In the early morning of February 11, Beijing time, a focus game in the 1/4 final of the 2021/22 World Snooker Players Championship ended, and China's Yan Bingtao faced Barry Hawkins, who had previously eliminated compatriot Zhao Xintong, although he once again shot out three shots to break the hundred, but the opponent played more stable, and the result was 6-5, missing the final four.
This is the third time in Yan Bingtao's career to compete in the Players Championship, stopping in the first round in 2018 and reaching the final in 2020, and finally losing 4-10 to Trump. This time with the No. 9 seed, after Zhao Xintong's first round out, carried the hope of the Chinese Legion. In the first round, Yan Bingtao blasted out three shots to break the 1003 shots 50+, defeated David Gilbert 6-4, showing a good offensive feel, whether from the mentality or state, the haze of the German Masters final 0-9 defeat to Zhao Xintong has disappeared.
In the second game against Hawkins, the opponent was not easy to deal with, but Xiao Yan started smoothly, scoring 139 points in the first set and 103 points in the second set, and soon established a 2-0 lead. However, Hawkins was still quite calm, waiting unhurriedly for the opportunity to counterattack. Sure enough, in the third and fourth innings, Yan Bingtao made mistakes in the offense, and Hawkins went on to shoot a single 86 and 77 points in succession. Then in the fifth set, he scored 95 points, sealed Yan Bingtao 99-0, and after three straight sets, he won 3-2.
Fortunately, the opponent's momentum did not affect Yan Bingtao's feel. In the sixth inning, he scored 54 points to make it 91-7. In the 7th inning, he scored a beautiful 98-point clean sheet to win the set again at 4-3. In the eighth set, there were some mistakes on both sides, Yan Bingtao's defensive line was calculated incorrectly, and the result was that the red ball pile was scattered, and Hawkins scored 96 points, and the two sides drew 4-4.
In the crucial ninth set, Yan Bingtao once again showed a strong ability to score consecutively, blasting out a single shot of 132 points to clear the table, 5-4 to take the lead to get the match point. It is worth mentioning that this is the sixth shot he has broken the hundred in this players' championship, and it is also two consecutive games to complete the three shots to break the hundred, which can be described as hot. However, Hawkins has experienced hundreds of battles after all, and his ability to win with one shot should not be underestimated. In the tenth inning, he also single-handedly blasted 126 points to clear the table, dragging the game into the decider. Shortly after the kick-off, Hawkins put Yan Bingtao into a long test with a delicate defense, and after a few rounds, Hawkins got started, scoring 73 points per shot, and later finished 6-5 to kill Yan Bingtao.
In this way, Hawkins eliminated two consecutive Chinese players Zhao Xintong and Yan Bingtao to advance to the final four, and his opponent will be Ricky Walton, who eliminated Allen and Williams in succession, and the Chinese legion has been completely destroyed.
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