. In defense, Hawkins took the lead in making a mistake, Yan Bingtao fought into the left bottom pocket red ball to successfully get the chance to get started, and through the excellent performance of a single shot of 132 points, he took a 136-0 clean sheet against the opponent Hawkins and thus led the opponent 5-4 to successfully get the match point of the game. The game came to the tenth inning, Yan Bingtao tried to attack and made a mistake, Hawkins attacked the left center pocket also made a mistake, and then the two men turned on defensive mode. Defensively, Yan Bingtao tried to attack, but he made a mistake after scoring only 1 point. Hawkins scored a red ball and scored a 126-pointer to win the set 126-1 to draw 5-5 with Yan Bingtao. In the eleventh set, Hawkins played a high-quality defense, and Yan Bingtao was awarded 8 points for two consecutive mistakes. Hawkins scored a red ball and scored 73 points to win the game 81-0 and thus reverse Yan Bingtao 6-5 to successfully advance to the final four of this tournament.